Apologetics
Bristol Palin’s Pregnancy
Bristol Palin’s Pregnancy and Her Mother’s “Task From God” Harry T. Cook 9/12/08 Bristol Palin’s pregnancy is nobody’s business outside of the families involved. By itself, it should not be taken as a disqualification of her mother as a candidate for Vice President of the United States. The fact that so much has been made […]
Al Qaeda Targets Evangelist to Muslims
* * * * FLASH TRAFFIC: WASHINGTON UPDATE * * * * EXCLUSIVE: AL QAEDA TARGETS LEADING ARAB EVANGELIST OPERATING IN THE U.S. FOR PREACHING THE GOSPEL TO MUSLIMS By Joel C. Rosenberg (Washington, D.C., September 9, 2008) — You have probably never heard of Father Zakaria Botros. But you need to know his story. […]
Swiss proton frenzy (or, are you ready to meet God?)
Swiss proton frenzy 11th September 2008 Magnets making up part of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particule accelerator sit inside a tunnel (http://www.lhc.ac.uk) Many of you would have heard that yesterday was the day they flipped the switch at The Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. Some of you may be curious to know just what […]
Palin’s Religion: What’s Scary, What’s Not?
Sunday September 7, 2008 posted by Steve Waldman Those on the left, or merely those who aren’t evangelical Christians, are struggling to make sense of the religious life of Sarah Palin. To many, she seems a frightening harbinger of a fundamentalist takeover. Saturday’s New York Times piece about Palin’s deep faith and Bible-focused church will […]
A Change We Can Only Hope For (On Racism)
A Change We Can Only Hope For Harry T. Cook 9/05/08 He said it himself: “This election has never been about me. It’s about you.” So said the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in his acceptance speech last week. Sen. Barack Obama may not have intended that wildly applauded line to be […]
British Muslim Extremism
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2653266/Preachers-of-separatism-at- work-inside-Britains-mosques.html Britain’s leading Muslim bodies say they are fighting extremism. In one of our most respected mosques, Sara Hassan came face to face with hardline female preachers of separatism. Here, she reports on the shocking results of her investigation Sarah Hassan went undercover at the Regent’s Park Mosque where she In a large balcony […]
William Barclay on Education
William Barclay: “The New Testament lays down no kind of curriculum of training for the child; the New Testament knows nothing about religious education and nothing about schools; for the New Testament is certain that the only training which really matters is given within the home, and that there are no teachers so effective for […]
Beyond Palin’s Personality
Hearts & Minds by Jim Wallis ================================================= While many conservatives have known and admired Sarah Palin for some time, most Americans do not know her. So the intense media focus on the new Republican vice-presidential nominee was to be expected. But some of it has been inappropriate, especially when reporters go after the Palin family’s […]
Labor Day and beyond–2008
Deacon Tom Cornell St. Mary’s Church, Marlboro, N.Y. (The article below appears in the Sept/Oct 2008 issue of Tikkun Magazine. If you don’t yet subscribe, please do so by going to http://www.tikkun.org or, better yet, joining the Network of Spiritual Progressives at http://www.spiritualprogressives.org, membership in which includes a free sub to Tikkun) It’s Labor Day […]
Can All Questions Have Straight Answers?
(I like what Harry says about ambiguity; but I’m not with him re the resurrection of Jesus. Rowland.) The Religion Works Essays by Harry T. Cook August 28, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To read “A Nuance-less Campaign?,” scroll down. If there is anything America doesn’t need in this or any election cycle is a campaign devoid of […]
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