Philip Jenkins argues that Samson's suicide in the temple -- "down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he ...

We will never be a Socialist or Communist Country. IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY HERE, YOU CAN LEAVE! It is your choice, and your choice alone. This ...

A parallel occurred to me between Israeli and American politics. To my knowledge, the Israeli electorate is generally quite liberal (althou...

More of my recent debate with Darrell Bock on gun-control: If we're going to do international comparisons, here's a broader sam...

I'd like to comment on the recent radio debate between Robert Spencer and James White, hosted and moderated by Michael Brown: https...

I've often said I think the torture chamber model of hell is an overgeneralization. I doubt hell is uniform. I expect the punishments a...

I got into an impromptu Facebook debate over this quote: To vote for Trump as the lesser of two evils is as much to say as there are ci...

http://christthetao.blogspot.com/2016/06/did-christianity-spread-by-sword.html

Recently, Marco Rubio responded to an atheist. It was a good off-the-cuff answer, especially for somebody who's not a philosopher: ...

http://whatswrongwiththeworld.net/2015/10/finding_sensible_rulers.html

One of the striking things about life in a fallen world is the spectacle of evil or dangerous people with powerful friends who protect and...

Ben Carson is hardly my first pick for prez. However, the typical reaction to his Muslim president comment reflects a characteristic chasm b...

Predictable, Ben Carson is getting pounded (even at NRO) for an answer he gave to Meet the Press. Here's the whole exchange: CHUCK...

http://popehat.com/2015/05/19/how-to-spot-and-critique-censorship-tropes-in-the-medias-coverage-of-free-speech-controversies/

The Vatican has formally recognized "the State of Palestine." I suppose there's a certain logic in that. A fictitious vicar ...

http://www.nationalreview.com/node/418067/print

Unsurprisingly, there's lots of moral confusion regarding how to respond to the jihadist attack in Garland. The kneejerk liberal respo...

Arminian Bible scholar Scot McKnight quoted a boilerplate attack on Israel by former Sojourners' editor, "journalist," and ...

http://philosproject.org/should-christians-support-a-palestinian-state/

Since Obama has dusted off the chestnut of the Crusades, here's the primary source that got the ball rolling: http://legacy.fordham.ed...