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How faith and culture intersect, discussion on topics such as economics, education, abortion, family life, movies, media, and religious liberty.

Motorola Super Bowl Ad and Sexting

Tonight during the Super Bowl, CBS aired a Motorola Commercial with Megan…

“To Save a Life”: A Movie Review

While walking into the dark movie theater, I decided to have a…

My Legal Right

I remember the nurse practitioner saying, “I have a legal obligation to…

A Choice for Life

I hadn’t allowed myself to think of it as a baby. When I came to terms with the reality that there was a person inside of me, I wondered, “How can I destroy a life?” I just knew I couldn’t.

Responding to Haiti Long-term

Soon after the first quake rocked Port-au-Prince I had an interesting conversation with a friend that began with this engaging question, “How should we respond to the devastation in Haiti?”

The Historicity of Jesus: Ancient Jewish Sources

This is the second post regarding evidence of the historicity of Jesus. …

Martin Luther King, Jr: I’ve Been to the Mountain Top

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s last speech delivered on April…

The Historicity of Jesus: Early Secular Sources

Guy Incognito challenged my use of historical evidence of Christ’s existence in…

Brit Hume to Tiger Woods: Turn To Christianity

I missed this on Sunday, but as you can tell I haven’t…

Avatar, Mother Earth and Jesus

And while Avatar is just a movie, it is a movie with one overarching theme, “The earth does not belong to us. We belong to the earth.” It is not a subtle theme nor does it pretend to be. Amid the stunning visuals and the familiar plotline is the idea that the creatures which inhabit this mystical land called Pandora exist in a symbiotic relationship to their earth.

New Year, New Technology, Same God – Thank God!

The constant flood of information we receive through our radios, TVs, computers, and phones is endless. Technology greets us as we wake up in the morning and follows us to our cars, our beds, and sometimes even joins us in the bathroom.

Gone Home

My father-in-law, David Blomberg, has gone home to be with the Lord…

Teenage Brutality

WCBS TV, the CBS Affiliate for New York City reports about an…

Our Restless Hearts

Our hearts by nature are restless.  How does do our hearts demonstrate…

The Evolution of Enlightenment

We have ascribed greatness to ourselves and our modern society– convinced that we have evolved a greater consciousness and are now the purveyors of this greatness to those who are not enlightened. Yes, we are very progressive indeed.

Shatner Gets Served by Palin

William Shatner earlier this year did a dramatic reading of Governor Sarah…