Rick Santorum Has A Pastor Problem

When you’re the candidate of religious extremists, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise  when one of them opens their mouth and says something incredibly boneheaded. At a Baton Rouge revival yesterday, the Republican presidential candidate was introduced and blessed by the fire-breathing pastor Dennis Terry. To a cheering crowd, Terry shouted that ours is a “Christian nation,” that “we...

When Religious Liberty Was Heretical

All the recent talk about ‘religious liberty’ in the contraception debate has really opened the floodgates of information on the Catholic Church and their positions on most, if not all, issues. The USCCB is defending their opposition to government mandating contraceptives, the pill in particular, be covered under employer’s health insurance plans. Once upon a time, though, not so long ago, the...

Stay At Home Dads Worse Than Unbelievers? @PastorMark Thinks So

Where do I begin? Mark Driscoll and his wife were asked “What are your thoughts on stay at home dads if the woman really wants to work? Or even if both want/need to work?” during one of his sermons at Mars Hill Church in Seattle. Grace answered first saying that stay-at-home dads are worse than unbelievers and that a woman’s place is in the home, sentiments that were echoed by Mark Driscoll. Do I...

No, Satan Did Not Kill Whitney Houston

Leave it to a Christian to somehow bring God and Satan into the discussion of the tragic, yet avoidable, death of Whitney Houston. What do the tragic deaths of great talents like Elvis Presley, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, and now Whitney Houston all have in common? The evil hand of Satan, according to author and church leader Trevin Wax. “The Evil One not only hates it when people find joy in God...

Marx, Monsters, And Markets

The reason society has a fascination with post-apocalyptic zombie movies is that it’s easier to imagine the society we live in bringing about the end of the world than it is to imagine changing the society we live in. – Slavoj Žižek I start this post with that paraphrase of Slavoj Žižek because it really sets the tone for the following discussion. Last week I attended the Emergent Village...