Culture
MY CAMPUS RIOT
It has been twenty years to the month that I found myself in the middle of a campus riot. Let me explain. In October 2000, I was installed as the first Vice Chancellor [President] of Uganda…
AMY CONEY BARRETT: An Esther Come to the Kingdom? (with a Postscript from Dobbs)
Shakespeare’s heroine Portia, decked in judicial robes, is acclaimed "a Daniel come to judgment.” Will Amy Coney Barrett be an Esther come to judgment?
JANUARY 6: A Biblical Perspective
Last year, I wrote a couple reflections on the events that occurred in Washington, DC., on January 6, 2021. I am attaching one of them, “The Office: The Lack and the Lackeys,” below. But I am…
WHY I’M FLYING THE FLAG THIS CHRISTMAS
I generally do not like mixing religion and politics at Christmas, but this year I have no choice but to fly the flag! You see, each year my wife and I enjoy getting together after…
“FROM THE BEGINNING”: GOD’S DESIGN FOR HUMAN NATURE
AN APPEAL TO THE BISHOPS OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA More than a hundred days have passed since the fateful Bostock v. Clayton County decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. I was…
WHY NOT VOTE FOR SPLIT GOVERNMENT? A Letter to the Editor of Christianity Today
It seems obvious that CT is clearing the way for Evangelicals to vote for Joe Biden or at least to abstain from voting for Donald Trump. But what I don’t understand is this: why shouldn’t CT…
“SYSTEMIC RACISM”: Matters of Definition
I would wish to have a crisper definition of systemic racism. It seems to me that systemic implies an established system of laws and institutions. Apartheid in South Africa was that, in…
THE DAVINCI CODE: Fact or Falsehood?
I recently bought a paperback copy of The DaVinci Code in the airport at the beginning of a long trip. I found the first half of the book (230 pages to be exact) entertaining…
KARLA FAYE TUCKER AND THE DEATH OF CHRIST: A Meditation for Holy Week
On February 3, 1998, Karla Faye Tucker, the confessed pickaxe murderer who came to faith in Christ while in prison, was executed, having been refused a pardon by the governor of Texas, George…