Why is the Bible (or, as the law says, the Holy Scriptures) used in courts to swear an oath? It seems to me that the Bible is a font of God’s Word, a collection of writings received as Holy and True and Sacred to the Christian community. In some faith communities, it is so hallowedContinue reading “Why Do We Allow the Government to Misuse our Bible?”
Author Archives: Chris Duckworth
Making Contact
Bobby Abreu, a great contact hitter with some power, won the annual Home Run Derby last night. Nobody gave him a chance going into the Derby. Sluggers such as Pudge Rodriguez, David Ortiz and Carlos Lee were the favorites. But an exercise such as the Home Run Derby is not about power. With competitors swingingContinue reading “Making Contact”
Holy War Against Genetically Modified Foods
Sports Illustrated has a weekly feature called, "This Week’s Sign of the Apocalypse," highlighting the bizarre and strange in the world of sports. Well, this week’s sign of the apocalypse in the religious world might be a little blurb I saw in The Christian Century (July 12, 2005, page 17). The Christian Century reports that,Continue reading “Holy War Against Genetically Modified Foods”
Thank you, ACLU
Click on the title to this posting, and you’ll end up at a wonderful commentary by a parish pastor in Clarion, PA. He has said in much better words that I ever could why prayer belongs in the religious and private sectors, not as ceremonial or civic rituals at public gatherings. God bless him.
“A (wrong) Church-State Solution”
Noah Feldman, in today’s New York Times Magazine, offers a misguided solution to the church-state tension in this country. Citing a divide between Values Evangelicals and Legal Secularists, he suggests that all government funding should be withdrawn from religious institutions (would this include government research grants or student loans for universities such as Notre Dame?)Continue reading ““A (wrong) Church-State Solution””
The Lutheran Zephyr 