Category Archives: Culture commentary

A response to the Biologos.org site

Posted on May 4, 2009 by PaulVK

I wrote this for CiC on a thread about Francis Collins and his new project http://biologos.org. Francis Collins addresses the Veritas Forum recorded on YouTube. I had found that site after an interesting Time Magazine article on Collins: http://digg.com/u12KMK I … Continue reading →

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Accomodate us, starting now!

Posted on April 29, 2009 by PaulVK

I find contemporary disgust of the Bible stories to be curiously selfish. Let’s begin with the demands and expectations we put on God today. What do we want from God? We usually want two things: drastic intervention against that which … Continue reading →

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A better marriage-go-round book review

Posted on April 26, 2009 by PaulVK

This on contains this interesting line: Marriage is our battleground. Only in America, Mr. Cherlin says, are gay people campaigning so determinedly for the right to marry. Most gay men and lesbians in Europe, he maintains, view marriage as another … Continue reading →

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Is "inspiration" really so distasteful to moderns?

Posted on April 25, 2009 by PaulVK

I was reading some of Ben Witherington’s response to Ehrman’s latest book. There’s a huge amount of complaint against the Bible that it is somehow offensive and wrong that Christians imagine this book to be authoritative and seek to use … Continue reading →

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RE: Susan Boyle

Posted on April 18, 2009 by PaulVK

Our shock is the most shocking bit of this story. We’re so conditioned by the entertainment media that we imagine beautiful voices only come in supermodel packages. I’m happy for her talent being found. I cry for the implicit patterning … Continue reading →

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