I was driving down from Scottsdale this morning, when I heard a Baptist minister talking about the environment. The NPR interview is here. Not surprisingly, libertarians were fingered as the villains opposing protecting the environment. I dashed of ... (read more)
The news wires were abuzz recently with news that a movement is afoot to "crash" the Tea Parties. Activist Jason Levin states, "Every time we have someone on camera saying that Barack Obama isn't an American citizen, we want someone sitting next to h ... (read more)
In my previous articles on Martin Luther, I've demonstrated that Martin Luther accepted belief in Purgatory and Indulgences -- although he sought to clarify the specifics of the related doctrines. Another doctrine that Luther accepted, and which most ... (read more)
An apocryphal quotation often attributed to Martin Luther is that the soul of a forgiven man is like a "snow-covered dung heap." If Luther ever uttered the phrase, it has since been lost to history. Still, the erroneous quote has lingered for several ... (read more)
I am grateful for Rabbi Jacob Neusner's thought-provoking book on Jesus. Many passages express great understanding of Christianity and Christ. More importantly, throughout, Neusner expresses great respect for Christianity, and he deserves no less in ... (read more)
Jesus in the Gospel of John, Chapter 15 declares, "I am the Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser." (John 15:1) For a moment, he brings us far away from his looming crucifixion. Like the Garden of Eden, the Gardens of Babylon, the Vineyard of Isaiah ... (read more)
As I indicated in the first part of this series, Martin Luther did not seriously dispute the practice of indulgences. What he did dispute, however, was how the money was spent. I neglected to mention another aspect of his criticism, which really rela ... (read more)
I finished reading "A Rabbi Talks to Jesus" last night. I wrote an earlier article about it, that you can read here. The primary reason I picked it up was so that I could re-read "Jesus of Nazareth" with a fuller appreciation of what Pope Benedict ha ... (read more)
