“Personnel is policy [and] who a religious organization hires may go to the very character of its religious mission.” — Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals This just happened a few days ago, and it’s definitely worth noting. An appellate court has ruled that the government has no right to force church and ministry organizations to hire people […]
The recommended videos below are not, as you probably guessed, TV shows, films, or funny cat videos. (Those are more likely to show up on my “Heroes and Aliens” blog or my Facebook feed.) Rather, these involve discussions about Bible/theology and/or cultural/political issues. They are all free to watch on YouTube. The first one was […]
“Increasingly, the citizen stands denuded before the total state, stripped of the protection of mediating non-civil private institutions and even of the inherited liberties of private civil law.” — Joe Boot In last week’s Part 1, Dr. Joseph Boot commented on failed attempts at church/state/society relationships due to both faulty designs and abuses by those […]
“There has clearly been a radical departure from our Christian moorings in acknowledgement and confession of the sovereignty of God in Jesus Christ for all humanity.” — Joe Boot The book: Ruler of Kings: Toward a Christian Vision of Government (2022) The author: Rev. Dr. Joseph Boot, a British-Canadian pastor, apologist, and cultural theologian I […]
“Like the proverbial frog slowly boiled to death for failing to detect the rising temperature of the water, we are sleepwalking toward tyranny.” — Joe Boot, Ruler of Kings I have cited twice before from Ruler of Kings: Toward a Christian Vision of Government, written by apologist, pastor, and cultural theologian Rev. Dr. Joseph Boot. […]
“Final authority resides only with the Author of all creation, who places human beings in His creation, made in His image, and subject to His Law-Word for all things. This is no less true in biology and history than in political science or theology.” — Joe Boot, Ruler of Kings I finished a book a […]
“The idea that monetary policy is politically neutral is a convenient fiction rather than a reflection of reality.” — Stephen D. King, British economist and journalist One of the books I began reading recently is Ruler of Kings: Toward a Christian Vision of Government by Joseph Boot. Dr. Boot is a cultural theologian, leading Christian […]
“You cannot understand the Palestinian refugee question while not at the same time also understanding the broader historical, political, and legal circumstances surrounding the issue.” — Lex Takkenberg, a senior advisor for the Jordan-based Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development When reading or listening to the discussions about the Israeli/Hamas conflict, you might have wondered […]
“No Peace with Israel. No Recognition of Israel. No Negotiations with Israel.” — statement from the Arab League Summit (1967) It wasn’t easy to choose a topic for this week, but I eventually decided on the Israel vs. Palestine/Hamas war. But, rather than me spending a lot of time writing something up, I found a […]
Jesuit priest/journalist Thomas Reese recently wrote a piece for “Religion News Service”, in which he discusses Pope Francis and some of his critics (within Catholicism) on the topic of God’s mercy vs. justice. “Deep in our hearts, we want Batman for God, someone who will beat up our enemies and punish evildoers. We really don’t […]
