Thousands of people today broke into a church compound in Pakistan, burnt down the church, and destroyed the homes of two priests and the school headteacher. The motivation behind the attack near Peshawar, is not yet clear, but the school was looted with newly installed computers being stolen and the building was set alight.
Day: September 24, 2012
Bettors like Welby’s chances to succeed Williams
Online bettors think the Rt. Rev. Justin Welby, Bishop of Durham, will likely be chosen to succeed the Most Rev. Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury.
Where do you fall on the “world wage scale?
If there were no rich and poor, and everyone had an equal share of the world’s total pay packet, how much would they earn?
Chick-fil-A clarifies: we’re still anti-gay
Chick-fil-A COO Dan Cathy spoke with Mike Huckabee on Friday to assure him that nothing has changed about his restaurant chain’s antigay ways.
The role of women in the early church: what do we know?
Newly discovered papyrus fragment is not historical evidence of Jesus’ marital status—but it reminds us that the status of women in the church has been subject to a lot of flim-flammery. That’s right: film-flammery.
“What should we do?”
Economics, economics, economics. That’s the opening message from the first prophet in centuries.
Happy Monday morning. Let’s discuss the problem of evil.
Like so many of you, I woke up this morning wanting to discuss the age-old question of why God permits evil. (I’m right about this, aren’t I? I mean, the Emmys are so last night.)
The Last Word
“What are we supposed to do about all those groups like the Masons and the military or others who want to do their services at graveside the same time as the church?”