‘Obama’s Stem Cell Flop’

March 11, 2009

David Gibson recounts some of the ways the president went wrong in his decision to change policy on this issue

‘Obama Lifts Bush’s Strict Limits on Stem Cell Research’

March 9, 2009

NY Times

‘7 States Seek Personhood Rights for Pre-Born’

February 23, 2009

Lawrence Jones, Christian Post

An Overview of Abortion / 2-minute pixelized version (video)

February 12, 2009


Adult stem cells help in treatment of MS

January 30, 2009

‘Jivin J’, Culture11

UK couple refuses doctors’ pleas to abort their conjoined twins

January 30, 2009

WORLD Mag

Ambulancemen reportedly agree disabled man ‘not worth saving’

January 7, 2009

Blogger Wesley Smith discusses (HT: Patrick Chan)

Weekend Walkabout, December 20, 2008

December 20, 2008

26 posts from the week that escaped mention (almost!):

“All” Always Means ALL. Right? - Phil Johnson

A Bad Sign - The Sacred Sandwich

CCM Magazine’s Top Ten Artist Blogs of 2008 (HT: Worship.com)

Don’t Waste Your Sexuality - Josh Harris

The Elvis-Beatles Relativity Fallacy - Rod Dreher

“Free” Christian music downloads from CompassionArt - Gospel Soundcheck

Glorifying God in Our Christmas Shopping - Tony Reinke

“Does my gift serve the soul of the recipient?”

How Hellish is ‘Time Out’? - Russell Moore

If Only it Were That Clear - Mark D. Roberts

Jonestown and the Reformed Movement - R. Scott Clark

“As weird and impossible as Jonestown seems today, what happened to them and what they did to themselves, is not utterly unrelated to ideas, causes, and personalities in the Reformed movement over the last three decades.”

Killing is My Business, and Business is Good - Paul Manata

Lewis’s Famous Essay on Bulverism (HT: Victor Reppert)

Martin Luther’s Christmas Book - Between Two Worlds

No Good Reason - Cerulean Sanctum

“In sorting through this clothing, the realization that I throw away just about nothing hit home.”

Online Community…Does it exist? YES! But I Think You Are Asking the Wrong Question - Rhett Smith

Phillips Daylight Window Concept Presentation - Joshua Sowin

Q+A :: How many U.S. churches exist? - Church Relevance

Reflections from a Church Pianist - Amy Scott

“When I have a brain freeze at a bad time, I’ve got a special look for the other musicians that asks, ‘What are you people thinking, man?’”

Six Christmas Poems - Marcus Goodyear

Tim Challies Day - Justin Taylor

Unpacking forgiveness in real life - Dan Phillips

Volition: A Short Film - Jonathan Ignacio

“It is a fifteen minute film focusing on three of the worst atrocities of human rights this world has faced.”

Why read through Calvin’s Institutes in 2009? - Ligon Duncan

Xmas Giveaway - Trevin Wax

“For the next ten days (Dec. 15-25), you have the opportunity to register to win all ten of my favorite books this year. Plus, an ESV Study Bible. That’s $260 worth of books!”

You Should Subscribe - Green Baggins

Zeitgeist as Agent? - Pseudo-Polymath

“Consider … for a moment the intelligent ant colony … from the ant’s perspective … here with man as ant. “

Protestants should pay attention to Catholic policy on life

December 16, 2008

… says Gene Veith:

“We non-Catholics tend to not care about pronouncements from the Vatican, but this is one we could find useful. Interestingly, Roman Catholic ethics these days is based not on supernatural revelations from the papal authority but on reason and the natural law.”