
Can the common man understand this health care debate? Is there a particularly Christian perspective on health care? Also, a curious and unexpected memorial to Ted Kennedy. Read on.
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[Editor's Note: This is a repost of an article posted in August. It was fairly popular at the time, and in light of the potential difficulties the current health care bill may be facing due to the fight for Senator Kennedy's Senate seat, I thought it might be helpful to post this up again. I'm also posting this to go along with a recent post I put up on my personal blog called "I sort of want this health care bill to die." It has to do with this Massachusetts's Senate race and health care reform. I hope these resources spur your thoughts on these issues facing our country.]
Below is a series of illustrations by Dan Roam and Dr. Tony Jones of Digital Roam explaining the current Health Care system and proposed reforms to that system. This is by far the best explanation I’ve seen. So much so, it is forcing me to break a bunch of my own rules concerning this site and perhaps even give some new freedoms for what I post up here. Take a few moments and look through this series of slides and familiarize yourself with these ideas. Analysis will follow below. A couple of things before you start: I have no idea why this guy calls these “napkins” nor do I know why he says there are only four. Don’t let that distract you too much. The quality is such that I am more than willing to forgive these minor lapses of clarity.
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Jan 19, 2010 | Categories: Church & Ministry, Contributors, Paul Burkhart, Politics, Society | Tags: christianity, church, health care, insurance, Politics, reform, social service, ted kennedy, Theology | 3 Comments »

by David Schrott
“I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer.”
–I Timothy 2.8, NIV
There are these days, when it is so difficult to find words that wrap around concepts, that, no matter how concrete in one’s mind, find it impossible to find substance in the barrier we use to communicate called language. In [...]
Dec 24, 2009 | Categories: Contributors, David Schrott, Devotional, Faith & Spirituality, Personal Posts, Poetry & Prose | Tags: advent, christmas, Jesus, pain, prose, sanctification, suffering | 1 Comment »

In a continuation of an exchange concerning Slavery in the Bible, some atheist critiques are addressed concerning ethics, the Bible, and modern society.
by Paul Burkhart
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[EDITOR'S NOTE: At my personal blog, the long way home, I have been working on a series of posts responding to some old atheist friends of mine on the topic of [...]
Dec 22, 2009 | Categories: Arts, Atheism, Bible Study, Church & Ministry, Contributors, Faith & Spirituality, Paul Burkhart, Philosophy, Science, Society, Theology | Tags: Atheism, Bible, christianity, evangelicalism, fundamentalism, gospel, Jesus, modernism, morality, Philosophy, postmodernism, slavery, Theology, truth | 1 Comment »

In the first in a series of posts going through the book “Perspectives on an Evolving Creation” (Keith Miller, ed.), we look at the Scientific and Theological justifications for the very idea of an “Evolving Creation”.
by Paul Burkhart
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NOTE: Google Books includes the entire text for this book (for a limited preview) including this essay, so [...]
Nov 03, 2009 | Categories: Atheism, Books, Contributors, Faith & Spirituality, Paul Burkhart, Science, Society, Theology | Tags: Bible, christianity, creation, darwin, evolution, faith, genesis, religion, theistic evolution, Theology | 2 Comments »

artwork and article by Michael Meulstee (click for larger image)
I sit down to write as a way to reflect. At this very moment in my life when there is no other thing to be certain about besides your provision and grace I cling to that and I pray that my sin will not cause me [...]
Oct 29, 2009 | Categories: Arts, Contributors, Devotional, Faith & Spirituality, Guest Contributions, Personal Posts, Visual Art | Tags: art, christianity, Jesus, need, prayer, provision | Leave A Comment »

Can one more voice crying out from the evangelical wilderness make a difference amidst the rising and seemingly never-ending din concerning Science “versus” Faith? I guess we’re about to find out.
by Paul Burkhart
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You ever start reading a book and can immediately tell that it is going to be a pivotal book in your life? It [...]
Oct 19, 2009 | Categories: Atheism, Bible Study, Books, Church & Ministry, Contributors, Faith & Spirituality, Paul Burkhart, Science, Theology | Tags: apologetics, Atheism, christianity, creationism, darwin, evolution, genesis, intelligent design, Science, theoogy | 2 Comments »

“To seminary, or not to seminary?” That’s the question for our newest Contributor, Katie Olmstead, as she navigates the ambiguities and nuances of that most frustrating of mysteries: the Will of God.
by Katie Olmstead
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Last February, the decision was made. Everything would change come August. I would leave my home in Phoenix for Philadelphia; continue to [...]
Oct 19, 2009 | Categories: Calvinism, Contributors, Devotional, Faith & Spirituality, Guest Contributions, Personal Posts | Tags: blog, God, plans, prayer, seminary, will | Leave A Comment »