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How is it? I'm thinking about buying it.

I don't think we have Yuengling here in Ohio. In a few weeks I'll be visiting a friend in Virginia who's a huge fan of the stuff, though.

Good points. We don't know much about the story. If the teacher's got the kids learning the shorter catechism, or turning class time into evangelism time, there's a problem, and he should be disciplined and everyone moves on. Still, I think we're too easily offended. When these issues become...

Why not? I had a student teacher once who wore a pin of Thor's hammer on his jacket. Did us no harm. Was it silly? Yes. A violation of our rights? No.

I have an idea that would solve all these problems: Grow up! Kids are going to be exposed to fundamental things like religion in the public sphere. That's what education is all about. If their parents can't handle their being in the presence of a Bible, then it's the responsibility of those...

You, sir, have never had Steel Reserve 211. :sick:

I'm drinking a Bud right now... but now that I know McCain is connected to it, I may have to stop. Granted, there are beers I'd much rather be drinking, but I'm a bitter Midwesterner who can't afford expensive imports and microbrews every day. So it's Budweiser, church, and guns for me. After...

It depends on what you mean when you say "real presence." Every tradition that believes that Christ is truly present in the meal calls their position "real presence," but they do not mean the same thing.

The reasons why this statement is lacking in insight are several, but we'll start with the obvious: The fellow who imagines the MLP doesn't pretend that the MLP would respect the Constitution. The whole point is that he feels the American order is inadequate, and ought to be replaced with the...

At work here is a fundamental confusion of law and gospel and a misunderstanding of the structure of the community of faith under the new covenant. This fellow is right about one thing: the Mosaic law-code was designed to run a nation. Not any nation, but a very specific nation: Israel, those...

Is anyone else disturbed by the fact that defenders of waterboarding and similar techniques have redefined torture to include only mutilation and death? One thing strikes me about these defenders: they're defending the plainly indefensible and they know it. But what can they do? I wonder what...

Oops. I guess you raised the objection before I got to. :P Actually, the gospels are not a way to lead our lives, but a proclamation of good news (of what God has done in Christ to reconcile man to himself). Still, it's good to see someone's taking Jesus for his words, and not slapping Christ's...

I wonder if I should be surprised that no one has yet suggested that Christ did not come to give us a form of civil government, or to give us principles by which to structure civil government. Jesus just didn't have much to say about politics, at least, not the politics of the lefthand kingdom...

Personally, I think our country could improve its stance and security by leaps and bounds if we even bothered to figure out what the heck fascism is. Or Islam.

Support the troops! ....by using the rubes as political tools. :doh: The contempt these politicos and their devotees have for soldiers is disgusting.

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That's a pretty tall order. You'd have to look at some of the distinctive characteristics of the denominations you're looking at, and compare them with the Reformed churches. The Reformed churches differ from other denominations in several ways. We're not only unapologetically Protestant and...

Actually, a good number of Calvinists are and have been postmillennialists. Charles Hodge, for instance. Some few are premillennialists. Still, I'd say the majority are amills, if they take a definite stance at all. You can find out as much or as little as you like about the Reformed arguments...

Nevertheless, that's exactly what they think they are. And so does just about every other American. Actually, this brings up an interesting point about modern life. What we call "politics" today are really just secular theologies attempting to appropriate the arm of the state. Messianic...

If you want Calvin's thoughts on the matter, you can always consult Calvin himself: http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/onsite/calvin_conversion.html