An Interview with William Stuntz
William Stuntz is a professor at Harvard Law School who has published broadly, from the Harvard Law Review to The Weekly Standard to First Things and Christianity Today…
… In February of 2008, a large tumor was found in his body. Soon his doctors found numerous tumors. His cancer has metastasized and spread through his body to other organs, and he is not expected to live more than a year. He is 52.
A great read… via You Will Call, I Will Answer.
Both sides in the federal trial over same-sex marriage have now rested, and the nation awaits the decision of U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker. Nevertheless, the judge’s decision will not put the matter to rest, no matter his ruling. Both sides have pledged, if they lose, to appeal his ruling all the way to the Supreme Court. To that Michael Lindenberger of Time Magazine adds: “What’s equally clear now, after nearly three weeks of evidence, is that no matter what happens, the debate over gay marriage will never again be the same.”
The Rest of the Story: Mere Moral Opprobrium? Far More than Marriage Is on Trial
No, He does not. Dr. Albert Mohler provides an excellent commentary on the matter, with links at the end on where you can send help. -jw
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The images steaming in from Haiti look like scenes from Dante’s Inferno. The scale of the calamity is unprecedented. In may ways, Haiti has almost ceased to exist. The earthquake that will forever change that nation came as subterranean plates shifted about six miles under the surface of the earth, along a fault line that had threatened trouble for centuries. But no one saw a quake of this magnitude coming.
The Rest of the Story: Does God Hate Haiti? – AlbertMohler.com.
Where Does the Story of Christmas Begin?
As the celebration of Christmas fast approaches, our attention quickly goes to the familiar words of the infancy narratives found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. This is a healthy reflex. After all, the Gospel of Jesus Christ rests upon the historicity of the events that took place in Bethlehem as Christ was born. Our understanding of the identity of Jesus Christ is directly rooted in these narratives and our confidence is in the fact that Matthew and Luke give us historically credible and completely truthful accounts of the events surrounding the birth of Christ.
The Rest of the Story: Where Does the Story of Christmas Begin? – AlbertMohler.com.
Hey Church: We Have a DiseaseThere has been quite a few comments since my post on Friday. Much of it has to do with labeling…and the appropriate way to talk to those outside the church. It reminded me of this quote…
In their book Made to Stick, brothers Chip Heath and Dan Heath expand on this term, “Once we know something, we find it hard to imagine what it was like not to know it. Our knowledge has ‘cursed’ us. And it becomes difficult for us to share our knowledge with others, because we can’t readily re-create our listeners’ state of mind.”
James A. Weaks: Christian, husband, father, conservative, scouter, paralegal and geek. I am the IT manager and a Paralegal for a small law firm in Durham, North Carolina. I live in Hillsborough, North Carolina with my wife, our two children, and a weird dog. This is my personal blog where I post things that interest me.
