http://www.uu.edu/institutes/henry/evangelogia/ reflections on life and culture because of, for the sake of, and in light of the Gospel Copyright 2009 Union University Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:03:32 CST http://www.uu.edu/images/Crest_Horizontal-300.jpg http://www.uu.edu At times, those who embrace a thoroughly naturalistic view of the universe exhibit refreshing intellectual honesty. Consider, for example, a "http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/10/01/i-object/" target="_blank">re http://www.uu.edu/institutes/henry/evangelogia/blog.cfm?ID=54 jbarnard@uu.edu (Carl F.H. Henry Institute at Union University) Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:40:42 CST Tomorrow President Barack Obama will address many of the nation's public school children in an address that generated a firestorm of media attention well before its release. The brouhaha was predictably partisan: Republicans fearful of executiv http://www.uu.edu/institutes/henry/evangelogia/blog.cfm?ID=53 jbarnard@uu.edu (Carl F.H. Henry Institute at Union University) Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:55:20 CST Charity is the virtue that, among other things, ought to prevent believers from offering ungenerous caricatures of those whose views they oppose. Every so often however, an opponent of the Gospel says or does something so inexplicable that those who http://www.uu.edu/institutes/henry/evangelogia/blog.cfm?ID=52 jbarnard@uu.edu (Carl F.H. Henry Institute at Union University) Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:26:31 CST A U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington "http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/jul/09070907.html" target="_blank"> ruled this week that pharmacists must distribute the abortifacent drug known as Plan B. (HT: " http://www.uu.edu/institutes/henry/evangelogia/blog.cfm?ID=51 jbarnard@uu.edu (Carl F.H. Henry Institute at Union University) Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:09:03 CST During a "http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=30803" target="_blank">gathering at the White House earlier this week in recognition of gay pride, President Obama suggested that those who fail to view homosexual relationships as any http://www.uu.edu/institutes/henry/evangelogia/blog.cfm?ID=50 jbarnard@uu.edu (Carl F.H. Henry Institute at Union University) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:01:09 CST The degree to which our hyper-paced technological culture corrupts the life and ministry of the church never ceases to amaze. Consider, for example, "http://www.30minuteworship.com/" target="_blank">30MinuteWorship.com. (It does http://www.uu.edu/institutes/henry/evangelogia/blog.cfm?ID=49 jbarnard@uu.edu (Carl F.H. Henry Institute at Union University) Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:08:16 CST John Harris, a UK Professor of Bioethics (Manchester), believes that a "http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/154835.php" target="_blank">better cognitive future is within our grasp. He is among a "http://www.theatlantic. http://www.uu.edu/institutes/henry/evangelogia/blog.cfm?ID=48 jbarnard@uu.edu (Carl F.H. Henry Institute at Union University) Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:35:49 CST According to recent "http://stemcell.ny.gov/docs/ESSCB_Statement_on_Compensation_of_Oocyte_Donors.pdf" target="_blank">statement released by the Empire State Stem Cell Board (ESSCB), New York will become the first and only state i http://www.uu.edu/institutes/henry/evangelogia/blog.cfm?ID=46 jbarnard@uu.edu (Carl F.H. Henry Institute at Union University) Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:25:44 CST Rhetoric either illuminates or obscures truth. When rhetoric is willfully employed so as to hide truth, it's called lying. When unwittingly employed so as to obscure truth, it's probably best to think of it as folly – also known as " http://www.uu.edu/institutes/henry/evangelogia/blog.cfm?ID=45 jbarnard@uu.edu (Carl F.H. Henry Institute at Union University) Wed, 13 May 2009 13:49:49 CST According to "http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=179" target="_blank">data from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life's U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, prayer is a significant aspect of American daily life. Almost 6 out of http://www.uu.edu/institutes/henry/evangelogia/blog.cfm?ID=44 jbarnard@uu.edu (Carl F.H. Henry Institute at Union University) Tue, 05 May 2009 13:06:34 CST In his sermon ""http://www.doxaweb.com/assets/doxa.pdf" target="_blank">The Weight of Glory" Christian apologist C.S. Lewis writes that our desire for the good for which we were made is often far too weak. Lewis explain http://www.uu.edu/institutes/henry/evangelogia/blog.cfm?ID=43 jbarnard@uu.edu (Carl F.H. Henry Institute at Union University) Tue, 05 May 2009 10:40:19 CST A recent debate between Christian apologist William Lane Craig and atheist Christopher Hitchens on the topic "Does God Exist?" has resulted in no small amount of buzz in the "http://doesgodexistdebate.blogspot.com/" target="_ http://www.uu.edu/institutes/henry/evangelogia/blog.cfm?ID=42 jbarnard@uu.edu (Carl F.H. Henry Institute at Union University) Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:35:03 CST According to a "http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hMYVcX059oZR7YRqBU-8kZ098naQD9704OPG0" target="_blank">recent AP report, the Obama administration is poised to sign a United Nations declaration calling for the wor http://www.uu.edu/institutes/henry/evangelogia/blog.cfm?ID=41 jbarnard@uu.edu (Carl F.H. Henry Institute at Union University) Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:19:33 CST The "http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101986485" target="_blank">moral outrage radiating from Washington D.C. over AIG's recent payout of $165 million in bonuses is thick with irony. Consider, for example http://www.uu.edu/institutes/henry/evangelogia/blog.cfm?ID=40 jbarnard@uu.edu (Carl F.H. Henry Institute at Union University) Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:32:40 CST This morning, many across the nation awoke to learn of "http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100265614" target="_blank">yet another tragic church shooting. This time a young man strode down the aisle of First Bapt http://www.uu.edu/institutes/henry/evangelogia/blog.cfm?ID=39 jbarnard@uu.edu (Carl F.H. Henry Institute at Union University) Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:25:21 CST