The Leavers: Young Doubters Exit the Church

Results of some polling show that the trends are a little more serious than many believe to be the case. The author's point at the end about believers and personal contact is important, as is the abstractness of the view of Christianity many reject. A faith is first and formost a matter of warm links between people. I'm not sure that abstractions and arguments work well or deeply as "ties that bind," whatever other purposes they may serve.

The Leavers: Young Doubters Exit the Church Christianity Today A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction

Heart of Our Hearts

Heart of Our Hearts - Daniel Foster - The Corner on National Review Online

As Mr. Foster relates, Elie Wiesel has an open letter to President Obama regarding Jerusalem and peace. His words echo with memory and the sorrow of millennia.

What has been widely discussed...

...for a long time by many scholars is that the Jewish Scriptures have a considerably older history than extant texts allow us to confirm. However, a steady drip of interesting evidence continues to set the general verification level at older and older periods. Here is the latest.