This entry is part 1 of 9 in the series Gay "Marriage" Is Wrong. Period.Today and for the next several days I will be posting articles written by those critical of the recent striking down of voter-approved Proposition 8 by a federal judge. I welcome comments from all, however, please make sure you’ve read the Comments Policy before posting. ...

Image via Wikipedia I have argued in the past that the possibility of an argument does not necessitate probability. The idea is that just because someone offers an alternative explanation for something, this does not make it likely. For example, if I were to point my remote at the TV and push the power button and the TV turned on, the most probable explanation is that the radio waves from the remote triggered the TV’s main power switch. Are there other possible explanations for this? Sure. There could have been a glitch in the TV. My neighbor’s remote could have somehow activated ...

From his “Letter to Caecilius, On the Sacrament of the Cup of the Lord,” Epistle LXII, AD 253: Also in the priest Melchizedek we see prefigured the sacrament of the sacrifice of the Lord, according to what divine Scripture testifies, and says, “And Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine” (Gen. 14:18). Now he was a priest of the most high God, and blessed Abraham. And that Melchizedek bore a type of Christ, the Holy Spirit declares in the Psalms, saying from the person of the Father to the Son: “Before the morning star I begat Thee; Thou art a priest for ever...

Hebrews 1:2 tells us that in these “last days” God has spoken to humanity “by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom he created the world” (cf. Col. 1:16; 1 Cor. 8:6). Jesus’ role as co-creator with God is a familiar doctrine. But in v. 3 there’s something that’s a bit odd: “He [Jesus] is the radiance of the glory of God.” What’s strange about the phrase isn’t its meaning. We get the metaphor. Jesus “shines forth” the glory of God; He is a brilliant reflection of what God is like. What’...

I’ve been asked quite a lot about and ponder a bit about what are the essentials and non-essentials of Christianity. I’m often reminded of the Latin phrase in necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas. Translated into English, this means, “In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.” This phrase (often wrongly attributed to Augustine) comes from an otherwise obscure German Lutheran theologian of the early seventeenth century named Rupertus Meldenius. It has served as a place holder for a sort of Evangelical Credo (statement of f...