From Fr. Jim Tucker at Dappled Things: Xmas — Here is one of my pet peeves: people who take it upon themselves to oppose the supposedly un-Christian and secular use of “Xmas” as an alternative to “Christmas.” The “X” in question is not, in fact, the usual Latin letter, but rather the Greek letter “chi.”…

In the passage I quoted below, Peter Leithart says: Solus Christus answered the question, How can I have communion with God? Sola Scriptura answered the logically prior epistemological question, From what source do I learn how I can commune with God? Solus Christus means Jesus alone can bring sinners into true life, the life of…

Via Amy Welborn, Gerald O’Collins on Christmas carols: OUR MUCH LOVED carols can trigger deep delight and even intense spiritual experience. They tell wonderful stories and introduce powerful symbols: the birth of a poor child who is the saviour of the world; exotic people from the Orient who travel in search of a new-born boy;…

For Calvin, then, sola Scriptura was inseparable from solus Christus. Solus Christus and sola Scriptura were the Reformation’s answers to two fundamental religious questions. Solus Christus answered the question, How can I have communion with God? Sola Scriptura answered the logically prior epistemological question, From what source do I learn how I can commune with…

Hey – the end of the year is upon us, and that means it’s time for lists! Lists of the best … I dunno, how ’bout movies, music and books for starters? Herewith, in my extremely subjective opinion, the best movies of 2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. This story of a couple who…

I’m not interested in piling on the “fisking” of this sermon by the Rev’d Canon Leslie Northup wherein she urges “real” (i.e. liberal) Christians to take their faith back from those who have hijacked it (the usual suspects: evangelicals, right-wingers, “fundamentalists” of all stripes). But I did find this passage curious: In the book, Jesus…

Over at Godspy John Zmirak interviews Wesley J. Smith on biotech, cloning and genetic engineering: Godspy: What got a nice progressive like you involved in the crusade of the religious right to hobble the progress of modern science? More seriously—can you explain why the Left is so silent on what seems like a profound human…

Just what it sounds like – the blog of an Episcopalian vegan.

Bill Keezer weighs in on a debate begun over at Naked Villainy on what exactly the term “Christian” refers to. Does it mean having particular beliefs about Jesus, or just following his teachings? Does it require being a member of a church? etc. etc. The funny thing about debates over definitions is that they are…