On one of my favorite blogs, Internetmonk, there was recently an article responding to another article on Christianity Today called, “Why Most Pastors Aren’t Answering Your Phone Calls.” You can find the response by Internetmonk here. The original article was a not-well-done justification by a pastor on why pastors do not immediately return telephone calls. […]

“The case against science is straightforward: much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue. Afflicted by studies with small sample sizes, tiny effects, invalid exploratory analyses, and flagrant conflicts of interest, together with an obsession for pursuing fashionable trends of dubious importance, science has taken a turn towards darkness.” – Daniel Sarewitz, […]

“And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. … Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that […]

The meme above is one of several that I have seen lately, and it points out how misinformed, and sometimes even deliberately misleading, some of the advocates of “healthy living” are. Frankly, most of the time they are simply incredibly misled and misinformed. They make the mistake of seeing the chemical name of some compound […]

A Leshy is a woodland spirit from Slavic legends which protects animals and forests. It is a tall creature which can change its size, has hair and a beard made out of living grass and vines, and it has a tail, hooves, and horns. It’s skin is pale and its eyes are green. It is […]

In Leviticus it says that, “For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.” Vampires are the antithesis of this statement. A vampire would agree that the […]

The trend in much fantasy writing today (especially in steampunk) is to show werewolves and vampires who are not controlled by their passions, but rather control their passions and—particularly in steampunk—manage to behave as civilized ladies and gentlemen. And, yet, their passions are always drawing, pulling, fighting them. The bloodlust is always below the surface. […]

“Please him whom you serve as soldiers, from whom you receive your wages. Let none of you be found a deserter.” – Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Letter to Saint Polycarp, circa 108. St. Ignatius wrote the phrase above as he was being taken by soldier to be martyred in Rome. He expected to be thrown […]