"If there's no God, you have no reason to be upset at the suffering in this world. That's just the way it is. It takes faith to get mad at this world."

“Not everybody understands why you would go to a movie at midnight but this is a community of fans,” said Rantal.  “You’re sharing the evening with 500 fans. The event up at Aurora had just such a community. We didn’t know their names but they were part of our crew, part of our community. That’s why... Continue Reading

One of the side effects of this contest was to learn some details about who is reading The Aquila Report. Quite honestly, we were pleasantly surprised. Neither one is a Minister. Neither one is a Presbyterian.

It isn’t a different gospel that is needed. It’s not a different Jesus. It’s just a real gospel and a real Jesus. See, when every day of our lives is doused in a deluge of Jesus/gospel/Bible talk from our earliest memories, it is so easy for it all to become rote or rubbish to us. Satan’s greatest weapon against church kids is familiarity, and the contempt it breeds. So we need our families, biological and Christological, to show us the gospel.

Editor's Note: Word spread during the day on Tuesday that Wes White was closing down his blog. Here is his final post.

We have to make a distinction, though, between the "working theology" of Mormonism today and its previous declarations. In the past, they put much more emphasis on good works. The most important development in recent decades has been an increasingly strong emphasis on the substitutionary atonement of Christ on the cross.

One of the store workers was on a tall ladder near where I was engrossed in my key hunt. Suddenly, without warning, I got clobbered in the head with something heavy.  Looking down on the floor I saw a large pair of pliers. I got hit on the head by a pair of pliers! While... Continue Reading

“[Bashar al-Assad] is the President of Syria, not a faction of Syrians, and the First Lady supports him in that role,” wrote Asma. “The First Lady’s very busy agenda is still focused on supporting the various charities she has long been involved with . . . [and] she listens to and comforts the families of the victims of the violence.”

Ryan Hall is the fastest American distance runner competing in the London Olympics and he says he owes it all to his omnipresent coach who has been there with him every step of the way.

Asked about the debate about Calvinism that has become prominent in the Southern Baptist Convention in recent months, Luter said he is "still trying to wrap my mind around this thing," noting that he is frequently asked about it. Although he is studying the issue, admitting, "I don't have a handle on it yet," Luter expressed concern about the debate.