Warren Throckmorton
Is the Latter Day Saint Church a Denomination of Christianity?
Last Friday, Latter Day Saint Glenn Beck told Liberty University students that Mormonism is a Christian denomination. While I focused briefly on the Grand Council reference in the speech, blogger James Duncan referenced Beck’s statement about Latter Day Saints and Christianity in his post on Beck’s speech in Liberty’s chapel. Beck said: I share your…
Read MoreMark Driscoll Appears on James Robison's Life Today Show; Also Appears on T-Shirt
I guess moving out of celebrity status is hard. Mark Driscoll appeared as a guest on James Robison’s show today discussing Driscoll’s book A Call to Resurgence. The interview was tame compared to his interview with Janet Mefferd back in November 2013. As you can see from the transcript, Robison didn’t bring up any uncomfortable issues.…
Read MoreDonald Sterling is not a Democrat and other reactions from the Twitter feed
By now, many people know that Los Angeles Clippers soon-be-former owner Donald Sterling was banned from the NBA due to his comments to his girlfriend berating her for hanging out with black people. He isn’t so great when it comes to how he treats women either but I don’t think that had any impact on…
Read MoreThe Virtue of Distraction
Marten Scheffer, professor and scientist with appointments in The Netherlands and Uruguay, has a brief, but thought provoking, essay in today’s edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (USA)* on nurturing creative associations. Hopefully, you don’t have to subscribe to read it. Scheffer begins: Although thinking is the core business of scientists, we rarely…
Read MoreGlenn Beck Talks Mormon at Liberty University
I honestly have a hard time figuring out Liberty University. After finding themselves in some hot water over Mitt Romney, and then more recently Benny Hinn and Ron Godwin’s past devotion to Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon, you would think they would take more care about the speakers in their chapel. However, last Friday,…
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