Scot, as to the Manhattan Declaration, it was prompted by a number of things, including, but not limited to: (1) a New Jersey case where the Methodist Church was sued for refusing to allow a homosexual couple to wed in one of thier buildings; (2) a Catholic nurse in NYC whose job was threatened for refusing to participate in abortions; (3) interpretations by courts of hate crime bills such as the one recently debated in Congress, etc. The basic thrust is, if the U.S. follows the same arc as Canada and a handful of European nations in regards to life, marriage and religious liberty then you can expect widespread civil disobedience from the signers. Thanks for your oustanding work, blessings.

Re: Krauthammer on Holder’s wrong decision to try KSM in civilian court. Is it too late for Holder or the President to reverse the decision?

Scot, Thanks so much for pointing us to John Frame’s review of Michael Horton’s contentious book.

Thanks so much, Scot. Even though my hope is fading, I do want the old blog back due to sentimental posts especially (the entire blog in a way is sentimental to me).
With John I too say thanks for the Frame critique of Horton. And so many other good things here.
Again, thanks!

The Manhattan Declaration is already being used by one propagandist to besmirch those who don’t agree with his agenda:
http://www.uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/manhattan-declaration-where-are-the-theistic-evolutionists/
I wonder how much more we will see of the fallacious argument “John Doe didn’t sign, therefore he is probably on the wrong side of these issues.”

The Manhattan Declaration is too long and wordy and wandering to be worth anything much.
On the other hand I do think we will reach a point (already have at times of course) where it will be necessary to take a stand – and the stand taken will have significant negative consequences on occasion. The hard part is being sure that the stand we take is, in fact, for the Gospel and not for extraneous attached baggage.

We’re up here in Chicago for Thanksgiving and saw the comparison between Favre and Cutler in the Tribune. Stat-wise, they’re dead on, and the comparison is valid. But I wonder about the will to win, ability to improvise, and execute under pressure. Seemed that Favre excelled (excels!) in these latter considerations, whereas Cutler seems to sort of give up. Hoping for the best, but somewhat skeptical…

Scot,
See you have a bet with Tony on the Bears/Vikings game – but a Pizza benefits only Tony. Perhaps something more substantial?
We all enjoyed the series On Infant Baptism after the last such rash bet (with John Franke).
I’m thinking…

RJS, that’s the bet … Tony set the terms.

Except that Favre didn’t force himself to be traded and melt down 2 quality football teams or stand up to a coach. Let’s name Cutler what he is…a quarterback version of T.O.