Evangelical tribalism – stance versus substance
For evangelicals, one’s “stance” determines one’s standing. What does it mean that a stance is the all-important determinant of one’s status and legitimacy in the community? Part of what it…
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Conversion Fever! Why The Media Adores Former Climate Skeptics
Muller001.jpg If you’ve been following the science of global warming for over a decade—as I have—you might find the recent conversion of Berkeley physicist Richard Muller into a climate believer…
English reporter looks at Todd Bentley in the same way that they would look at a used car
By Rick Hiebert. Used by Permission. All Rights Reserved It’s going to be increasingly hard for evangelist Todd Bentley to make a living, judging by some recent press coverage. He…
Daniel P. Reeve charged with fraud
In 2009 a few Christians wrote me, alerting me to possible investment fraud, involving a guy from their former church named Daniel P. Reeve. Investors who have had the misfortune…
Beaverton Grace Bible Church loses court case against blogger
A minister who sought 500 thousand dollars in damages for defamation against a former church member who blogged about her experience with his church, will be paying the former members…
Affidavits in Michael Mann Libel Suit Reveal Astonishing Facts About Tim Ball Associate John O’Sullivan
John O'Sullivan.jpeg Affidavits filed in the British Columbia Supreme Court libel litigation brought by climate scientist Michael Mann against climate science denier Timothy Ball reveal that Ball's collaborator and self-styled…
If Conservatives Were Really “Conservative,” They Would Want to Do Something About Global Warming
kerry-emanuel.jpg Originally, when I asked MIT atmospheric scientist Kerry Emanuel to be a guest on the Point of Inquiry podcast, my goal was simple. I wanted someone who could give…
Saskatchewan Storm chasers
There isn’t much on TV tonight so I’ve been watching TVNWeather – canadogreg’s chaser stream. I’ve also been following along on Twitter – #skstorm. As I was posting, the cell…
Bill Moyers and Chris Hedges, ” “Capitalism’s Sacrifice Zones”
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It’s the Weather, Stupid: Slowly Re-Awakening the Public About Climate Change
drought monitor.gif The Yale and George Mason Centers on Climate Change Communication, collaborators on the well-known “Six Americas” studies of how the public views global warming, are out with their…
Mother of murder victim Jun Lin converts to Christianity
The mother of a Chinese student murdered and dismembered in Canada announced that she has converted to Christianity and was recently baptized in the wake of the gruesome case. ‘Patrick’…
“Tell them The truth!” he yelled at the pastor
a href=”http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2012/07/22/edmonton-victory-church-sunday-confrontation.html?cmp=rss”>By Rick Hiebert All Rights Reserved Used by Permission An Alberta man was removed by church security from a service earlier today after he heckled the church pastor about…
Toronto the Good. Really?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Next Saturday, July 28th, is a big day for Faytene Grasseschi as the latest of her big prayer rallies, The Cry…
Charisma Magazine caught posting altered article
What happened at Charisma Magazine? Why would an article by a guest author written in 2004 re-appear front and centre on the Charisma website, with changes, leading the reader to…
Catherine Darnell
Catherine Darnell has been a tireless advocate for PBI abuse survivors. Hopes Tapestry
As it turns out, I am the guy who stole the safe…
Rick passed this along, I’m tossing it up.:^) What a great obituary in the Salt Lake Tribune. The guy is Val Patterson 1953-2012. I had a lot of fun. It…
After All That, The Himalayan Glaciers are Indeed Shrinking
800px-Everest_North_Face_toward_Base_Camp_Tibet_Luca_Galuzzi_2006_edit_1.jpg Remember the Himalayan glaciers? They were at the root of the most deserved black-eye to the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change during the intensely politicized period of 2009-2010.…
Charles McVety back on tv
There is an odd little item at OneNewsNow out of the US. Well, not odd considering it is OneNewsNow is a news arm of the American Family Association, designated by…
Meeting with ex-judge reassures residential school survivors
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Despite having had problems with their former legal counsel, members of the Blood tribe in Southern Alberta have been reassured that…