August 07, 2009

Graffiti on the Temple

Apparently, if my surmising is correct, Doug Wilson is getting hammered for being “fundamentalist” (gasp!) for something he or his wife said about Christians and.... (Click here to read this post.)
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June 05, 2009

Nickle and Dimed, On (Not) Getting by in America

Part of my reading this year and last has included a real effort to acquaint myself with books that are required reading on the campuses.... (Click here to read this post.)
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June 02, 2009

Plus Eight minus Gospel: Thoughts on TV “testimonies” like Duggars and Gosselins

Understatement of the year: “We evangelicals are easily impressed.” There is a thought-provoking article in Christianity Today on the TV sensation Jon & Kate Plus.... (Click here to read this post.)
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May 07, 2009

Homeschoolers=Terrorists?

Dumb Evangelicalism is not patriotic. Now, let’s get it straight from the get-go. I’m not a bleeding heart, red-white-and-blue, swearing-my-allegiance-to-the-flag type of guy. Nor do.... (Click here to read this post.)
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April 18, 2009

Runner on Base

Christianity has a runner on base with the St. Louis Cardinals. Albert Pujols seems to be the real deal. I was simultaneously encouraged and discouraged.... (Click here to read this post.)
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March 24, 2009

Ms. Father

People in religious leadership often lose all sense of accountability to common sense. It becomes about power and control. I can think of a number.... (Click here to read this post.)
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March 02, 2009

The Credit Crisis.

This might help you understand the crisis. The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo..... (Click here to read this post.)
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February 09, 2009

Gifted Hands

I asked my wife awhile ago to be sure that she recorded the made-for-TV movie of the life of Dr. Benjamin Carson. I have no.... (Click here to read this post.)
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January 26, 2009

Is this freedom?

Iraq is back on the list as one of the worst places in the world for religious persecution. Go figure. (HT: SI).... (Click here to read this post.)
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January 19, 2009

MLK Day, the BJU Apology, and Evangelicals’ Humble Necessity to Honor the Holiday

Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Born into White Fundamentalism I was reared with the unspoken denial that Martin Luther King, Jr. really was.... (Click here to read this post.)
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November 06, 2008

Why I am Rejoicing with the Obama Supporters

Some people do not understand it when I say that I am rejoicing in the election of Barack Obama even though I have vehemently argued.... (Click here to read this post.)
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November 05, 2008

Why Don’t African-Americans Want Leaders Like This?

This is powerful..... (Click here to read this post.)
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November 04, 2008

40 Years

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Sensibility: The Christian Pastor in the Age of Obama-mania and Why Evangelicals Hope in Obama

The ego of the organizer is stronger and more monumental than the ego of the leader. The leader is driven by the desire for power,.... (Click here to read this post.)
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October 29, 2008

Let Christians vote as if they were not voting

Excellent thoughts from John Piper..... (Click here to read this post.)
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October 27, 2008

The Politics of an American Girl

On our way to school one morning I had the following conversation with my daughter (who, on her own initiative, braved potential hostility and.... (Click here to read this post.)
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Fireproof

I was skeptical when I went to see the movie the night it came out. “Christian” movies are generally not very Christian. But this was.... (Click here to read this post.)
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October 18, 2008

Republican Baptists, ACORN and the Culture of Voter Accumulation

It’s funny how the same people who cram the pews of the church with uninvolved members in order to get them to vote out the.... (Click here to read this post.)
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October 17, 2008

The Protection of Convenience: Barring the Intrusion of Guilt - the Morals of Senator Obama

Convenience must thrive unhampered. Let the baby die. Senator Obama is a dangerous man. In his third debate with Senator McCain he once again slithered.... (Click here to read this post.)
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October 03, 2008

The Vatican Pretends Holiness

I think Rome sees an opportunity. The Roman Catholic Church understands humanity. There is increasingly a craving for a strong, unwavering stand on morality and,.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 24, 2008

The Anatomy of a Bailout

There’s potentially some really big stuff happening in the economy. By that I mean, we could be looking at something that people will look back.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 23, 2008

Courage in Congress

I just happened to turn on C-Span to hear Rep. Jeff Flake registering his vehement objection to a “bipartisan” bill on credit card regulation. The.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 17, 2008

The Banking Crisis

Need help understanding the financial crisis we’re reading about in the news everyday? Justin Taylor has offered a very helpful interview that I think would.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 08, 2008

The Postmoderns’ Election

This election may be the only election in American history to be decided by postmoderns. If Os Guinness and other social critics are right, postmodernism.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 05, 2008

Inexperience is Better than Experience: The Palin Pick

There is only one answer to the populism of Edwards and the ambiguous we-are-all-united-because-we-are-essentially-the-same niceness of Obama. It is what they both emanate, in my.... (Click here to read this post.)
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May 01, 2008

The Year of the Black Man: When We Really Need Black Leaders

Among blacks (and I’m sure other minorities in America), it’s a big deal when we’re able to see tangible evidence of our emergence into the.... (Click here to read this post.)
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April 22, 2008

Polygamy Kids

Does any of my readers know or have an opinion about what the state of Texas is doing with the Polygamy Kids? I see that.... (Click here to read this post.)
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April 19, 2008

Culture Shift

FWIW, Al Mohler’s paper on torture that I referenced in a recent post about torture is chapter 8 in his new book Culture Shift: Engaging.... (Click here to read this post.)
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April 02, 2008

A Dad Ponders the Hannah Montana Cult (and the music)

I’m a dad of a girl. And I have been to Libby Lu. Have you ever been to Libby Lu? It is a pink den.... (Click here to read this post.)
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March 10, 2008

Al Mohler on Torture

“In the end, I must side with McCain, but not without further moral clarifications.” ~ Al Mohler I told a friend that I think it.... (Click here to read this post.)
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March 08, 2008

How Come Christians Don’t Discuss the Ethic of Torture?

My anger toward Republicans and the Bush Administration only continues to intensify. My frustration with American Christians who have become so political that they.... (Click here to read this post.)
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March 07, 2008

Lamentation - The Timelessness of Pain

This AP picture was moving to me. It was taken in 2008 at the funeral of 8 seminary students killed in Israel this week,.... (Click here to read this post.)
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February 22, 2008

Cheaters Usually Prosper - Musings on the Patriots, Clemens, and Christian Fans

It’s a fact of life: cheaters usually prosper. This, of course, flies in the face of the adage that most of us heard since we.... (Click here to read this post.)
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February 05, 2008

Fat Tuesday, Super Tuesday, Black History Month and a Prayer

Fat Tuesday It’s “Fat Tuesday” today. Mardi Gras translated means “Fat Tuesday.” Tomorrow our friends in the Roman Catholic tradition will get sober and live.... (Click here to read this post.)
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January 26, 2008

Huntsville, Latin, Music, the Mozart Effect, and So Forth (Warning: Judgementalism and Snobbery Unleashed)

It was great! I’d gladly pay the $57 per ticket to hear it all over again. We sat three rows from the front, almost too.... (Click here to read this post.)
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January 19, 2008

With Romney the Ultimate Question is Authority.

Here’s a tough question: Do you want the President of our country to be a faithful member of a changing religion with a centralized authority.... (Click here to read this post.)
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January 17, 2008

The Wisconsin Tribe

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Not All Equally Heinous

From the Westminster Larger Catechism Q. 150. Are all transgressions of the law of God equally heinous in themselves, and in the sight of God?.... (Click here to read this post.)
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January 16, 2008

To South Carolina Voters

Proposed Argument I have friends and family in South Carolina. Many of them are too easily influenced by Bob Jones’ endorsement of Mitt Romney, but.... (Click here to read this post.)
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January 10, 2008

Revival Tonight on ABC!

Revival! Tonight!.... (Click here to read this post.)
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January 06, 2008

Huckabee Blasphemes!

Listening to the debate. I have to admit that I’m impressed by Huckabee. It is so obvious that Fox News (and Rush Limbaugh) have all.... (Click here to read this post.)
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January 04, 2008

Random Thoughts on the Iowa Caucuses

Last night’s Iowa Caucuses were fascinating to me. Not because there were any surprises. I was not surprised by one thing except for Edwards’ success..... (Click here to read this post.)
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December 28, 2007

Clarity is Good

In a day when ambiguity is in vogue, this public testimony on PBS was refreshing. Al Mohler is crystal clear. “Well, I believe that the.... (Click here to read this post.)
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December 27, 2007

Did I Endorse Huckabee? Unpolished and Rambling Thoughts on Politics and Preachers - Again

My post about the Bob Jones’ early endorsement of Mitt Romney drew some interesting responses. There are, of course, the typical responses that come from.... (Click here to read this post.)
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We need more men like this woman.

Whatever you may think of this woman’s politics and motives, I think we could use a few more men as manly as she was..... (Click here to read this post.)
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December 14, 2007

When to Endorse? This is the Question.

When does a Christian have the prerogative to abdicate what I call holistic decision-making for pragmatic decision-making? This is a tough question. We will certainly.... (Click here to read this post.)
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December 13, 2007

Actors, Preachers, and Politicians - Thoughts On The Dangers of Presidential Endorsements

Two months ago two men made public presidential endorsements: Bob Jones and Chuck Norris. One sounded principled. The other sounded pragmatic. And I have found.... (Click here to read this post.)
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December 08, 2007

Help! Cinematic Counter-Evangelism!

It is consistent, I suppose, of American Evangelicals to get their underwear all in a wad over the latest movie to hit the American public.... (Click here to read this post.)
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October 16, 2007

Thankful to be American

My wife and I read this long story in our Rockford paper this morning and we were both moved to tears. There are so.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 20, 2007

Pirates Culture in the Church

Last night my daughter and I were having an after service daddy-daughter date at the Baskin Robbins (buy 1 sundae, get one free). I was.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 18, 2007

Hatto Tip: Experts Don’t Always Know What They’re Talking About

I am officially a non-expert. The extent of my vocabulary around the savants is “Huh?” But I am not one to drown in my drool.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 13, 2007

Conception Day – To Want or Not To Want Children: This is the Question

In case you missed it, yesterday was Conception Day. At least so it was in a Russian province. (HT: MC) It’s a cool deal. You.... (Click here to read this post.)
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August 16, 2007

Dumbth

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August 06, 2007

I wrote this in 2005 and people are STILL naked!

Morals have so degenerated that sensuality has become a lost art. In its place is a stark, barbaric, National Geographic-ish exhibitionism. Modesty is actually sexy.... (Click here to read this post.)
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June 08, 2007

Rambling on the “Shamnesty bill,” classical education, and the value of rhetoric

Yesterday I had to stay home and watch my son. That in and of itself is a blessing, but he added to the blessing by.... (Click here to read this post.)
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June 01, 2007

I told you so….

I don’t like to say much about politics on this blog. But I am not apolitical. My romance with the Bush administration was just as.... (Click here to read this post.)
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May 07, 2007

France Has a New President

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April 24, 2007

What Would Jesus Say?

What would Jesus say about the VT atrocity? I think Gordon Dickson of Findlay, OH offers a great message here in “The Message in the.... (Click here to read this post.)
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April 12, 2007

Imus Fired

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March 30, 2007

Blogger Returns to First Love

There are few bloggers that I admire as much as La Shawn Barber, and my appreciation is even greater as I have watched/read her mature.... (Click here to read this post.)
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February 14, 2007

Two Women and Desire

Two women made the front pages last week. It’s real tabloid stuff, but tabloid stuff makes the front pages anymore. And so it is.... (Click here to read this post.)
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November 21, 2006

Out-of-wedlock births

This is an interesting article for all those like me who often think on issues like adoption, abortion, teen pregnancies, etc..... (Click here to read this post.)
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November 10, 2006

“Stage-plays also drew me away”

Augustine’s Confession~ For I have not now ceased to have compassion; but then in the theatres I sympathized with lovers when they sinfully enjoyed.... (Click here to read this post.)
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November 08, 2006

They Got Spanked - And they deserved it.

If you only have so much time, skip my drivel and go read Dan Burrell’s thoughts. Once again, the man says exactly what I think.... (Click here to read this post.)
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November 03, 2006

I like this woman

Have I said that I like LaShawn Barber before? Yes, I have..... (Click here to read this post.)
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October 11, 2006

The Burrell and McCrorie Show

I am almost apolitical. Almost, I say, because I still find it very interesting. I have also been very fascinated by the American Evangelical’s love.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 22, 2006

Unreasonable Secularists and Unreasonable Islamists in Bed Together

I want to urge my friends to understand what took place last week with the recent international/diplomatic flap provoked by the Pope’s speech. I think.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 21, 2006

Irony

How ironic. I dare to post a political thought (something I rarely do) that was less than enthusiastic about our President and my sweet, beloved,.... (Click here to read this post.)
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Another Quote of the Week

Dan Burrell speaks my mind! I don’t talk politics often here. I have my own views of politics and government and being the contented misfit.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 18, 2006

No Duh!! Quote of the Week

***UPDATED at END*** “If we remain furious, then the pope will be considered correct.”~ Hasym Muzadi, head of Indonesia’s largest Islamic organization, Nahdlatul Ulama, which.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 16, 2006

Prosperity Theology

The nation is beginning to wonder about the theological basis of a uniquely American heresy, Prosperity Theology (although it is spreading throughout the world). TIME.... (Click here to read this post.)
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September 11, 2006

Where Were You?

Probably everybody remember where they were on September 11 five years ago. Where were you? If you have time, I think it would be interesting.... (Click here to read this post.)
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May 09, 2006

King Kong

Scattered and hasty thoughts about the movie. I thought I’d throw them up here in their crude unedited form for any who might be interested..... (Click here to read this post.)
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March 18, 2006

Let us Not Forget

One year ago today Terry Schiavo’s feeding tube was removed. Let us not forget..... (Click here to read this post.)
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February 17, 2006

African American? Really? Get Real.

La Shawn Barber touched on a subject that hits a nerve with me when she commented on the American Black’s fascination with Africa. My daughter,.... (Click here to read this post.)
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