American Politics and the Christian
D. Kevin Brown has an interesting essay written as he watched the most recent Republican debate. I think a key sentence is this:
The only way to change a person is on the inside.
Read Kevin’s post and comment.
D. Kevin Brown has an interesting essay written as he watched the most recent Republican debate. I think a key sentence is this:
The only way to change a person is on the inside.
Read Kevin’s post and comment.
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After the school shootings in Parkland, Florida, the political class issued its now familiar response, “Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families.” Interestingly, the very people it was supposed to mollify were outraged, prompting the response of voice and sign, “Prayer is not enough.” And it surely is not enough.The well-known…
by Elgin Hushbeck For all but the most dogmatic Christians, living in the real world is full of compromises. This is probably one of the reasons monasticism has played a significant role in the history of Christianity. There is something appealing about cutting oneself off and just living as Christ would want us to live,…
In our increasingly politically and culturally polarized nation we are seeing battle-lines being drawn by two groups, groups that stand outside of the traditional political process and that are shaking the political landscape. These two groups, the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street, have very different goals even if some of their rhetoric sounds superficially…
On occassion I watch the Red Green Show. I really get a kick out of the montone prayer that they pray. One part is sonething along the lines of, “I’m a man and I can change if I have to.” When it comes to God’s will beiong done humanity often seems to have that monotone sighing…
Links: Question 6 Joel Watts – Question 6 (Profit) – Answer What is the value of profit as a motive for action in the marketplace and competition as a regulating force? Do you trust profit making organizations more than non-profit? Under what circumstances? While profit and the profit motive are often maligned they are the…
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