In light of all the recent hoopla of Executive overreach, its important to know the broader agenda of the socialist mindset–it is much more than simply “economics.” As Hayek says in The Fatal Conceit (p. 67) So, priding itself on having built its world as if it had designed it, and blaming itself for not […]
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Curious Minds Really Want to Know
27 Jun 2014
My Berean colleague Mark Smith wrote a very nice blog on the two cases decided by the United States Supreme Court yesterday. I commend it to you. But we were really hoping, I think, to hear from the Court on the Hobby Lobby case. You remember it. The Affordable Care Act (now in effect four years) […]
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Warning: Arcane Book Review of Work on the Nineteenth Century Economic Thought of Evangelicals
03 Jun 2014
I just finished a very interesting, but somewhat difficult, book on the economic thought of Evangelicals in Great Britain between around 1790 and 1880. Sounds really boring? Well, it was a little bit of slogging at times, but it was worth it. The author is Boyd Hilton, the title is The Age of Atonement: The […]
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Faith may be in action, but is the mind of Christ? Social gospel left demands higher taxes in Illinois
29 Apr 2014
Pity the poor people of Illinois. They have perhaps the worst government policies in the nation, and have less than 43 cents on the dollar funded of their pension liabilities for the large public sector. The state settled with the SEC in March after it was charged with securities violations in fraudulent reporting of its […]
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Palin Enters Pelosi Territory
28 Apr 2014
Truth is sometimes uncomfortable, especially for those of us who want to cheer, sometimes uncritically, for one “side” versus the other. Fandom and devotion can be truth’s enemies, even in the political realm. Our preferred labels often override anything resembling objectivity. At its worst, this practice degenerates into a justification of “us” as we find […]
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It isn’t widely reported, though religious liberties organizations are well aware, but religious liberties are under attack from a significant portion of the modern liberal political class. More than that however, religion in general, specifically the Christian religion is being mocked by that same element. Snickers could almost be audible when some public figure or […]
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Pelosi Washes Feet to Promote Immigration Reform
19 Apr 2014
When politics is paramount, nothing is sacred. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the U.S. House Minority Leader, joined a San Francisco priest, and other elected officials, in a foot-washing ceremony for immigrants. Stunningly, Pelosi also used the occasion to talk about passing HR15 – bipartisan immigration legislation that her office says would “reduce the deficit by nearly […]
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Recently, we have witnessed two high-profile instances of how different communities have mobilized their supporters to produce conformity over the issue of gay marriage. World Vision, a Christian ministry that assists refugees, decided to change their employee policies regarding homosexuality. The ministry said it was leaving theological disagreements to churches while attempting to remain focused […]
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If you would like the background information on this post, go to Part 1. If you are more interested in the theological issue, see Part 2.) Though I think the theological difference between Jim Crow discrimination and the same-sex debate is important, the comparison also makes constitutional assumptions that are troubling and misguided. There was, […]
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Let Them Bake Cakes (Part 2)?
26 Feb 2014
(In Part 1, I talked a bit about the controversy surrounding gay marriage as it relates to providing public accommodations or services from Christians.) For me at least, there is one other question that few seem willing to address directly. Is the current homosexual rights movement analogous to the civil rights struggle of the 1950s […]