On September 2 and 3, Cedarville University hosted theologian Wayne Grudem and economist Barry Asmus, who presented talks aimed at students and faculty on economics and human flourishing. Much of what they said related to their relatively new book, The Poverty of Nations: A Sustainable Solution. To summarize the book’s argument, the authors assert that […]
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Quote for the Day
01 Sep 2014
“No beast is more savage than man, when possessed of power equal to his passion.” Josiah Quincey, Jr. (American revolutionary writer, 1770s) This captures the essence of human nature, apart from the grace of God, and operating in the political sphere.
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Islamic Radicalism Part 2
18 Aug 2014
In the previous blog on Islamic ideology I focused on the historical development of the religion of Islam and of the terrorist groups that arose later. But Islam is also a religion in its own right and is based on a written source—the Quran—which is subject to various interpretations. It is true that for a […]
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The “Cronies” versus the “Smithians”
14 Aug 2014
Cronyism and Sports Sometimes I feel as if I am just trying to “stir the pot” as it were and make my sports-loving friends angry. So let me say before I continue that I love sports of many kinds—college football and basketball, cross country, track, bicycling, and a few others to a lesser extent. But […]
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Islamic Ideology and the Islamic State
14 Aug 2014
Bereans Blog One of our Bereans colleagues e-mailed to say he wished one of us would blog on the situation in the Middle East and on Islamic radical ideology. He had watched a Heritage Foundation event on the subject, which I had seen a part of as well. Well, I will take up the challenge, […]
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Let’s Get Ethical
28 Jul 2014
This blog is a supplement to my colleague Jeff Haymond’s very informative blog of July 26 entitled “Turning to the Left….” I wanted to add a further ethical dimension to the discussion of income inequality which Jeff was addressing with regard to recent comments by Thomas Ricks at Politico. Jeff’s comments are worth reproducing in […]
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Higher and Higher
21 Jul 2014
Well, I am deep into summer and I, like a few others—maybe many others—have noticed that things aren’t what they used to be, just a few short years back in the “evil” Bush administration. In case you are curious I’m talking about the prices of goods and services. There is a nice article about it […]
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Accreditation for Me But Not for Thee
17 Jul 2014
A recent article appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education, in which the author, Peter Conn, a professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, took issue with the accreditation of certain kinds of Christian universities. The article, entitled “The Great Accreditation Farce,” begins on what I would consider to be a positive note, by […]
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A few days ago I wrote a blog on bureaucracy and promised to follow it up by addressing the question of the compatibility of this form of organization with Scripture. As Abraham Kuyper once said, there is not one part of the universe that God cannot call His (my paraphrase) and that includes our thinking […]
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I hope everyone is still following the various “scandals” (I want to be sensitive to the liberals, who deny any scandals) continuing to unfold, or just plain continuing: IRS, VA, illegals at the border, EPA efforts, the HHS Obamacare mess, etc. If you keep up with things like this, have you noticed how many involve […]
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