Racism: The gathering of white supremacists and KKK members in Charlottesville last weekend was reprehensible. The racism that was clearly being expressed should not be tolerated. The violence that ensued, particularly the person who drove his car into a crowd of protesters, is not an acceptable form of expression in our society. As Americans, we […]
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Racism, Confederate Statues, and History
20 Aug 2017
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The Liberal Arts in the Christian Context
05 Feb 2017
Leland Ryken, Professor of English Emeritus at Wheaton College, has a fine track record of scholarship over a career that began in 1968. He has written thoughtfully about integration in his field, among other topics, but in particular I encourage you to focus on his well known essay entitled “The Student’s Calling.” In it he […]
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Wait…What!?!
10 Nov 2016
That has been my reaction several times in the last two days. The first was when I turned on the television for the first time Tuesday midway through the evening and heard that Ohio had gone for Trump by double digits. Wait…what!?! I thought to myself. The final vote was under 10% but that was […]
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What is Comey Doing?
04 Nov 2016
James Comey’s decision to reopen the investigation against Sec. Hillary Clinton has caused an immense amount of conjecture. His initial, rather confusing, statements about Sec. Clinton after the first investigation that she had been wreckless, dishonest, and at the very least violated policy related to the handling of classified documents ended with a recommendation that […]
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Candidates: Step Down; Voters: Step Up
31 Oct 2016
Republicans from George Pataki to sitting members of Congress to theologian Wayne Grudem have called for Donald Trump to step down as GOP presidential candidate in recent weeks. Now, the tables have turned. The recent announcement by FBI director, Jim Comey to reopen the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email improprieties has led to calls for […]
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To Vote, or Not to Vote
02 Oct 2016
Evangelicals Disagree President Franklin D. Roosevelt is reported to have said, “Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.” I agree. I also agree that the upcoming presidential election presents one of the most […]
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Rule of Man: Addendum
15 Jul 2016
Earlier in the week I wrote a post about the decline of the rule of law and increase in the rule of man in the United States’ governing structure. I would like to continue that thought as it related to the individual human being. Question: Why is the rule of law so important? Answer: Because […]
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Rule of Man
10 Jul 2016
The recent decision by FBI Director James B. Comey recommending against charging Sec. Hillary Clinton for violations of the law while she served as Secretary of State under President Barak Obama, calls into question the rule of law in this country. Our country was founded on the concept of rule of law. Our mother country, […]
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Falwell Trumps the Pope
23 Feb 2016
It is simply too easy with a name like “Trump” when writing titles or headlines. I am sure the late night talk show hosts are having a field day. So, forgive my failure to resist the easy pun in titling this post. The reality is, there is nothing very funny in the topic which I […]
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President Obama and Executive Power
25 Jan 2016
In 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover for the presidency of the United States. In his campaign, he had promised American voters a “New Deal.” Little known to most Americans today, Hoover had prepared the way for Roosevelt’s New Deal with several initiatives like the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and public works like the Boulder […]
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