I am going to make an argument here that we have now as a society encountered—for perhaps the first time in history—an “ontological crisis.” What do I mean? I mean a crisis about reality. Now I don’t believe this crisis is particularly influential for most ordinary people, nor for most subjects of investigation. A philosopher […]
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The “Reality Crisis” and the Christian
20 Jun 2015
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Pope Francis issued his long-awaited encyclical today, entitled, Ladato Si or “Praise to You [O Lord].” The 183 page document is concerned with the environment and more specifically with global climate change. I am in the process of making my way through it, but have a few initial comments get things going. First, the Pope […]
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Why I Don’t Believe in Man-Made Global Warming
02 Jun 2015
“Let God be true though every man [and scientist] were a liar” (Romans 3:4) In the course of my teaching here at Cedarville University, students will occasionally ask me to address the issue of global warming. Of chief concern to them, it seems, is what a Christian’s response ought to be. Admittedly not one to […]
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Ephesians 6 and Capitalism
02 Jun 2015
Today we heard a sermon on Ephesians 6: 5-9, the text about how Christian slaves and masters should act toward each other and the proper attitudes they should have. The sermon (and my wife) prompted me to write here on the application of that text to relations in a capitalist-market society. First, the direct and […]
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It began when the current Pope, Francis, succeeded Benedict XVI and proceeded to issue an encyclical dealing with economics. Many at the time defended him and argued that he could be interpreted in such a way as not to be overly critical of markets and capitalism. But Francis seems to have continued down an interesting […]
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The Only Hope for Inner Cities in the Long Run
29 Apr 2015
President Obama simply can’t resist taking shots at Republicans anytime something bad happens (to foreclose any response from those who will reply that Republicans do it too, I will challenge that if you wish). In this case it was the Baltimore riots, which by now everyone knows about. In his press conference today, the president […]
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Bruce Jenner and the Radical LGBT Movement
26 Apr 2015
I caught a snippet of former Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner’s interview about his transgender journey—not to mention its exaltation by the networks, even ESPN. One thing Jenner said however, I did appreciate. He said that he and anyone else ought to have the right to pursue their goals (a paraphrase) as they choose. He apparently […]
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Critics of capitalism or markets are not too difficult to find. They come mainly from the ideological Left, but some also come from what appears to be a non-Leftist position of postmodernism. I actually believe most postmoderns lean Left, some violently, but for now I will let that go. Finally I have found a fairly […]
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The Berean Foundations
16 Apr 2015
This blog may seem redundant, since I have published similar pieces before. But from time to time I believe our readers need to see articulated the foundations for our positions. I believe I represent the basic philosophical and theological position of my Berean colleagues, though they would most certainly be more concise. In the past […]
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A Different/Similar Take on the Indiana Law
01 Apr 2015
This blog serves as somewhat of a response to Mark Smith’s blog. It is different however in that it deals primarily with legal and broader theological issues. By now most know something about the stir in Indiana—I can feel the reverberations from across the border—concerning the recently passed state law protecting those with religious […]