It seems an intruder made it onto the White House grounds and through an unlocked front door the other day.  The Secret Service didn’t unleash the guard dogs on him, for reasons unknown.  And why the front door was unlocked, no one knows yet—although it is a little humorous.  So what is the plan of […]

“Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.” (Proverbs 26:4-5) In a recent editorial tirade published in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Ivy League professor Peter Conn warned of the danger to “skeptical and […]

In a September 5, 2014 article “Capitalism and the Common Good” published in Christianity Today, Kevin Brown used the Institute for Faith Work & Economics (IFWE) “I, Smartphone” video and the “conflict mineral” coltan to introduce his topic. Brown is a supporter of the market system.  He eloquently provides a utilitarian defense of markets. “Markets have enabled progress and […]

There is much to laud about our founding document. The mechanics of our government have, largely, served us well over these two and a quarter centuries. Our founders were wise to construct a system that was at once powerful enough to govern, yet limited in what it could do. In the Federalist, Madison wrote: In […]

I was sitting (lying is more like it) on my couch asking myself why I can’t seem to think of something to write about the last week or two.  Yes, I am busy, no doubt.  But as I pondered I realized that I was simply overwhelmed with issues and don’t really where to start.  With […]

We often debate the role of government in the economy, with most of your Berean bloggers taking a skeptical view of government beyond the biblical role of avenger of evil that God calls out in Romans 13.  Government is an institution that, while populated by people marred by the fall, is nevertheless ordained by God […]

I cannot claim to have known S. Truett Cathy, Chick-fil-A’s founder, who died today, but I will sing his praises. When I was writing my dissertation at the University of Georgia, I had the opportunity to teach history and government courses at Prince Avenue Christian School in Athens, GA. I also coached varsity girls and […]

A Sudanese woman, Meriam Ibrahim, was accused by her own father of illegally converting to Christianity.  At one point, he accused her of committing adultery because of her marriage to a Christian man, Daniel Wani, who is also an American citizen.  The story is complicated by the fact that her father is a Muslim and […]

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 […]

Michelle Nunn is the scion of a political brand. A Democrat running in what is now a deeply Republican state, Nunn is squaring off against David Perdue, a GOP businessman, for an open U.S. Senate seat in Georgia. In a year when control of the Senate is in doubt, this contest, and others throughout the […]