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Christianity that matters, part 2
Thinking over Ross Douthat’s column, I have been thinking over and over about the crisis of Christianity we need to have in our culture. We don’t want one. It’s here, but we don’t want to recognize it. It’s a lot like the economic crisis. We don’t want to deal with it. It’s like the environment. It’s like our crazy dependence…
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Christianity that matters
Ross Douthat has a marvelous column on the Christmas season and how Christianity is “doing.” Obviously, we are full of angst. That’s our main theme these days, it seems. The column is a good one and I am kind of setting this post as a “marker” to come back to when I have time. One thought from his column for…
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The embarrassment of cultural Christianity
This just gets ridiculous. It’s crazy in the political arena, but now, you have to line up so narrowly along party lines, it’s just plain nuts. The Texas House Republicans aren’t satisfied with a conservative Republican running their party in the house. No. The leader they have is Jewish and conservative. What is their preference? A Christian conservative Republican leader.…
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Mediocre is my motto
Two interesting articles in The Atlantic Monthly. One was a column by James Parker on late night shows. This column explained clearly why I don’t particularly like late night shows. They don’t mean anything. This quote was very clarifying for me: “Like Seinfeld, The Larry Sanders Show was deeply committed to superficiality, honoring the intuition of the ’90’s viewers that…
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Disappointed
It all started innocently enough. The Assemblies of God issued an updated paper on creation in August of this year. That didn’t sit too well with a man leading a ministry called “Answers in Genesis.” The paper, in my view, was a decent one because it opened up the conversation so we have grace in the discussion on creation. However,…
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Christian Nation?
Yet more fodder for the debate. Michael Gerson writes a great column on the myth of this nation being founded as a “Christian” nation. I say myth not because I’m an atheist, obviously. Nor is it my wish to give aid and comfort to organizations like “Americans United for Separation of Church and State.” I say myth simply because of…
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Things That Make Me Go… “HUH?”
The first thing actually makes me yell at the radio. There is no “huh?” about it. The media keeps insisting “the taxpayers” own 60 plus percent of GM. That ridiculous statement just needs to stop. The government owns 60 plus percent of GM. And don’t even try to say, “The government is the people…” If I owned any shares in…
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Acting Christian?
This interview with Richard Mouw is well worth your time. Some good thoughts from a Christian statesman. He is not afraid to speak true things in a somewhat “liberal” context. Other links on the “On Being” site are incredibly interesting. Albert Mohler’s thoughts on a homosexual’s suicide is an incredibly interesting read. One thought struck me: What if Tyler Clementi…
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The farther south you go…
Dateline: Just outside Memphis, TN. A couple of things are clear the farther south you go. 1. You can cruise the FM radio in search of music and get any kind of music you want… as long as it’s country. 2. What passes for coffee is amazingly open to interpretation. 3. There is nothing… I mean nothing… like real Southern…
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