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Kurt Cobain, Nothingness, and Michael Novak

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I took a worldview class in college. The professor for the class actually understood worldviews, so rather than mere didactic note-taking on presuppositions we had a healthy dose of cultural participation. Of course, this meant we were held hostage to the professor’s musical horizons, but regardless it was not surprising that the postmodern worldview was introduced by the tunes of Nirvana… . Continue Reading »

The Christian Neurotic

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You have probably seen him before: the Evangelical Christian who is distraught over God’s will for his job change, or speaks too strongly one minute and desperately seeks reconciliation the next. Who pours his soul out at accountability groups, but finds it difficult to comfort his recently divorced friend. American Evangelical Christians seem, at times, to be afflicted by neurosis. But it may not be such a bad thing… . Continue Reading »