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Our Day of Self-Atonement

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Without a doubt a large number of white bloggers, both amateur and professional, can be found today, clicking away a post on how we ought to improve our attitudes toward our brothers and sisters of different a darker skin tone.  I would challenge these authors to take it one step further:  . . . . Continue Reading »

A Marxist Dominionist Televangelist

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Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh each do a fine job at exposing the agenda and methodology of Saul Alinsky and his Communist agenda as it is being implemented from our nation’s White House.  But there is something in Alinsky (Rules for Radicals) that I find intriguing.  Yes, something . . . . Continue Reading »

On Ethics, Law, and Pragmatism

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The place of ethics as informing law is quite controversial.  But ahead of that is the search for common language about on the subject.  For instance, the principle of pragmatism can be quite confusing.  For instance, Jason Kuznicki provides a useful decision tree on the subject of . . . . Continue Reading »

On the Christian World View and Apologetic

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From Van Til:It is but natural to expect that, if the church is strong because its ministry understands and preaches the whole counsel of God, then the church will be able to protect itself best against false teaching o every sort. Non-indoctrinated Christians will easily fall prey to the peddlers . . . . Continue Reading »

Wonder Where the Evangelicals Went?

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The very definition of “evangelical” becomes confused after reading the works of certain writers and theologians.  One might be tempted to think that evangelical is to be understood by way of attitudes or sentiments.  This represents an error in understanding what it means to . . . . Continue Reading »

What Questions?

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Sarah Flashing challenged us to consider our approach to apologetics.  But I’m just a little more pessimistic.  Well, actually, I’m optimistically pessimistic.  I think the current state of our society is worse than we imagine.  But I think that the situation is the . . . . Continue Reading »