Locke denies, in fact, that any particular being can be reduced or defined as essentially a member of the species. And we’re the beings with enough self-consciousness or self-ownership—or a relatively stable and clear sense of who are as particular, vulnerable, free, rational, mortal (or . . . . Continue Reading »
God and LoveGod is Love and a Christian is called to worship God. (I John 4:8) Christians are, therefore, a people who worship at the feet of personal Love. All love springs from the recognition of beauty and the source of this beauty is God.For a Christian, God is both the source for humans’ . . . . Continue Reading »
So I’m almost done a chapter honoring the Zuckerts. It’s mainly about the Puritans, Marilynne Robinson, and stuff. But I’m bogged down in a last-minute intro. This is the first half, unproofed etc. Let me know what you think: Better than anyone else, Michael Zuckert has displayed . . . . Continue Reading »
So says Mike Huckabee : [Y]ou cannot have a strong economy if you have a social structure that’s falling apart. If you look at the most runaway costs of government, it’s Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid—all of which are essentially programs government designed to pick up the . . . . Continue Reading »
Recently I was in a meeting on the top floor of one of Nashville’s tallest buildings. The view was marvelous and, honestly, quite a distraction from the day’s agenda. As the landscape rolled toward the suburbs, I became struck by how many steeples I could see poking out like . . . . Continue Reading »
No “medical treatment” could be less expensive than assisted suicide. The drugs cost about $100. But treating patients properly so that they don’t want assisted suicide can take $100,000 or more. And that is why it is always alarming when people grappling with medical . . . . Continue Reading »
And in a not too distant future...When a climate hysteric and a climate realist . . . . Continue Reading »
In our second On the Square essay today, Dale Coulter of Regent University identifies the cluster of ideas that help to define Pentecostal spirituality and have made it “a religion made to travel, cosmopolitan both in its scope and outlook.” . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s ME talking at length and very rapidly about my book (which is still available!). It’s rare that an interviewer actually read the book AND liked it for good reasons. She was great. It’s not that rare that I’m high on caffeine when giving an interview (or lecture or . . . . Continue Reading »
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