First Things RSS Feed - Rev. Peter A. Speckhard https://www.firstthings.com/author/rev-peter-a-speckhard en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:53:34 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/rev-peter-a-speckhard 60 Christ Having Mercy on the World https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2008/10/christ-having-mercy-on-the-wor https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2008/10/christ-having-mercy-on-the-wor Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 For decades, it seems, bold problem solvers have been congratulating themselves for having the vision to change a controversial “either-or” situation into a “both-and” situation. But sometimes their solutions amount to nothing more than the clever gimmick of saying yes to mutually exclusive proposals¯mere nonsense dressed up as visionary thinking. So it is refreshing to read a book that goes against the grain and addresses an age-old either-or question, not with a meaningless and predictable both-and solution, but with a hearty neither-nor backed up by a well thought out, competing proposal.

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