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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Leaving 2012, and Entering 2013
We’re about to start a new year! In this post, I’d like to review some of the things that I’ve done on this blog and in my life in the year 2012, as well as discuss what I’ll be doing … Continue reading
Clear and Present Dangers 8
In my latest reading of M. Stanton Evans’ Clear and Present Dangers: A Conservative View of America’s Government (copyright 1975), I finished the chapter on health care, read the chapter on “The Population Scare”, and started the chapter on the … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Health Care, Movies, Politeia Paper, Political Philosophy, Ronald Reagan
Tagged Clear and Present Dangers, M. Stanton Evans
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Numbers 2: Focus, Unity, and Authority
In Numbers 2, the tribes of Israel surround and face the Tent of Meeting, which is God’s Tabernacle, protected by the Levites. Each tribe has a leader. I thought about how much better I’d feel if I focused on God … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Church, Daily Quiet Time, Numbers, Religion
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Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit Revisited
Someone at church this morning asked me what I thought about the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. In the course of our conversation, he and I agreed that God doesn’t condemn or forsake people for being mad at God, for … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Church, Questions, Religion
Tagged aorist, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, christianity, mad at god, moses david, Religion
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Clear and Present Dangers 7
In my latest reading of M. Stanton Evans’ Clear and Present Dangers: A Conservative View of America’s Government (copyright 1975), I read the chapters on education and inflation, and I started the chapter on health care. I have three items. … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, George W. Bush, Health Care, Political Philosophy, Politics, Race
Tagged Clear and Present Dangers, inflation, M. Stanton Evans, school busing
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Clear and Present Dangers 6: Government Makes Matters Worse
In my latest reading of Clear and Present Dangers: A Conservative View of American Government (copyright 1975), M. Stanton Evans argues essentially that government intervention makes problems worse. According to Evans, increasing the minimum wage discourages businesses from hiring African-American … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Political Philosophy, Politics, Regulation, School
Tagged 1978 Airline Deregulation Act, Civil Aeronautics Board, Clear and Present Dangers, Federal Aviation Authority, M. Stanton Evans, minimum wage
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Psalm 109
Psalm 109 is often classified as an imprecatory Psalm, one of those Psalms in which the Psalmist calls down curses on his enemies. But some scholars believe that the dramatic imprecations in Psalm 109:6-19 are a quotation of the Psalmist’s … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Psalms, Religion, Weekly Quiet Time
Tagged Ahithophel, Charles Spurgeon, imprecatory Psalms, Radak, Treasury of David
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Clear and Present Dangers 5
In my latest reading of Clear and Present Dangers: A Conservative View of America’s Government (copyright 1975), M. Stanton Evans critiques the notion that big government helps the little guy while afflicting the better-off. Well, sort of. Evans also says … Continue reading
Posted in Political Philosophy, Politics, Ronald Reagan
Tagged Clear and Present Dangers, M. Stanton Evans
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Why Inter-Religious Dialogue?
One question that has appeared more than once in my reading of Paul Knitter’s No Other Name? A Critical Survey of Christian Attitudes Toward the World Religions concerns the purpose of inter-religious dialogue. Knitter wants for it to be … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish-Christian Relations, Pluralism, Religion
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On Armed Guards at Schools
I’m puzzled about why the National Rifle Association’s President has been lampooned for suggesting that there should be armed guards in schools. I’m not saying that I agree with the NRA’s entire agenda, but what’s wrong with schools having armed … Continue reading
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