Daily Archives: October 11, 2018

What’s the problem of unanswered prayer? — Triablogue

The “problem of unanswered prayer” is often discussed in apologetics. There’s really more than one problem: 1. At the most abstract level is the issue of whether unanswered prayer throws doubt on the existence of a prayer-answering God. 389 more words … Continue reading

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NYTimes: The Democrats Have an Immigration Problem

Originally posted on Clarissa's Blog:
It’s a good, long, detailed article that I recommend. For those who don’t have time to read the whole thing, the most important takeaway is that the so-called “immigration movement” in the US is…

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Fenelon On Spiritual Perfection

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When We Cannot Reason Together

Originally posted on Bob on Books:
Raphael, The School of Athens It seems to me that in many quarters of the United States, we’ve reached a dangerous place of no longer being able to reason together when we have differences–whether the…

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Turn the Other Cheek – Matthew 5:33-42

Reading Acts Jesus gives four examples of how his principle of non-retaliation may be applied. If anyone slaps your face. This is likely a backhanded slap and would have been considered an insult to one’s honor. According to the Mishnah, … Continue reading

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Work, Dependency, and the Welfare State

Originally posted on International Liberty:
One of the more elementary observations about economics is that a nation’s prosperity is determined in part by the quantity of quality of labor and capital. These “factors of production” are combined to generate national…

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Loving It

Originally posted on Clarissa's Blog:
At the conference, a historian from Spain is very gently, very kindly and apologetically, trying to explain to the German hosts that EU-enthusiasm is dead. The German hosts are upset. They want to advance…

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