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Tag Archives: Cal Thomas
Book Write-Up: What Works, by Cal Thomas
Cal Thomas. What Works: Common Sense Solutions for a Stronger America. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014. Cal Thomas is a conservative syndicated columnist. In What Works, Thomas bemoans what be believes are problems in America, and he proposes solutions. The “problems” … Continue reading
Blinded by Might 9
I finished Blinded by Might: Why the Religious Right Can’t Save America, by Cal Thomas and Ed Dobson. In my latest reading, Thomas was interviewing Jerry Falwell. Two aspects of that interview that interested me were Jerry’s retrospective insight that … Continue reading
Posted in Jerry Falwell, Political Philosophy, Politics, Religion
Tagged Cal Thomas, Conservative, Democrat, ed dobson, evangelical universities, left-wing, liberal, Local Chapters, Moral Majority, Republican, right-wing
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Blinded by Might 8: Authenticity
For my write-up today on Blinded by Might: Why the Religious Right Can’t Save America, by Cal Thomas and Ed Dobson, I’ll talk some about Cal Thomas’ interview with Tony Hall. According to the wikipedia article about him, Hall was … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, Political Philosophy, Politics, Religion
Tagged Abortion, Authenticity, Budget, Cal Thomas, Capital Gains, Christian Coalition, Department of Education, Feminism, jerry falwell, Moral Majority, Pat Robertson, Poor, spirituality, Tony Hall
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Blinded by Might 7
In my latest reading of Blinded by Might: Why the Religious Right Can’t Save America, by Cal Thomas and Ed Dobson, I started the section of the book entitled “The Interviews”, in which Cal Thomas interviews prominent people on the … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Matthew, Political Philosophy, Politics, Religion
Tagged Bill Armstrong, Blinded by Might, Cal Thomas, ed dobson, Evangelical, Forgiveness, George McGovern, Mark Hatfield, martin luther king jr, Matthew 25, platitudes, Religious Right, Romans 10, You can't legislate morality
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Blinded by Might 5
In my latest reading of Blinded by Might: Why the Religious Right Can’t Save America, by Cal Thomas and Ed Dobson, there were a couple of points that caught my attention. The first point actually contains a variety of points! … Continue reading
Posted in Political Philosophy, Politics, Religion
Tagged Cal Thomas, conservative Christian bubble, ed dobson, Jimmy Carter, preaching through the Bible, private schools, PTA, public schools
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Blinded by Might 4: Civil Disobedience
In my latest reading of Blinded by Might: Why the Religious Right Can’t Save America, by Cal Thomas and Ed Dobson, one chapter that I read was Ed Dobson’s “Religion and Politics: What Does the Bible Really Say?” In this … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Political Philosophy, Politics, Religion
Tagged American Revolution, Cal Thomas, Civil Disobedience, ed dobson, Operation Rescue
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Blinded by Might 3: Can Legislation Work?
In my latest reading of Blinded by Might: Why the Religious Right Can’t Save America, by Cal Thomas and Ed Dobson, Dobson points to the ineffectiveness of Prohibition as an example of the limits of laws in making the United … Continue reading
Posted in Alcoholism, History, Political Philosophy, Politics, Race, Religion
Tagged Abortion, Cal Thomas, civil rights, Desegregation, Dwight Eisenhower, ed dobson, Integration, Prohibition
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Blinded by Might 2: The Rigidity of Boundaries
In my latest reading of Blinded by Might: Why the Religious Right Can’t Save America, by Cal Thomas and Ed Dobson, I was thinking about flexibility and the rigidity of boundaries. Cal Thomas said that a reason that it’s hard … Continue reading
Posted in James Dobson, Jerry Falwell, Political Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Television
Tagged Cal Thomas, ed dobson, Norman Lear, Northern Ireland, Simple Solutions, Ted Kennedy
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