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“The two camps are irreconcilable”

Robert George of Princeton University recently debated Douglas Kmiec, a pro-life supporter of President Obama. Public Discource, one of my favorite sites, reproduced Professor George’s opening statement: Professor Kmiec and I share common ground in the belief that every member…

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“You Aint Seen Nothin’ Yet”

From Sam Youngman at The Hill: Even as he conceded there is still much hard work to do, President Obama was in a boastful mood Wednesday night, telling a star-studded crowd at a fundraising dinner that he “would put…

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Risking The Truth

I have been looking forward to the release of Martin Downes’ latest Risking The Truth: Handling Error in The Church. Here’s the publisher’s info: A collection of interviews on handling truth and error in the church. Contributors reflect on this…

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Mapping Sin

Scott Clark at Heidelblog has a link to a fascinating study done at Kansas State University. Researchers at Kansas State University have created a map of the prevalence of the Seven Deadly Sins (envy, gluttony, greed, lust, pride, sloth, and…

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Quotable

“There is…a curious connection between the doctrine of creation out of nothing and the professional life of Richard Dawkins. Without God, Dawkins would be out of a job. it is thus particularly churlish of him to call the existence of…

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The Latest Trend in Group Think

The red ribbon is SO 90’s! Now the white knot is where it’s at for the savvy, sensitive, non-neanderthal type. According to WhiteKnot.org: “The White Knot is the symbol for marriage equality. Wear it every day to show your support…

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“Graces are better than gifts”

As the Life—So the Fruit For if these thing be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 1:8) “If we desire to…

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Whining Atheists

In a recent article in the L.A. Times Charlotte Allen takes on “superstar atheists.” I can’t stand atheists — but it’s not because they don’t believe in God. It’s because they’re crashing bores. Other people, most recently the British cultural…

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Are we justified by faith or works?

Over at Ref21 Rick Phillips has posted a clear and concise rebuttal of N.T. Wright’s contention that our future justification before God will be based upon our works. Many of us have been troubled by the influence of N.T. Wright…