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October 2016

October 04, 2016

In Which I Live Blog the Vice-Presidential Debate

Somewhere in America, there is someone who will vote for President based on tonight's debate....

October 04, 2016

Take Hope and Do Something

The Great Depression could be greatly depressing or so my grandparents told me. One grandfather...

October 03, 2016

All Hallow’s Coming- On Devils and a Party

I lived between two Halloweens: the time when Christian kids dressed up and had fun...

October 02, 2016

“Not My Game” is Historically Powerful

When Joshua was faced by the Captain of the Lord's Army, the new leader asked...

October 01, 2016

All Mom Has to Do Is

My mom put up with a great deal, including a son who thought he could...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

Living a Good Life in a Real City Requires Thinking

Recently a nice fellow on social media suggested my advice on some practical question proved...

September 29, 2016

In Which I Dialog with Not Dietrich Bonhoeffer

What follows is the correspondence between myself and a person who is Not Dietrich Bonhoeffer....

September 28, 2016

A Glutton for Argument: Feast But Do Not Gorge on Words

Argument can help save your soul (by God's grace) or be a way to damn...

September 27, 2016

Give Me Wax for My Board, Even If I Cannot Surf for the Lord

Church songs are many and varied. As a pastor's kid, I sang them all and...

September 26, 2016

Debate Prep and Live Blog of the Presidential Debate

Perspective: This is not the most important election ever. There will be another election in...

September 25, 2016

Let’s Be Perfect!

Jesus said a hard thing when He said: Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father...

September 24, 2016

The Bears versus the Raiders: Do I have to pick?

When our annual blow-out Super Bowl party comes around, there is pressure to root for a team....

September 23, 2016

Screen Time: Too Much is Too Much

Kids are not smoking so much. That is good, but schools and colleges are seeing...

September 22, 2016

A Story of 9/11 by a Friend from Libya

I did not write today's piece. It was given to me by a friend from...

September 21, 2016

Passion and Liberty!

We are simultaneously in a time that celebrates passion, but is pushing technology on us...

September 20, 2016

As Time Passes, Coming to the New Testament

Just tomorrow reading through the Bible for the year will bring me to books of...

September 19, 2016

Eternal, Yes. . . Yesterday, NO: Education and Tomorrow

We know what to do, but few seem willing to do it. Education needs to...

September 18, 2016

God Will Use Even Our Fakery

"Fake it until you make it" sounds like bad advice. Pretending to something you do...

September 17, 2016

We need happiness AND joy!

Christians need to stop attacking happiness. I don't know how it got started, but sometime...

September 16, 2016

Do Not Expectorate: Confusing Social Norms and Moral Law

My Mother likes to tell us about the noble effort of the town of Clendenin,...

September 15, 2016

100 Days Until Christmas: God of Waiting and Hiding

There are only one hundred days until Christmas and I can wait. This is not because I...

September 14, 2016

Avoiding Spiritual Plagiarism: A Damnable Offense

Stealing another person's work is bad enough that it can damage a Presidential campaign, ask...

September 13, 2016

Nahum versus Nineveh: Take Nahum with the Points

Some Bible names are everywhere: forms of John and Mary have gone global, but at...

September 12, 2016

The Napoleonic University

Napoleon seduced much of Europe to his Empire by speaking of liberty, equality, and fraternity....

September 11, 2016

Don’t Be Bored: 9/11 Continues even on 9/12

I got up to teach the morning the Twin Towers fell. The buildings were burning...

September 10, 2016

On the Misuse of Informal Logic

Formal logic is a fierce guide to validity. Move an argument from prose and analyze...

September 09, 2016

Trek to the Stars: Thank you Gene Roddenberry, fellow humanist

I know: he was a secular humanist, taking the Christian humanism of Erasmus and stripping it of...

September 08, 2016

Books for Baby with Substance? Help is on the Way!

I love the story of David and Goliath. I promise I do, but there is...

September 07, 2016

A Green and Pleasant Land (An Idea from Homer’s Odyssey)

Our school is building a fence, though we are paying for it. The fence is...

September 06, 2016

Picking a Canon: Rules for School

Want a hot argument? Pick a school canon! Whatever the reading list your school selects,...