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2011-09-29T05:45:56-04:00

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Christie as the next knight on the white horse

Last updated on: September 29, 2011 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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Now Republicans who realize that they still don’t have a candidate who can beat President Obama are fantasizing about New Jersey governor Chris Christie entering the race. What would you think of him as a presidential candidate? After Speech, Chris Christie Revels in Pleas to Run – NYTimes.com. Read more

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2011-09-29T05:30:22-04:00

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Why the government makes a poor investor

Last updated on: September 29, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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A chronicle of the failure of Solyndra–a “green energy” company that received half a billion dollars worth of government “investment”–demonstrates the larger point that government bureaucracies are just too ponderous to function as venture capitalists: The Obama administration’s vaunted initiative to catalyze the U.S. clean-energy industry — under attack for betting half a billion dollars on the solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra, which closed last month — has become a case study of what can go wrong when a rigid government bureaucracy... Read more

2011-09-28T06:00:20-04:00

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The Pope on Luther

Last updated on: September 28, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Thanks to Paul McCain, who posted a transcript of Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks that he gave at the Augustinian cloister in Erfurt, which was where Luther served as a monk. You should read the whole speech, but here is a sample: As the Bishop of Rome, it is deeply moving for me to be meeting representatives of Council of the Lutheran Church of Germany here in the ancient Augustinian convent in Erfurt. This is where Luther studied theology. This is... Read more

2011-09-28T05:26:01-04:00

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Raising Cain

Last updated on: September 28, 2011 at 5:26 am By Gene Veith

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The winner of the Republican straw poll in Florida was not Perry and not Romney, but Herman Cain. The African-American businessman took 37% of the vote, better than the two ostensible front-runners combined. One could say that the vote is meaningless. It is cast by Republican activists, not the general public, who have to pay for the privilege. And yet the Florida straw poll, which has consistently forecast the eventual Republican nominee, does tell us this: Republican activists do not... Read more

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Herman Cain

2011-09-28T05:00:16-04:00

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Deny Christ or die

Last updated on: September 28, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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A Christian in Iran is being given that choice: recant your faith in Christ or be executed. He has refused to deny Christ three times. This is from Wesley Smith at First Things. Go there for several relevant links. An Iranian pastor may soon be executed for apostasy because he refuses to recant his Christian faith. Here’s the story from the Get Religion blog, by the eminently responsible Terry Mattingly. Here’s the press release from Christian Solidarity, which states in... Read more

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2011-09-27T06:00:19-04:00

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The third use of the Law

Last updated on: September 27, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Continuing our series on the Law, in which we discussed the civil use (as curb; that is, external righteousness that makes possible the social order) and the theological use (as mirror; that is, to help us to see our sins so that we repent and turn to the Gospel), we now come to the so-called Third Use (as guide; that is, to help Christians know the kind of life that pleases God). This third use has been the topic of... Read more

2011-09-27T05:00:13-04:00

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More bogus divorce statistics

Last updated on: September 27, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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We all have heard that the divorce rate is higher in the so-called Bible Belt states than elsewhere. Also that the divorce rate in conservative “red” states is higher than in liberal “blue” states. But now Australian Mark Richardson has taken a closer look at those statistics: In August of this year, the US Census Bureau released a report on divorce rates in the different states of America. It was widely reported in the media that people were more likely... Read more

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2011-09-27T04:55:48-04:00

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Obamacare headed for the Supreme Court

Last updated on: September 27, 2011 at 4:55 am By Gene Veith

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It looks like the Supremes will rule on whether or not Obamacare is constitutional: The Obama administration chose not to ask the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to re-hear a pivotal health reform case Monday, signaling that it’s going to ask the Supreme Court to decide whether President Barack Obama’s health reform law is constitutional. The move puts the Supreme Court in the difficult position of having to decide whether to take the highly politically charged case in the middle... Read more

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2011-09-26T06:00:24-04:00

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The second use of the Law

Last updated on: September 26, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Let’s do a series on God’s Law. . . .Last time we discussed the first use of the Law, the civil use. The second is the theological use, the confrontation with God’s demands that makes us realize our sinfulness and our desperate need for the Gospel. When we read a book, we might consider how we situate ourselves as readers. That is, in the case of a novel, whom do we identify with? What side of the conflict do we... Read more

Second Use of the Law

2011-09-26T05:47:56-04:00

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America’s decline and China’s rise?

Last updated on: September 26, 2011 at 5:47 am By Gene Veith

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Robert Kaplan sees President Obama’s refusal to sell the latest F-16s to Taiwan as a sign of America’s decline and China’s rise: By 2020, the United States will not be able to defend Taiwan from a Chinese air attack, a 2009 Rand study found, even with America’s F-22s, two carrier strike groups in the region and continued access to the Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. Moreover, China is at the point of deploying anti-ship ballistic missiles that threaten U.S. surface... Read more

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