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2009-12-03T05:07:14-05:00

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The new rejection of science and reason

Last updated on: December 3, 2009 at 5:07 am By Gene Veith

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Liberals were aghast at President Bush, that pro-life evangelical Christian, for his alleged hostility to science. But Victor Davis Hanson argues that it is the current administration of President Obama and his postmodernist supporters who are showing the greatest hostility, not only to science, but to reason itself: Barack Obama promised us not only transparency, but also a new respect for science. In soothing tones, he asserted that his administration was “restoring scientific integrity to government decision-making.” In our new... Read more

2009-12-02T06:00:38-05:00

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A surge but then a timetable to leave

Last updated on: December 2, 2009 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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President Obama has made his decision on the war in Afghanistan: US President Barack Obama has ordered 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan but warned America would begin to withdraw its military by 2011. The new deployment over six months will bring America's troop strength in the country to more than 100,000, in the fight against Taliban militants. Mr Obama also urged America's allies in Nato to send more troops. Defending the war, he insisted there were no parallels with... Read more

2009-12-02T05:53:00-05:00

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Huckabee’s pardons

Last updated on: December 2, 2009 at 5:53 am By Gene Veith

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Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is a different kind of Christian conservative. Instead of coming across as just another right wing spear carrier for the Republican party, he brought to the table something that Christians in politics seemed to have been strangely lacking; namely, a sense of compassion. Also wit. As he told Leno, he reminded people of someone they worked with, rather than the guy who laid them off (an allusion to rival Mitt Romney). Huckabee is not above... Read more

2009-12-02T05:34:07-05:00

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How to respond to the Atheists’ holiday ads

Last updated on: December 2, 2009 at 5:34 am By Gene Veith

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Atheists are expanding their advertising campaign, but Christians are developing a positive response: The American Humanist Association is expanding its “Godless Holiday” advertising campaign to five major American cities this Christmas — taking its message of a holiday season without religion nationwide for the first time. The ads read: “No God — no problem! Be good for goodness’ sake. Humanism is the idea that you can be good without a belief in God” and feature several people in red and... Read more

2009-12-01T06:00:48-05:00

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The Manhattan Declaration

Last updated on: December 1, 2009 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Here is The Manhattan Declaration, “A Call of Christian Conscience” put together by over 150 Christian leaders: Christians, when they have lived up to the highest ideals of their faith, have defended the weak and vulnerable and worked tirelessly to protect and strengthen vital institutions of civil society, beginning with the family. We are Orthodox, Catholic, and evangelical Christians who have united at this hour to reaffirm fundamental truths about justice and the common good, and to call upon our... Read more

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2009-12-01T05:45:50-05:00

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Vocation as the priesthood of all believers

Last updated on: December 1, 2009 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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John Kleinig inGrace Upon Grace: Spirituality for Today understands that the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers is carried out in VOCATION: “There are two hidden sides to our secret vocation. First, we stand in for others before God the Father together with Christ. We represent them before the Father by identifying with them and their needs and by praying for them.” (Page 64) “Second, as holy priests we take God and His blessings with us to every person... Read more

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2009-12-01T05:30:57-05:00

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I don’t know why you say “hello”

Last updated on: December 1, 2009 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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One of our most common words is the greeting, “hello.” Do you know where that word came from? Did you know that it was once considered on the vulgar side, until it became redeemed by the telephone, which was once on its way to adopting “ahoy” instead. Thanks to Joe Carter for alerting me to this discussion by Nate Barksdale: The history of hello is long and mired in many vowels. Though it didn't show up in its current form... Read more

2009-11-30T06:00:15-05:00

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Have an unmerry Advent!

Last updated on: November 30, 2009 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Advent is to Christmas as Lent is to Easter. That is, Advent and Lent are both penitential seasons–times to look at our lives under the Law, sober times of repentance and discipline that serve as preparation for the glorious celebrations of the Gospel that are the festivals of the Incarnation and the Resurrection of our Lord. As our pastor put it in his sermon yesterday, this is out of synch with everyone else: While the world is jumping into Christmas... Read more

2009-11-30T05:44:13-05:00

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The Republican purity test

Last updated on: November 30, 2009 at 5:44 am By Gene Veith

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Eleven members of the Republican National Committee are circulating a resolution designed to keep Republicans conservative. Under the proposed plan, any candidate getting Republican party funding must agree to at least 8 of the 10 principles: (1) Smaller government, smaller national debt, lower deficits and lower taxes by opposing bills like Obama’s “stimulus” bill (2) Market-based health care reform and oppose Obama-style government run healthcare; (3) Market-based energy reforms by opposing cap and trade legislation; (4) Workers’ right to secret... Read more

2009-11-30T05:30:19-05:00

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Secrets vs. Mysteries

Last updated on: November 30, 2009 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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One of the illuminating qualities of the book I have been recommending, Grace Upon Grace: Spirituality for Today by John W. Kleinig, is its definitions of concepts that I thought I understood but in reality knew only superficially. For example: “Modern people tend to confuse mysteries with secrets and so we explain them away. Yet the two are really quite different. Although both have to do with something that is hidden and unknown, a mystery differs from a secret in... Read more

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