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2009-09-18T06:00:41-04:00

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How can the church speak the truth to power?

Last updated on: September 18, 2009 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Ian Adams, the communications director of the Lutheran Church in Canada, alerted me to this blog post from Allan Bevere, On Why the Church in America Cannot Speak Truth to Power: There are many political catch-phrases that have become useless in modern politics– phrases like “the politics of fear,” “the politicizing of whatever,” “the culture of corruption.” But perhaps the most useless political phrase of all is the high-sounding but irrelevant phraseology of “speaking truth to power.” Many years ago,... Read more

2009-09-18T05:30:50-04:00

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President caves to the Russians

Last updated on: September 18, 2009 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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President Obama cancelled the planned missile shield that we had promised Poland and Czechoslovakia, capitulating to the demands of Vladimir Putin. See Dismay in Europe as Obama ditches missile defence – Times Online . The decision was relayed to the governments of the Czech Republic and Poland both by Mr Obama himself, in telephone calls last night, and by US officials visiting the region. The President assured both governments that the decision would not compromise their security. But it clearly... Read more

2009-09-18T05:15:39-04:00

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Devil's Dictionary, revisited

Last updated on: September 18, 2009 at 5:15 am By Gene Veith

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Ambrose Bierce was a late 19th, early 20th century American satirist who penned The Devil’s Dictionary (1906), a word book of supreme cynicism but with some very funny definitions. A sample: SELF-ESTEEM, n. An erroneous appraisement. SELF-EVIDENT, adj. Evident to one’s self and to nobody else. SELFISH, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others. SENATE, n. A body of elderly gentlemen charged with high duties and misdemeanors. Now Matthew Rose “The Wall Street Journal” has made some new... Read more

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2009-09-17T05:30:01-04:00

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Getting rid of marriage

Last updated on: September 17, 2009 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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As we argue about marriage, gay marriage, and issues about marriage, some people are already taking the next step: let’s just get rid of marriage altogether. So writes Australian columnist Catherine Deveny: I AM against gay marriage. I’m against straight marriage. I’m against marriage full stop. Why are we hanging on to this relic of an anachronistic system (which still reeks of misogyny and bigotry), established so men could own women to ensure their estates and titles were passed on... Read more

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2009-09-17T05:00:10-04:00

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Conservative guerrilla performance artists

Last updated on: September 17, 2009 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Don’t you have to hand it to James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles, two conservative activists who dressed up like a pimp and a prostitute and filmed leftist ACORN community organizers advising them on how to set up their business and launder the profits? They were the ones who also posed as contributors to Planned Parenthood, insisting that their money go to the abortion of black babies, which the abortionists had no problem with. This article tells about them, including the... Read more

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2009-09-16T06:00:20-04:00

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The false gospel of moralism

Last updated on: September 16, 2009 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Albert Mohler, a Baptist, draws attention to a fatal confusion that plagues contemporary Christianity: In our own context, one of the most seductive false gospels is moralism. This false gospel can take many forms and can emerge from any number of political and cultural impulses. Nevertheless, the basic structure of moralism comes down to this — the belief that the Gospel can be reduced to improvements in behavior. Sadly, this false gospel is particularly attractive to those who believe themselves... Read more

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2009-09-16T05:45:51-04:00

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A cleaned-up Health Care Reform proposal?

Last updated on: September 16, 2009 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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So would you support this bill? The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said Monday that he will propose an overhaul of the nation’s health-care system that addresses a host of GOP concerns, including blocking illegal immigrants from gaining access to subsidized insurance, urging limits on medical malpractice lawsuits and banning federal subsidies for abortion. But see a new worry raised in this same story below. . . . Read more

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2009-09-16T05:35:01-04:00

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Forcing people to buy insurance

Last updated on: September 16, 2009 at 5:35 am By Gene Veith

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Lawmakers now are worried about the consequences of requiring everyone to buy health insurance. That will mean lots of people are going to have to come up with the equivalent of another month’s rent in their monthly budgets: But even after Max Baucus (D-Mont.) spoke optimistically of gaining bipartisan backing, lawmakers continued to haggle over a question at the heart of the debate: How can the government force people to buy insurance without imposing a huge new financial burden on... Read more

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2009-09-15T06:00:28-04:00

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Prayer before sex

Last updated on: September 15, 2009 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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A Roman Catholic publisher in England has come out with a Prayer Book for Spouses that includes a “Prayer Before Making Love.” It reads: Father, send your Holy Spirit into our hearts. Place within us love that truly gives, tenderness that truly unites, self-offering that tells the truth and does not deceive, forgiveness that truly receives, loving physical union that welcomes. Open our hearts to you, to each other and to the goodness of your will,” it says. “Cover our... Read more

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2009-09-15T05:45:11-04:00

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The man who saved a billion lives

Last updated on: September 15, 2009 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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The man who solved the world’s food problem, Norman Borlaug, died at 95. His applications of agricultural science launched the so-called “green revolution,” not in the sense of environmentalism but in growing an abundance of green, productive plant life. Scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug rose from his childhood on an Iowa farm to develop a type of wheat that helped feed the world, fostering a movement that is credited with saving up to 1 billion people from... Read more

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