I thought I would put together a few of the unanswered questions that I am pondering right now. Perhaps my astute readers have answers. Where do Conservatives and Republicans go from here? Regardless of who wins on November 4th, this will still be an open question. To what extent should we be concerned about Obama’s [...]
Archive for October, 2008
October 27, 2008
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Political Miscellany a Week Before the Election
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Life in general, PoliticsThe last two months I have remained relatively quiet on all issues pertaining to politics. With the elections a week away, I thought I would offer a few observations on our current political environment and the decision before us. On the political affiliation of evangelicals: The story that evangelicals are leaving Republicans for Democrats has [...]
October 26, 2008
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News and Notes
By Matthew Lee Anderson in NewsThe reviews continue to roll in for The New Media Frontier. Trevin Wax (who is really, really smart) had this to say in his Amazon review: “The New Media Frontier is a must-have book for all those interested in the current revolution in media intake and output. Get this book. And then get to work [...]
October 20, 2008
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The Sustained Division: Calvin on the Perpetual Humanity of Man
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Theology (Christian Life)One of the more perplexing questions of Christian theology is how, if at all, man is made righteous by the death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ. Perhaps more than any other issue, this question reveals the fault lines between the Protestant Reformers and everyone else. For Calvin, the question lurks behind the issue of [...]
October 16, 2008
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Green Markets, Evangelicals, and the Poor
By Tex in America, EconomicsOne issue that has received less and less attention in the run-up to November 4th, and especially since the Economic Crisis of 2008, is environmental stewardship and global warming. If the environment is mentioned at all, it usually is in the context of the American financial situation and the wisdom (or folly) of off-shore drilling [...]
October 13, 2008
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Taming the New Media Frontier
By Matthew Lee Anderson in NewsReviews of the New Media Frontier are trickling in at a slow pace. The countless hordes of readers (currently #232,477 on Amazon.com!) are doubtlessly grappling with the profundity contained therein. Especially in that oh-so-provocative section critiquing new media. While I was hoping for a solid scathing review or two of my chapter, I have thus [...]
October 13, 2008
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“When Money Fails”
By Keith E. D. Buhler in Uncategorized“Money is only one of many intangibles upon which our world rests. Our culture gods are far more flimsy than one would expect. In the Scriptures, within the Revelation of St. John, the angel cries, “Babylon the Great is fallen, is fallen.” Thus it is with the world – things that seem to be great [...]
October 9, 2008
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Marx, Money, and the Market’s Future
By Tex in America, EconomicsThe Communist Manifesto, that little piece of literature so dog-eared and marked by nearly every college grad, is full of statements that have become particularly interesting in light of the last few weeks of activity on Capitol Hill and along Wall Street. In the Manifesto, Marx outlines ten measures that must be enacted in the [...]