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Andrew Walker

Andrew T. Walker is an Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

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The "Church" & Politics

Justin Taylor, on his blog, has quoted a very helpful and thoughtful clarifying statement from John Murray on the interplay between the church and politics, but more particularly about how Christians go about doing politics as Christians and also as […]

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Lord, Save Us from Poorly Made Documentaries

I tend to view myself as a charitable individual. And, as one well-entrenched in the evangelical culture, I find it important to listen whenever individuals (attempt) to offer substantive

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Constitutional Morass

Aaron Weaver, The Big Daddy Weave, in a recent post, accused Southern Seminary President Albert Mohler of peddling a false bill of goods to his readers: “selling fear and actively

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Can Atheism be Legal?

Aside from its free-verse eccentricity and its spiteful, disrespectful tone (referring to any theistic belief simply as “religious hocus pocus”), Marc Cooper’s opinion column in today's

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Catholic Obligation and Healthcare

What must Catholics believe on Healthcare Reform? The above is an excellent article making the case for how liberal democracy's case for "rights"-based healthcare does

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Belgium, Burkas, and National Identity

Belgium is on pace to become the first European country to officially (and indirectly) ban the essence of conservative Islamic female identity: the Burka, according to this article in the UK’s Daily Mail. Of course, the legislation is not worded to […]

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Healthcare and Twitterverse

Aside from watching the whole debacle play out last night, my computer screen was toggling in between Twitter and Facebook. Hunter Baker had a few of my personal favorites from

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Perspective

A wise word and by word, I mean "Tweet" from everyone's favorite Southern Baptist sage, Dr. Russell Moore: "If your passions are more provoked today

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Rhetoric v. Substance

Robert Parham from EthicsDaily.com has a proposal for healthcare reform: Get it Passed! Filled with rhetorically charged missives which casts healthcare opponents as bourgeoisie and “individualistic,” Parham, who myopically makes no mention of abortion mandates, reduces the argument between the […]

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Healthcare and the Rule of Law

Finally, the healthcare debate—at least one part of the debate—is being argued appropriately: around First Principles. The manner in which the Obama Administration is wishing to deliver on a campaign promise is startling. No less than bypassing standard procedure and […]

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European (un)Exceptionalism

While I agree with Matthew Anderson’s critique of Lowry and Ponnuru’s article on American Exceptionalism in the latest issue of National Review, I do not believe the article

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Every Ten Year Old's Dream

Via my brother, but it's so awesome it needs to be posted here as well.