Updated 7/17/08 for better organization/readability and detail on sources and concluding implications.
WHY THIS MATTERS. The present war of ideas underlying the global jihad against the West relates to all of us, and therefore we must take it very seriously. This is the point I attempted to make in my first post in this series of [...]
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Posted in Election, Frontline Leadership, Terrorism, War of Ideas, Worldview, tagged Christianity, citizen-driven government, government, Islam, Terrorism on July 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Where is your place in the current war of ideas with radical Islam?
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There is resistance to the gospel that naturally arises anytime a Christian calls a non-Christian to faith and repentance in Christ. There is also a resistance when a non-Christian feels like a Christian is giving them a sales pitch, rather than being a true friend to them.
These two kinds of resistance are not the same. [...]
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In a very important show of the underlying love and compassion of Christianity–often overlooked as Christians contend for the truthfulness of our claims over against left-liberal views–Dr. Al Mohler offered this exhortation today:
Pray for Ted Kennedy
-Albert Mohler
Sen. Edward Kennedy underwent brain surgery on Monday in an effort to deal with the deadly cancer [...]
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The comments by some dear friends (aka Randy, Paula, and Simon) on this post on American Idol are important and timely, and I am deeply grateful for them. They remind me the importance of setting some context for a post like that, especially since I am implicitly, if not explicitly, endorsing the show, even while [...]
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Posted in Citizen-Driven Govt, Election, War of Ideas, Worldview, tagged albert mohler, barack obama, california, hugh hewitt, judicial activism, marriage, politics, same sex-marriage, supreme court on May 20, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Last week the California Supreme Court struck down the state’s definition of marriage as a union of a man and a woman. This ruling overturns a Proposition 22, which was approved by the people of California by a wide margin in 2000.
This should be concerning to all citizens on two counts: First, it undermines [...]
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Posted in Christianity, Election, Frontline Leadership, War of Ideas, Worldview, tagged culture, conservative, Christianity, new media, politics, barack obama, albert mohler, judicial activism, liberal on May 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In my essay for Evangelical Outpost (link to full PDF version), I argued that new media provides more opportunities for a wider range of voices to be heard on various subjects. To take advantage of this opportunity, I advocate that one should develop a virtual “Board of Advisors,” composed of experts in and around [...]
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I decided to break out my thought on transparency from this post, because it deserves more careful attention. The idea of transparency has deep theological roots, starting in the very nature of God:
“This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness [...]
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This weekend I had some time to reflect on the results of the Evangelical Outpost essay contest. Having read the other winning essays, it is no small honor to be in such company. As you read, note the common themes across each writer’s perspectives. Let that remind you of the unity-in-diversity that should characterize effective [...]
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For anyone still gathering data on whether our Iraq invasion was the right move or not–or if anyone is tracking our conversation on Iraq at A Deo Lumen following posts here and here–you should include these observations by Michael Barone, quoted in part below from his analysis of Douglas Feith’s War and Decision.
Today we’re only [...]
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