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For the Creepy File

Posted in Corporate Confession on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

A Romanian police report blames the vandalism of a house on some really nasty ghosts.

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William F. Buckley for Mayor: Vote Row D!

Posted in Conservatism on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

In 1965 the Conservative Party was looking for a candidate to run for Mayor of New York City. The Republican’s were running the ultra-liberal “Silk Stocking” district Congressman John Lindsey and the Democrats were rallying to the banner of Abraham Beame. What a candidate they found! On June 24th William F. Buckley, Jr. announced his [...]

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Fox News on Buckley’s Passing

Posted in Conservatism on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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William F. Buckley, Requiescate in Pace

Posted in Conservatism on February 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »

No figure more exquistetly reflected the American Conservative movement both intellectually and within the popular imagination than William F. Buckley. Buckley woke this morning in the presence of His God. The man who first emerged as a critic of establishment liberalism in God and Man at Yale went on to found the rights most prestigious [...]

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Pew Forum: Religion in America

Posted in Misc. on February 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Results of the 2008 survey have been released. One highlight: about 44% of American adults have switched religious affiliation at some point (including those who have switched from one branch of Protestantism to another). I fall into this category, as do several of the participants on this blog. Will our children do the same? I [...]

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VanDrunen on Two Kingdoms and Ethics

Posted in Two Kingdoms on February 25, 2008 | 12 Comments »

Here’s a link to a recent lecture given by Dr. David VanDrunen (WSC) on the doctrines of the two kingdoms and the ordo salutis. It’s about 38 minutes long.

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Ecclesiastical Totalitarianism

Posted in Spirituality of the Church on February 21, 2008 | 17 Comments »

Here’s an effort to separate the real from the faux neo-Calvinists. Recent interactions with seminarians have made me realize how popular the notion of cultural transformation is as the best understanding of the Reformed ministry. Whether called mercy ministry, urban missions, or word and deed, a wing of the Presbyterian world believes that the church [...]

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Obama/Webb 2008

Posted in 2008 Politics on February 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Now that Obama seems to have made short work of the Clinton machine it will soon be time to focus on a national campaign against John McCain. Obama may not need my advice. He is a phenomenon the likes of which we have not seen since Reagan. My guess is that McCain’s often nasty personality [...]

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Caleb’s Review at ISI’s First Principles

Posted in Conservatism, localism, Sustainability on February 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Caleb’s review of Jason Peters, ed. Wendell Berry: Life and Work If you have not done so already, you really need to bookmark First Principles. It is the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s new web journal. ISI should really start a blog. Maybe they could get Caleb to be a regular. I would tune in daily.

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On the Kingdom of God

Posted in Corporate Confession, Two Kingdoms on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Matt Tuininga is student at Westminster California with an interest in political theology. He is David VanDrunen’s research assistant. DRC is happy to give him a plug and looks forward to reading him in the future. Here is his essay On the Kingdom of God at Creed:or: Chaos.

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