RSSEntries Tagged as 'Corporate Confession'
If a neural buddhist’s soul dies in the forest, does it make a sound?
Yesterday, in an already much remarked upon column, David Brooks reviewed the state of the kulturkampf between “assertive atheists” and “defenders of faith” by way of a discussion of developments in neurobiology. Brooks’ central insight is that the “cognitive revolution is not going to end up undermining faith in God, it’s going to end [...]
First Fruits of November
Mississippi delivers first fruits and they are not sweet for the GOP.
November is increasingly looking like a political tsunami. Will the GOP even survive? Or go the way of the Whigs?
Wayne Conservative Party Benediction
The benediction was a closing prayer:
Our God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we praise your Triune name. Lord God we are the inheritors of the great tradition of Western Christendom. A tradition that is defined by the victory of the risen Christ over the nations of the West. Lord give us [...]
Invocation at Wayne County Conservative Dinner
I was honored to give the invocation and benediction at the Wayne County Conservative Party Annual Dinner. I will post the invocation here and the benediction in a second post. Next week I will be doing the same at the much larger and more prestigious Monroe County Conservative Dinner.
Prayer of Invocation:
Lord God Almighty, [...]
David Brooks on the Tory Revival
Today’s New York Times has a thoughtful op-ed by David Brooks describing the striking electoral success of the new Tories.
The best line is this, “They want voters to think of the Tories as the party of society while Labor is the party of the state. They want the country to see the Tories [...]
Praying In Jesus’ Name
Here’s an interesting story from Beaver Falls, the home of the RPCNA’s Geneva College.
On the one hand, I’m pleasantly surprised that the city council has been able to get away with this form of prayer until now, without an ACLU lawsuit. On the other hand, I wish that they would keep it going and not [...]
Lion vs. Rich Ganz?
There is a lion on the loose outside Ottawa. I wonder what would happen if it tussled with RP Kung Fu legend Rich Ganz, Pastor of Ottawa RPC? Theonomic Kung Fu Ninjas vs. roaming lions what an event!!!
Everybody was Kung Fu fighting… those cats were fast as lightning….
What Binds the West? Voegelin and the Problem of Homonoia
For those who find Eric Voegelin (or Caleb Stegall) as puzzling I do (not their fault they are just smarter than everyone else) there is hope!
I strongly recommend picking up a copy of Jeffery Herndon’s Eric Voegelin and the Problem of Christian Political Order published by University of Missouri Press. This is [...]
Can Westminster Seminary Put the Genie Back in the Bottle?
People may not know but the blogosphere has revealed that Westminster Seminary (Philadelphia) is about to hold a decisive meeting of the board at which the fate of Pete Enns may well be decided. Enns, of course, is the author of the controversial book, Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old [...]
A Hard Question for a Good Friday
According to the Christian Church calendar, today is Good Friday. It is a day of solemn remembrance of the agonizing death of Christ by crucifixion. It is the day of the cross.
Of course, Reformed Protestants have never been big on the church calendar but it is rather upsetting how the culture [...]