Hilaire Belloc and G.K. Chesterton were the primary champions of Distributism, an economic system neither Capitalistic nor Communistic seeking widespread ownership of property as the chief means to household freedom. Chesterton’s chief work on the topic, Outline of Sanity, points out the troubles of industrialism and describes life under a Distributist scheme. Chesterton’s work does little to explain how such… Read more »
Three more bits of evidence supporting my contention that the typical modern college experience is harmful for Christians. There is overwhelming political bias on campuses. Affirmative action is shamelessly practiced, the ROTC and military recruiters are banned, “heteronormativity” is rebuked, atheism and skepticism are the norm, Marxism and socialism are held in high regard, and males are outnumbered by females… Read more »
Consequences of Ideas, by R.C. Sproul, is an overview of philosophy from the pre-Socratics through the 20th century. The book is 14 chapters. An accompanying video series of 35 different messages is available as well as a study guide for the video series. We use all three resources in our study. We start with reading the book chapter, possibly writing… Read more »
Popular journalist and author Glenn Beck, a professed Mormon, sponsored two events on August 27 and 28 that focused on honoring God and honoring patriots who have served America. Since the events featured many elements of worship and Beck worships a false god, at first glance I believed the events dishonored the true God and should have been avoided by… Read more »
I was saddened and confused to see prominent evangelical Christian leaders participate in Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor rally on August 28. Had the rally been about politics or honoring American patriots, such involvement would not be troubling. However, the rally was clearly more like an attempt to worship God with multiple prayers, testimonies, scripture readings, and urgings from the pulpit… Read more »
The ultimate question – why does anything exist? If you get this wrong, all of life is skewed, confusing, and unfulfilled. Pure materialists conclude there is no reason, no purpose. Clearly an unlivable answer. Everyone else acknowledges God (or some eternal god-like force) made everything. So why did God do this? Common answers are: God was bored God wanted friendship… Read more »
