August 26, 2018
“The chief modern rival of Christianity is Liberalism.” — Rev. J. Gresham Machen As a follow-up of sorts to last week’s post, I decided to share an excerpt from a modern Christian classic, Christianity and Liberalism (1923), by another famous “fundamentalist”* (though he would have identified as a conservative evangelical and Presbyterian), J. Gresham Machen. […]
Tags: Bible and science, Christian doctrine, Christianity in a scientific age, conservative evangelical, fundamentalism, J. Gresham Machen, liberal Christianity, maintaining orthodoxy, modern liberalism, Modernism, Presbyterian controversies, pros and cons of scientific advances, science and religion, un-Christian
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August 19, 2018
“In 1909 God moved two Christian laymen to set aside a large sum of money for issuing twelve volumes that would set forth the fundamentals of the Christian faith, and which were to be sent free to ministers of the gospel, missionaries, Sunday School superintendents, and others engaged in aggressive Christian work throughout the English […]
Tags: anti-science, Christian fundamentalism, Christian orthodoxy, countering liberal Christianity, essentials of the Christian faith, fundamentalist, fundie stereotype, geology and the creation days, James Orr, natural law and miracles, R.A. Torrey, science and the Bible, science vs. Christian faith, The Fundamentals
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August 12, 2018
“When a person is stripped of their constitutional rights, albeit temporarily, without being given the chance to make their own case based on what can be entirely arbitrary accusations, this is the removal of due process.” — Matt Agorist, independent journalist and Editor-at-Large at the Free Thought Project Following the mass-shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas […]
Tags: 14th Amendment, 2nd Amendment, 5th Amendment, bipartisan support, bypassing constitutional rights, due process, ERPO, Florida, gun control, gun rights, Indiana, irresponsible journalism, Matt Agorist, NRA, Parkland shooting, PolitiFact, President Trump comments, red flag laws, right-wing alarmism, Risk Protection Orders, Seattle, Washington
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August 5, 2018
I’m not a regular listener of Rush Limbaugh. But, on those rare occasions when I’m driving and find him on the air, I often find his monologues interesting and even insightful. He has been around quite awhile and deserves much respect. But, even he can’t recognize everything that’s going on in the socio-cultural politisphere. To […]
Tags: creeping socialism, disrupt and destabilize, ends justify the means, historical ignorance, ignorance and stupidity of journalists, Joel Goodman, Karl Marx, leftist agenda, Leftist outrage, march toward communism in America, radio commentary, Rush Limbaugh, Saul Alinsky, violence and incivility
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