I recently had a discussion with another blogger on the definition of fundamentalism, and it got me wondering, what really is fundamentalism?
Early in the twentieth century there was a movement to re-interpret all the traditional doctrines of the Christian faith to bring them in line with the modern world. This movement was called “modernism.” [...]
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Photo from Northwest Frog Fest.
Last week several concerned scientist went to Washington to complain about political suppression of scientific reports. Non-scientists have been re-writing reports to give a politically correct version that favors industry and development. The scientist lament “the systematic dismantling of the Endangered Species Act through the manipulation and suppression of [...]
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The more I think about it, you can’t blame our president for the epidemic of obesity among young people. He is a good role model for physical fitness. The president jogs, rides his mountain bike regularly, and clears brush at his Crawford ranch.
Anyone who rides a mountain bike is alright, in my book.
A couple years [...]
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My colleague the “Vagabond Professor” has been saying there are three answers to all the problems in the world: global warming, Arab oil, and George Bush. I’m not sure, but I think maybe he is being ironic–he does have a satirical streak. Maybe he is saying those wacky liberals blame everything on [...]
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I had my first bike ride of the year today.
This is the first year in about ten that I have missed my traditional New Year’s Day ride. I’m not sure why, lethargy, I guess. Over the past years, even if there was snow on the ground, I at least made it for [...]
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After 39 years the Jayhawks finally won the Orange Bowl trophy. They didn’t have to use a 6-3-3 defence last night. Aqib Talib scored the first touch down by running back an intercepted pass. He displayed a little excessive exuberance “high-stepping” across the goal line, for which a penalty was added to [...]
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In the 60s and 70s Francis Schaeffer convinced many evangelicals that art, history, philosophy, music, literature, and politics are important. He had a unique ministry in Switzerland, a place called L’Abri (French for The Shelter).
He opened his home to hippies and dropouts, intellectuals, Marxists, and atheists and joined them in deep conversations about [...]
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