Yesterday, Adrian Warnock addressed the nature of freedom in discussing the current political leadership in the West along with the policies in the war on terror and toward the Middle East, with a focus on the situation in Iraq. The spread of “freedom” has become a panacea for the world’s ills, but in order to…
Category: Philosophy
Christianity, Personal, Philosophy, Religion, Theological Thursdays
Theological Thursdays: Scriptural Balance And The Carrot And The Stick
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Welcome to the second edition of Theological Thursdays. Much of my thinking is done in analogies, similes, and other mental images. I have been told I am a visual thinker. I believe that is true and while my math was acceptable, photography was really my medium of expression growing up. Why, you ask, am I…
Conflict and War, News and Commentary, Philosophy, Politics and Government, Terrorism
What Is Deterrence And Why Should I Care?
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Deterrence – 1. The act or a means of deterring. 2. Measures taken by a state or an alliance of states to prevent hostile action by another state or group. That is the plain vanilla definition, but I suggest you go over to Eject! Eject! Eject! and read his article on deterrence for a discussion…
Christianity, Personal, Philosophy, Religion, Theological Thursdays
Theological Thursdays: Starting Point: Sola Scriptura
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Welcome to the first entry in my new concept of weekly themed postings. Today it’s Theological Thursdays. While I consider myself in no way a formal theologian, I do accept the challenge of J.I. Packer to wrestle with theology, since as a Christian, my need to “know God” requires me to join with the patriarch…
Art, Literature and Entertainment, Christianity, Personal, Philosophy, Religion
Worship, Or Not!
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Warning: Rated PG-13 by the Meisheid Internet Rating Service for strong opinions. I have been reading some things that have gotten my juices flowing. These readings are radical thoughts, these musings of Michael Spencer. I should say they are radical in today's Christian market, and I say market because that is what Christianity has become,…
Philosophy, Politics and Government
The Postmodern Democratic Debacle
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Are Democrats the party mired in the death knell of postmodern-driven politics? Neil Uchitel thinks so. He examines this topic in Kerry, The Democrats, and Postmodernism in Politics. I think this idea of Democrats as a postmodern political failure is a powerful meme. I hope it begins it journey through the blogosphere and into the…
Culture & Social Issues, Personal, Philosophy, Politics and Government
So Many Things: Part I
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It has been an eventful week and weekend. The Republican convention with its fireworks, the Russian school hostage standoff and tragedy, and hurricane Frances all have made their mark. Each of these events affected me and my family in different but important ways. Republican convention. I make no apologies for the fact that I dislike…
Art, Literature and Entertainment, Christianity, Culture & Social Issues, Philosophy
The Meaning Of Things
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With the Republican Convention on television, all over the blogosphere, talk radio, and most newspapers for the next three days, I am being bombarded with words, spoken and written, in speeches and commentaries, in arguments and counter arguments, from everyone with a means to say something. With all that verbiage in mind, I want to…
Christianity, Personal, Philosophy
Pruning The Vine
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You cannot be successful in effectively allocating your limited time if you are not willing to prune the vine of demands that are continually made on your life. As limited beings there is only so much we can do and some things are just more important than others. The important point is that only some…
Christianity, Conflict and War, Crime and Punishment, Philosophy, Politics and Government, Religion
Compulsion And Virtue
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What really makes the historic American dream and the nature of the country and society it has nurtured different from the goals of Islam and the nature of the countries and societies it has spawned? This is an important issue facing America, indeed all Western societies, as they deal with the radical Islamic terrorist threat…