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What Do William Gladstone and Little Big Man Have in Common?

I don’t get it, these coincidences with no significance always happening to me. Allow me to illustrate from today’s events. Around noon, I hefted my copy of Roy Jenkins’s biography of William Gladstone from the shelf, with the vague intention of reading some portion of its 698 pages. As if this would not be enough […]

Sigmund Freud and the Illusion of Peace

Yesterday’s post was about Karl Marx. Today it’s about Sigmund Freud, who was born on this date in 1856. They have this in common���that religion is a subjective response of one sort or another, to be explained away psychologically or sociologically. Feuerbach contended that God is part of the furniture of a dream world. Marx […]

Confusion in the Public Square—The Case of Pam Geller and Islamic Jihad

Pam Geller, president of the American Freedom Defense Initiative, is an activist. She clearly is on a mission to raise awareness of the threat from radical Islam. Most recently, she hosted an event in Garland, Texas. The idea was to award $12,500 to the winner of a cartoon contest for depicting the prophet Muhammad. This […]

Confusion in the Public Square���The Case of Pam Geller and Islamic Jihad

Pam Geller, president of the American Freedom Defense Initiative, is an activist. She clearly is on a mission to raise awareness of the threat from radical Islam. Most recently, she hosted an event in Garland, Texas. The idea was to award $12,500 to the winner of a cartoon contest for depicting the prophet Muhammad. This […]

Karl Marx Is Dead—And So Is Dialectical Materialism (for the most part)

The man who famously said, “God is dead,” was born on this date in 1818, just five years after Søren Kierkegaard, who has the same birthday. Karl Marx is perhaps the best-known atheist of the 19th century. Marx grew up in a German-Jewish home. But it is said that he converted to Lutheranism when he […]

Karl Marx Is Dead���And So Is Dialectical Materialism (for the most part)

The man who famously said, “God is dead,” was born on this date in 1818, just five years after S��ren Kierkegaard, who has the same birthday. Karl Marx is perhaps the best-known atheist of the 19th century. Marx grew up in a German-Jewish home. But it is said that he converted to Lutheranism when he […]

The Great Dane—Remembering Kierkegaard

Today is Søren Kierkegaard’s birthday. He was born May 5, 1813, in Copenhagen, Denmark. He’s been called a Christian existentialist, a fideist, a satirist, and “the melancholy Dane.” He was concerned about the disconnect between Christian profession and the lived reality of true Christianity. He called his contemporaries to a deeper personal encounter with God. […]

The Great Dane���Remembering Kierkegaard

Today is S��ren Kierkegaard’s birthday. He was born May 5, 1813, in Copenhagen, Denmark. He’s been called a Christian existentialist, a fideist, a satirist, and “the melancholy Dane.” He was concerned about the disconnect between Christian profession and the lived reality of true Christianity. He called his contemporaries to a deeper personal encounter with God. […]

Assessing My Need for an Apple Watch

I didn’t think I’d find the Apple Watch very interesting. The #1 reason is that I was sure it would be priced beyond my reach, for a timepiece. The #2 reason was that I thought it would be more timepiece than anything Apple should be willing to brag about. Then I watched the various short […]

My Interview with the Good Book Blog about the New Apostolic Reformation

Last week I was interviewed by the Good Book Blog about the New Apostolic Reformation. This blog publishes articles written by faculty of Talbot School of Theology at Biola University. To read the interview, follow this link. Note: This is post #500Filed under: Other Tagged: Biola University, Interviews, New Apostolic Reformation, Talbot School of Theology