Posts Tagged ‘President Obama’
June 7th, 2013 | 
Author: In the light of the recent revelations about the National Security Agency having access to telephone records of Americans and apparently to their use of the Internet, it is an opportune moment to delve into what the Bible teaches about human depravity and power. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Religion and Culture | 
Tags: 1 Peter, ambition, Babylon, Benjamin Franklin, empire, Human depravity, Jeremiah, John Adams, liberty, national security, Patrick Henry, power, President Obama, Revelation 18, Romans, Rome | 
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Although this is in all likelihood not news to you, we theologians are odd birds. After all, how many people come away from a delightful day-after Valentine’s dinner with a beautiful wife thinking about the possibilities of a new type of culture—a culture of cooperation and not competition? Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Bible, Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture, competition, compromise, Cooperation, cross of Christ, Elizabeth Taylor, Ephesians, Gentiles, gospel, Greg Fox, Jesus Christ, Jews, manufacturing, New City Cafe, Paul, President Obama, relativism, Rockford Illinois, Romans, Row House Restaurant, Spirit of peace, syncretism, unity, witness |
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There was a recent conservative uproar over the fact that for the fourth year in a row President Obama did not verbally give thanks to God in his Thanksgiving Address (http://news.yahoo.com/obama-thanksgiving-address-calls-unite-behind-wh-doesn-080136187.html). The whole issue should make us examine the purpose of Thanksgiving and the expectations we have for religious expressions by public officials. Read the rest of this entry »