Tom Woods on True Conservatism
Tom Woods is a talented thinker and writer. In this video, Woods outlines the case for a true conservatism which is not inclined to engage in many of the wars the U.S. has engaged in.
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- Published: 05 May 2011 05 May 2011
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Educating for Wisdom in the 21st Century
I look forward to giving a paper at a conference at Baylor University (my alma mater). The conference is titled, "Educating for Wisdom in the 21st Century: Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture" (October 27-29). I will be utilizing some materials from my book, The Gospel and the Mind: Recovering and Shaping the Intellectual Life, although by October the paper may have taken a different shape than I currently envision. It will be good to back in Waco, and I hope to see Baylor (and other!) friends.
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- Published: 02 May 2011 02 May 2011
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D.A. Carson Lectures for The God Who is There
The other day I posted a lecture from D.A. Carson's lecture series (and book), The God Who is There: Finding Your Place in God's Story. The whole series can be accessed here.
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- Published: 17 April 2011 17 April 2011
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H.L. Mencken on Abraham Lincoln
If you have never read H.L. Mencken, he is worth discovering. A strident skeptic of anything Christian (to put it mildly), he thought extremely highly of Protestant New Testament scholar and apologist J. Gresham Machen, even penning a poignant obituary for Machen upon Machen's death. A lover of liberty, he found Abraham Lincoln to be worthy of great criticism (again, to put it mildly). The attached document is a short piece by Mencken on Lincoln. Particularly interesting is Mencken's criticism of Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address." Of the heart of Lincoln's argument Mencken can say, "It is difficult to imagine anything more untrue." Enjoy!
P.S. This Mencken quote found at www.freerepublic.com
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- Published: 15 April 2011 15 April 2011
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