by Kevin Bauder | Dec 2, 2016 | Evangelicalism, Fundamentalism, Holiness, Ministries
Yup. Bill Gothard has a new web site. He knows he’s got some explaining to do. Here’s part of it: A few years ago, I was accused of having selfish motives for inviting young ladies to the Headquarters. I knew this was not true. However, those who believed...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 2, 2016 | Education, General Information
So says Stephanie Reese Masson in “The Death of Cursive Writing,” courtesy of the Chronicle of Higher Education. It took a while for this problem to sneak up on us at the college level. A CNN report in 2011 noted that, “states don’t require children...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 2, 2016 | Argumentation and Debate, C. S. Lewis, Civility
Michael Ward of Oxford University offers a perspective on “C. S. Lewis and the Art of Disagreement.” It’s well worth reading. The fact that Lewis could approve of atheists like Ryle, as well as enjoy the company of liberals like Watson and socialists...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 2, 2016 | Economics, Education, Ethics
The Obama administration wants to have the federal government forgive some $108 billion in student debt (total student debt in the US is well over a trillion dollars). What will be the effect? Joe Carter answers that question.
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 1, 2016 | Bioethics, Ethics, Politics, Uncategorized
Building upon work by Peter Kreeft, Justin Taylor helps us think about a reasoned case against seeing abortion as a right. If I seem to be linking to a lot of Taylor’s writing, it’s because he has been doing some pretty good stuff. This essay is no...