by Kevin Bauder | Dec 19, 2016 | America, Art and Literature, Culture, How the Left Thinks, Liberalism, Philosophy, Politics
Is this fake news? The Daily Mail is reporting that Donald Trump has picked movie star Sylvester Stallone for a government post. The most likely position is head of the National Endowment for the Arts. Predictably, the arts community is hyperventilating. On the one...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 16, 2016 | Baptists, Christianity, Culture, Evangelicalism, Politics
First Things reprints the text of Moore’s 2016 Erasmus Lecture, “Can the Religious Right Be Saved?” Here is part of his answer, a part that says he really has no answer. Whenever an evangelical starts talking about “cultural renewal,” we...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 16, 2016 | Conservatism, Economics, Liberalism, Philosophy, Politics
Many people–including many conservatives–think of conservatism as an ideology. They would be surprised to learn that thoughtful conservatives reject ideology of every sort. They insist that their position is not an ideology, but an attitude. Read more from...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 5, 2016 | ACCC, Church History, Ethics, Fundamentalism, Politics, Religious Freedom, Reports
American Council of Christian Churches 75th Annual Convention, October 18-20, 2016 Faith Baptist Church, Kittery, Maine “Resolution on Freedom and Respect for Civil Authority” “Two hundred and fifteen years ago this month, the Danbury [CT] Baptist Association...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 3, 2016 | ACCC, America, Anthropology, Ethics, Politics, Religious Freedom, Reports
American Council of Christian Churches 75th Annual Convention, October 18-20, 2016 Faith Baptist Church, Kittery, Maine Resolution on Transgenderism “The apostle Paul traces the sad devolution of a culture plagued with paganism in Romans 1. Arrogant people...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 3, 2016 | Education, Politics
The feds are taking over and the public is behind it. For good or bad, the future is going to look different. So says Judith Eaton at Inside Higher Ed. At least some government authority over accreditation and public concern about the space and accountability are not...
