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Quip of the Day: Green Libertarianism

Roland Boer keeps us updated on the latest political movements, and he has several posts on Red Toryism (a centrist form of being a British conservative–sounding like George W. Bush‘s compassionate conservativism) and Blue Labour (a centrist form of being … Continue reading

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James on The Tory Preacher John MacArthur

I mentioned earlier that a group of bloggers have pointed out John MacArthur’s stance against the Libyan, Egyptian, and Tunisian rebellions as sinful. But as I have argued on Brian’s post, I think placing one’s rules (subjective and quite suspicious … Continue reading

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Thoughts on Ron Paul & CPAC: Its about Principles, not Personality!

A while back, I quoted Liberation theologian James Cone on the idea of  human beings, especially the oppressed, not needing any elite persons to do for them what they can do for themselves. I think it bears repeating: “Because the … Continue reading

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Why Political Jesus? part One: Political

It was last July that I made the (wise) move from Blogger to WordPress.  Originally, I had dedicated this blog to the theologies of John Howard Yoder, Jurgen Moltmann, and James Hal Cone.  But it said nothing about myself or … Continue reading

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I chose Sarah Palin’s Alaska over Nucky and Margaret

I did not watch Boardwalk Empire at 8 p.m. like I normally do.  Because I watched Sarah Palin’s Alaska instead. Guilty as charged. Do not worry. I will catch Nucky, Margaret Schroeder and her stalker Van Aulden in about 30 … Continue reading

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