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Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

George Will on “Self-Determination”

Posted on March 4, 2014 by PaulVK

Misreading Putin and History

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Ukraine Link List

Posted on March 4, 2014 by PaulVK

I hope this will be a short term list. George Will on misreading Putin and History Dreher: “the wrong side of history” Ukrainian Airmen and Russian threats Why Obama shouldn’t follow Putin’s folly

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Why English Majors Make Lousy Fundamentalists

Posted on March 4, 2014 by PaulVK

http://morganguyton.us/2014/03/03/why-english-majors-make-lousy-fundamentalists/

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Remembering to Consult the Old Testament when Learning About the Bible and Divorce

Posted on March 4, 2014 by PaulVK

http://www.christianitytoday.com/women/2014/february/what-god-teaches-us-about-broken-marriage-vows.html

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The opposite of faith is offense

Posted on March 4, 2014 by PaulVK

Richard Beck

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Peter Carson Translates Tolstoy as he dies

Posted on March 3, 2014 by PaulVK

http://www.vqronline.org/way-all-flesh-tolstoy-and-mortality And so the great man searched. Schopenhauer, Solomon, and Buddha offered no solace.Scientific rationalism was a coffin for his soul. Others of his own class and education had no clue. Then, in a suicidal stupor, he began to see … Continue reading →

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Douthat’s “Terms of Surrender” in the Culture War

Posted on March 2, 2014 by PaulVK

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/02/opinion/sunday/the-terms-of-our-surrender.html Dreher responds to Douthat

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David Sessions on Taylor

Posted on March 2, 2014 by PaulVK

Secularism is pervasive but not inevitable To say that these are pervasive concerns in the modern West is an understatement, and they filter all the way down—and are perhaps felt most acutely—in religious communities that still live in enchanted worlds. … Continue reading →

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Bringing back the dead

Posted on March 1, 2014 by PaulVK

Reviving extinct species

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A Smoker’s Tale

Posted on March 1, 2014 by PaulVK

A woman nicely tells her story about shame and her nicotine addiction.

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