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As he notes he did this series before. Well written, brief, story of humanity and all our misery. Recommended

• Dakota War 1
• Dakota War 2
• Dakota War 3
• Dakota War 4
• Dakota War 5
• Dakota War 6
• Dakota War 7

Nice post from John Suk on churches making budget and on the contrast between the OT vision of humanity and our labor vs. the competitors in the region.

Karen Swallow Prior asks this as she reflects on her introduction to Kuyper. 

Nice post from “The Twelve” on talking about our neighbor. It echoes the Heidelberg Catechism’s admonitions on the 6th Commandment.  Continue reading →

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Unfortunately for the nation the goal of a presidential campaign is not truth, it’s winning. Jimmy Carter tried it when he recommended those of us in the north of the country put on a sweater rather than burning more fossil fuels. See how that turned out.

Both campaigns will justify their mud-slinging campaign by the ends justify the means.

The darker truth is that perhaps the American people are getting the campaign they deserve. We don’t want a substantive debate on the common good when the common good does not align with our personal self interest, so we do what we need to to get the government that will serve our interests, real, aspirational or ideological.

Yes, it’s a shame, but this is the difference between fiction and politics.

CNN Blog: Two Distinct Religions

5 Nice Clear Points

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• It started of course with the Chick-fil-a story and Merritt’s piece in The Atlantic.
• Southworth “outed” Merritt on his blog.
• Ed Stetzer then weighs in on his blog with an interview
• Southworth expresses his conflicted emotions over what he did on his blog. 
• Southworth also does a YouTube interview on “Why I outed Jonathan Merritt”
• Tony Jones on “Is Jonathan Merritt gay?” In this piece Jones offers his own taxonomy of sexual categories. In the comment section Steve Knight offers a link to a gay sexologist who has a list of 24 reasons why straight men have sex with other men. I found the Tony Jones link from Michelle Van Loon’s Hermeneutics posting on cynicism. 

I think the Her-meneutics blog is one of the best on the web. I’m impressed by how consistently they post fine and thoughtful pieces. Here are some I read today and thought they were all excellent.

• The “Just you wait” mantra for marriage
• Debunking the Homewrecker Myth
• The Cynicism Trap
• Lusting After Asparagus? Our Cultures Food Porn Problem