Who Wants Theocracy?
22 March 2008Yesterday I wrote about Jefferson and the separation of church and state. Today I want to address the question of theocracy more directly. As I mentioned yesterday, there are many on the left who seem to believe that the religious right really wants to institute a theocracy in America. Nothing could be further from the [...]
American Theocracy?
21 March 2008From time to time you hear from someone or other who claims America is becoming a theocracy. Many believe the religious right controls the Republican Party and wants to institute theocracy in America. I have little patience for such rhetoric simply because it is demonstrably false.
Many of these same accusers love to tout "separation of [...]
The Pundits are Wrong
5 January 2008Watching the caucus returns Thursday night one thing stood out. Virtually all the pundits credited Huckabee’s commanding victory to evangelicals. It was often noted that Huckabee didn’t have his own ground team in Iowa. Rather, he had the natural ground team of local churches. This, they said, made the difference in Iowa but they speculated [...]
Attacks on Huckabee Continue
26 December 2007For months Mike Huckabee was ignored by the pundits. Then suddenly, Huckabee began to look like a viable candidate and the long knives came out. There has been much speculation about why this might be. Huckabee’s camp speculates that many had already picked their candidate and when Huckabee began to surge he was perceived as [...]
Things I’m Thankful For
22 November 2007It’s Thanksgiving once again and so it’s time to actually think about the things in our lives we are or should be thankful for. I suspect that far too many people see this day as just another day off work and don’t really take stock of the things they should be thankful for. [...]
Pat Robertson Has Lost His Mind
7 November 2007The news is full of talk today about Pat Robertson’s endorsement of Rudy Giuliani. It is certainly a shocking event. How can a leader in the evangelical movement endorse a man who supports gay marriage, government funded abortion and sanctuary cities? It is completely mind boggling.
The only thing I can come up [...]
Thompson in South Carolina
27 June 2007I has the privilege today of attending a luncheon sponsored by the South Carolina Republican Convention. The luncheon was held in Columbia and the keynote speaker was Fred Dalton Thompson. When the opportunity to go to this presented itself, there was no chance I was going to pass it up.
Thompson spoke for about 25 minutes [...]
Universitas Veritas Blog
21 June 2007Regular readers of this blog are aware of the sometime struggle I’ve had trying to balance politics and my Christian outlook or worldview. I’ve at times tried to make this blog something it never was intended to be and the result was always that I came right back to pure politics.
My solution comes in the [...]
Jesus’ Tomb
5 March 2007I have to this point refrained from weighing in on the most recent attempt to discredit the resurrection of Jesus. For one, the Discovery Channel documentary wasn’t particularly interesting as challenges to the resurrection go. For another, I just don’t think I have much to add to what others have already said.
I still don’t have [...]
The Social Gospel
21 February 2007This has been a difficult post to write. I’ve been working on it for several days. My biggest concern is that I not be misunderstood but I fear I cannot do justice to what I’m getting at. Some will read this post and just say “oh yeah!” Others will read it and conclude that I’m [...]
