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March 15, 2007 Posted by Roger Overton
Justin Taylor has noted the passing of New Testament scholar Herman Ridderbos. Be sure to read about his life and work if you're unfamiliar with him.
The blogsphere has practically irrupted with reaction to John MacArthur's recent comments regarding Calvinism and eschatology. Most of it has been worthwhile discussion about Amillennialism: Dr. Scott Clark answers with what John Calvin actually said regarding the millennium. Fide-O provided some clarifications about Amillennialism (among other great posts on the controversy). Sadly, some of the discussion has degenerated into a Sola Institutio flogging of those of us who don't believe in every jot and title of certain Reformed confessions (such as the Westminster).
Dustin Steeve at The Right House wrote one of my all time favorite blog posts. It does a great job of explaining my childhood love for Legos and fiscal conservativism. Check out the picture!
So far as I can see at this point, Congressman Duncan Hunter is probably the best candidate for President in 2008. It's too bad he likely won't make it past the primary, but I don't think that's a sufficient reason to not vote for him.
Wm. B. Eerdmans is continuing down the path of losing its Christian identity (maybe it never had one and my assumption that it was a Christian company was wrong all along?). The last symptom was the publication of an explicitly Mormon evangelistic book (A Different Jesus? by Robert Millet). This week they've released another book by a Mormon author, Muhammad, Prophet of God by Daniel C. Peterson. I wouldn't make as big a deal about it except for the endorsement: “The best scholarly text on the prophet Muhammad written by a Christian. Parviz Morewedge — Global Scholarly Publications” Either Eerdmans can't tell the difference between Christianity and Mormonism or they don't care about the factual integrity of what's printed on their books.
N.T. Wright wrote an “interesting” article on C.S. Lewis in the latest issue of Touchstone.
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March 15th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
Boooooo!
I thought you were a fiscal conservative. Duncan Hunter supports “fair trade.”
Ron Paul is the best presidential candidate.
this guy understands the Constitution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_Ron_Paul (apparently wikipedia links are blocked, so I can't post a link to it?)
http://www.ronpaulexplore.com/
he's a shoulder to lean on for old women, as his website shows
March 16th, 2007 at 2:35 am
I actually raised the “fair trade” issue in Hunter's Facebook group and didn't really get a decent response. Beyond saying he supports “fair trade” he doesn't really define it- that troubles me. But so far it's he's only said that in relation to China, and I'm not sure we should have absolutely free trade with them. So I'd say he's at best questionable on the issue and needs to clarify his position. I like him on every other issue I've seen so far.
From what I've seen of Ron Paul, I disagree with him on national security, and that to me is the most important issue this coming election. Also, he's not officially a candidate yet.
March 16th, 2007 at 9:20 am
Actually, on March 12, he did announce he will be seeking the presidency. It's no longer exploratory.
As for national security being the most important issue, I would disagree with you there. Whether or not one agrees about the threat of terrorists and how one deals with them, it becomes a moot point if the U.S. economy takes a nose-dive. You can't pay your military if your currency becomes worthless.
Having been the world's reserve currency for more than 30 years, if countries begin to move out of the U.S. dollar, the flood of dollars in circulation would cause a massive devaluation of our money. Considering how many countries disdain our foreign policy, this isn't merely an academic exercise, but a possible scenario. You have the potential of panic, like in Weimer, Germany, as well as a nationwide recession on the level of the Great Depression.
If communist China alone, with over $1 trillion dollars in U.S. reserves, sold their reserves into circulation, you'd see the middle class virtually disappear, and those below the poverty line and the elderly on fixed incomes would suffer the most. It gets worse when foreign investors begin to move away from investing in the U.S. and the dollar.
April 13th, 2007 at 11:04 am
Huckabee is the man for Conservatives and Christians. The so-called top tier is so afraid of him getting to the debates because he would trounce all of them.
He has been consistent in his views. Some criticize him for raising taxes as a governor but they never tell the whole story. He worked with Dems (gasp!) to provide higher teacher pay and a state-wide conservation effort to clean up and preserve the nature of THE NATURAL STATE.
You owe it to yourself and everyone else who is sick of the top-tier to check him out.
http://mikehuckabeepresident2008.blogspot.com/
http://www.explorehuckabee.com/