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Black History Month and the American Dream
Each year during Black History Month, I enjoy listening to sound bites from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speeches. My favorites are the so-called “Mountain Top” speech and the “I have a Dream” speech. In the latter, Dr. King characterized the American Dream as a land where an individual’s worth is determined by the measure of one’s character and not the color of one’s…
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america hurts
I could not have said this better or even as well. So I will share it.
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Back in the Day
Back in the Day
There seems to be an abundance of nostalgia about that golden age in America’s history, the 1950s, and the 1960s. It is particularly strong among those of us senior citizens born during or just after World War II, the last “good war.” As with every generation before us, we become more sentimental about the past as we grow ever nearer to the end of our sojourn here on earth. We tend to wander…
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Resurrecting my Blog
I am sitting at my desk in my study, surrounded by various objects assembled with the hope that they will make my time spent here more enjoyable and productive. My goal is to spend some time each day writing. Within the past month, I completed work on a new edition, the fourth edition, of a book on the history of twentieth-century Europe. It was a joint effort by myself and Michael D.…
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Work: Curse or Blessing?
Work: Curse or Blessing?
In the mid-1980s, my wife and I attended a Sunday School class at an Evangelical Free Church in Deerfield, Illinois. The class was team-taught by two Bible professors from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Dr. John H. Sailhamer and Dr. Gleason Archer, Jr. To learn about the Bible from two such scholars was a great honor. I remember well a discussion one Sunday in which the two…
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down on yasgur's farm ~ part three
down on yasgur’s farm ~ part three
I wish I had been there, I did, however, make it to Paris just after the riots in Summer of 1968.
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Academic Freedom: From Ram-skit to Bull-dung — by Crystal Downing
Academic Freedom: From Ram-skit to Bull-dung — by Crystal Downing
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Can the Churches Survive the Pandemic
Can the Churches Survive the Pandemic
The pandemic known as COVID-19 has dealt a severe blow to the institutional churches. Pastors have resorted to streaming their services on Facebook, YouTube, and other means made available by modern technology. Such substitutes are a poor substitute for meeting together. Some churches may not reopen once the pandemic ends. There is a fear that many who missed meeting together with fellow…
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Amputating the Liberal Arts — by Crystal Downing
Amputating the Liberal Arts — by Crystal Downing
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Thoughts on Memorial Day 2021
Thoughts on Memorial Day 2021
Every Memorial Day we pause to remember those who served and those who died in the wars that involved our country. Not all wars are included. For example, we make no mention of the so-called Indian Wars that did not end until 1924. Perhaps the latter are omitted because even the most nationalistic American tends to look back at them with shame. We are right to remember those who served,…
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Must We Bare a Burden of Guilt for the Sins of Our Fathers?
Must We Bare a Burden of Guilt for the Sins of Our Fathers?
Suppose for a moment that your mother dropped you off at an orphanage when you were just an infant. Although she could not, or would not, care for you, she did remain a part of your life. She would occasionally pick you up and take you to visit your grandmother. Those were good times, for you adored your grandmother. She was always happy to see you, and you were able to experience from her…
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Yes, There Really Was a Charlie Chan
Yes, There Really Was a Charlie Chan
Like many who grew up in the 1950’s and 1960’s, I enjoyed the adventures of the fictional detective known as Charlie Chan. I did not know, however, that there really was a policeman whose adventures in law enforcement in Honolulu at the beginning of the twentieth century served as inspiration for great fictional detective. His name was Chang Apana (1871-1933). He stood only five feet tall, but…
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A Book for the Christian Student's Backpack
A Book for the Christian Student’s Backpack
In his new book, Surviving Religion 101: Letters to a Christian Student on Keeping the Faith in College (2021), Michael J. Kruger, President and the Samuel C. Patterson Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, NC, and an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America, attempts to provide a kind of “survival guide” for young…
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American Society and the Great War: A Book Review
American Society and the Great War: A Book Review
The last time I attended a ballgame, actually a high school football game, was in 1957 or 1958. I was in the 8th grade. I snuck into the game along with a friend, not because we wanted to watch the game free, but because we wanted to flirt with the 7th- and 8th-grade girls who would be there. I have never had even the least interest in sports. I do not even know the rules for playing football,…
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Not From Around Here: A Book Review
I do not often read a book twice before reviewing it, but I did this one. The title is a little misleading. NOT FROM HERE: WHAT UNITES US, WHAT DIVIDES US, AND HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD (Chicago: Moody, 2019), lead me to think it was going to be a book about the clash of cultures in today’s America. It is that, but not really. It is more Brandon J. O’Brien’s memoir of being born and raised in…
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Eternity, A Book Review
It has often been said that there are only 2 things for certain, death and taxes. As we all know, the latter is not certain, since many pay no taxes. Death however is something that none of us will escape, that is, if past history is a reliable guide to the future. And in this case, it is.
Understandably the question of what, if anything, happens after death has fueled the careers of many…
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