The Constructive Curmudgeon

A forum for discussing matters of moment, from a curmudgeonly perspective. (The ideas posted here do not necessarily represent those of any organization with which I am a part). Rude and insulting remarks will not be published, but civil disagreement is welcome.

Monday, June 30, 2008

Four Noteworthy Articles on Philosophy and Apologetics

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Today's mail brought four significant articles on Christian philosophy and apologetics: two from Books and Culture and two (happy surpr...
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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Personalized Salvation: Right and Wrong

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23 Then he [Jesus] said to them all: "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me....
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Friday, June 27, 2008

On Pascal Reaches the Best Seller List (in some possible world)

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Here is a blogger's review of my book, On Pascal --a book that at least 12 people have read. You need to scroll down a bit to find it.
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

From National Right to Life: Obama as Pro-Abortion as is Politically Possible

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Today's News & Views June 17, 2008 Trying to Wiggle Out of the Obvious Contradictions If you think you may have read this column bef...
Monday, June 23, 2008

Time Out

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The Constructive Curmudgeon has hereby called an indefinite time out from postings and comments.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Mini-Technology Manifesto

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Given all the consternation over my post on the book, The Dumbest Generation , I hereby issue this abbreviated technology manifesto. 1. No c...
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Teaching and Destiny

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In The Meaning of Persons , the Swiss Christian psychiatrist, Paul Tournier recounts and experience of one of his clients, a man with a mys...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Meditation on a Garbage Can

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Tonight while walking the neighborhood with my wife, I spied what looked like an entire drum set piled into and around the garbage cans that...
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Exposing False Religion

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Several years ago, Rebecca Merrill Groothuis read a paper called, "Spirituality, Sexuality, and Feminist Religion." The recordin...
Sunday, June 15, 2008

Peer immersion, social networking, and stupefaction

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Here is an insight inspired by The Dumbest Generation : How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don...
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Saturday, June 14, 2008

Two: A Metaphysical Poem

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Two fundamental and consequential metaphysical options, two cosmic narratives: 1. In the beginning (for no reason) were the Particles, which...
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Thursday, June 12, 2008

The Christian Worldview in Classical Philosophical Categories

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[I just cut this from my book, so I wanted to get some use out of it.] To increase detail while adding abstraction, the basic categories of ...
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Monday, June 09, 2008

Revolt Against Heaven and Earth

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The Democratic Party has issued a statement in favor of homosexual marriage and opposed to The Marriage Protection Act. This is the party of...
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Sunday, June 08, 2008

Groothuis Lecture on Apologetics now on Line

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My talk from June 6, 2008, "Do You Have to Check Your Mind at the Door to Become a Christian?" is now on line at Wellspring Anglic...
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Transvestite Invasion: Truth Evasion

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Charles Colson has written a sharp and perceptive essay on the new Colorado law that allows anyone to enter a public bathroom . This was si...
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Saturday, June 07, 2008

Propositions to Ponder on "How Should We Then Live?"

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[I posted this on the blog dedicated to my class on the Schaeffer films, "How Should We Then Live?" Those who have seen the films...
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What is Your Truth Footprint?

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We hear much--too much, I wager--today about "carbon footprints," how much we contribute to global warming through energy use. Now...
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Pascal Speaks from the Grave

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[This article was published in 2004 in Think . It responds to a rather hackneyed critique of Pascal's wager. I used a novel format to re...
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Friday, June 06, 2008

Joe Carter on Obama's Endorsement of Infanticide

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Please read Joe Carter's on target essay on Obama's stance on infanticide : "The Evangelical Shibboleth ."
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Lecture Outline Available to Curmudgeonites and Curmudgeonettes

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I gave my lecture, "Do You Have to Check Your Mind at the Door to Become a Christian?" tonight at Wellspring Anglican Church to a ...
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Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.
I am a Christian, philosopher, teacher. My most recent of my twenty books is Beyond the Wager. My magnum opus is Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith (InterVarsity Press, 2011). I have published ten others, including Truth Decay and On Jesus.
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