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 Rude and insulting remarks will not be published, but civil disagreement is welcome.

Saturday, April 30, 2011

What is a Library?

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"Study to show yourself approved"--The Apostle Paul. My spies tell me that a theological library, with which I am well acquai...
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Friday, April 29, 2011

Technological

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Technological modification, alteration, interrogation, reverberation, incantation, provocation. Technological recrimination, incarceration, ...

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I was very sad to hear that David Wilkerson died in a car crash Wednesday evening. Rev. Wilkerson was a bold and uncompromising minister of ...
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Thursday, April 28, 2011

C.S. Lewis on Humility

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Thousands of humans have been brought to think that humility means pretty women trying to believe they are ugly and clever men trying to bel...
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

We May Have Room for This in My Forthcoming Book

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Glossary for Christian Apologetics Abduction: An argument form that trades on giving the best explanation for a state of affairs, gi...
Sunday, April 24, 2011

Neil Postman

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"Media may now be serving as a surrogate for reality, and a preferred one at that. At stadiums throughout the country, huge TV screens ...
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Monday, April 18, 2011

Outline for Tomorrow's Talk at the Tivoli

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Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy, Denver Seminary DougGroothuis@gmail.com Christianity and Philosophy: Strangers,...
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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Preachers!

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Note to preachers: Do not say, "Well, I'm not a theologian" or make other self-deprecating remarks about your knowledge of the...
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Christianity and Philosophy

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I am speaking at the Tivioli on the Auraria campus in Denver on April 19 at 7:00 PM on "Christianity and Philosophy: Strangers, Enemi...
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Friday, April 15, 2011

Leaving Dirt Place

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Please read the advertisement for Jonah Haddad's book, Leaving Dirt Place: Love as an Apologetic for Christianity , to which I wrote t...
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Science Gone Wild

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Here is m y letter to The Chronicle of Higher Education defending Intelligent Design. Comments are closed since I know that the usual suspe...

Michele Bachmann

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This is the woman who should be the next President.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Christian Apologetics

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My next book, Christian Apologetics , is now being advertised by InterVarsity Press, along with endorsements.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

McLuhan on Technology

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We will eventually become the reproductive organs for "our" technologies--paraphrase from Marshall McLuhan from about 1970. Read h...
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The First Black Airmen

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Although I support the federal government defunding NPR (on principle), I do, even as a conservative, appreciate some of their program, mate...
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Monday, April 11, 2011

Question for Rob Bell

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Mr. Bell: From a careful reading of Love Wins , it seems to me that you affirm three logical inconsistent propositions: 1. God saves everyon...
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Loftus and Groothuis

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Atheist John Loftus has agreed to let me make some comments after his lecture in Denver on April 29 at the Tivoli at the Auraria campus in d...
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Saturday, April 09, 2011

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A new essay by me at Chronic Illness and Christian Faith.
Wednesday, April 06, 2011

"Hey Physics, Get Real"

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In "Hey Physics, Get Real," published in The Chronicle of Higher Education , science writer, John Horgan , rightly complains that...
Tuesday, April 05, 2011

Coping with Chronic Illness

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Please visit the "Care Corner" of "Where is God? Ministries," concerning how various people advise you on how to deal w...
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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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