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Breakfast Links: Libya Denial, President Screwtape, Romney and Cults

BREAKFAST LINKS: Dan Balz: A Critical Week in America Andrew McCarthy at NRO: Denying the Libya Scandal Fabulous Felix: Faster Than Sound Pakistanis Rally for Girl Who Was Shot Isaac Sharp: Screwtape...

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Why We Need More Religion in Politics, Not Less

Last week I received another expression of a very common sentiment in the comments box at Philosophical Fragments – and the commenter wished it known that she was “not a libertine” but a 50-year-old...

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Breakfast Links for 10/30/12: Trick or Tract, Persecution Perspectives, Not...

BREAKFAST LINKS 10/30/12: Adrian Warnock, Patheos: “I look at your media, your political adverts, your adversarial debates, and I wonder, how long before your nation tears itself apart? Can either of...

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Sex, God and Politics

Is sex more satisfying for conservative women?  Or are liberal women just making an idol out of sex? The always-stimulating (no pun intended) Mark Regnerus, a Patheos blogger and one of the most...

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Breakfast Links for 11/29/12: Marijuana Myths; The One-Word You; Missing...

BREAKFAST LINKS 11/29/12: Adrian Warnock, Patheos/Adrian Warnock: “Entitlement is really another word for pride. It simply means “I deserve better.” Peter Suderman, Reason.com: Fiscal Cliff Leverage...

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The Folly of Courting the Black Vote

Recently I’ve enjoyed getting to know Mark Goldblatt, who teaches religious history in New York and writes for places like The New York Post and The National Review.  He’s also author of Bumper Sticker...

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Who Owns “Evangelicalism” in America?

A little while ago, I had written two pieces (here and here) making the case for defining evangelicalism according to its theological distinctives and not its (pervasively but not exhaustively) shared...

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Breakfast Links for 12/19/12 – Death, Mortality and Sandy Hook; Mary and...

BREAKFAST LINKS 12/19/12: Frank Viola, Patheos/Frank Viola: “Jesus did not meet John’s expectations. If you’ve not met that side of God yet, you will. He will not always meet your expectations. And...

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Beyond Activism Innocence

It was my pleasure this week to interview Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, whose book, The World is Not Ours to Save, is really rocking some boats.  Some of my most conservative friends, as well as some of my...

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Loud on Poverty, Quiet on Abortion: The Danger of Selective Theonomy

My friend Rob Schwarzwalder from the Family Research Council offers the following guest post this morning: * Religion, Morality, and Policy: The Danger of Selective Theonomy  By Rob Schwarzwalder...

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Syria, War and America’s Christians

By Mark Tooley   The prospect of U.S. military action against Syria’s dictatorship has unusually united in opposition nearly all U.S. church and major Christian voices who have publicly spoken to the...

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Where Franklin Graham Has Gone Wrong

I’m always pleased to publish a post by the esteemed Peter Wehner.  * By Peter Wehner The evangelist Franklin Graham had quite a run last week. In interviews and statements, he praised Russian...

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Understanding a More Religious and Assertive Russia

A very important and informative article by my friend Mark Tooley.  * By Mark Tooley In his widely analyzed March 18 speech to the Russian Parliament, Putin cited the baptism of Vladimir the Great over...

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Remembering James R. Schlesinger

Hard-charging Cabinet member served three presidents, but conversion to Christianity mellowed him as he aged. By Warren Cole Smith News of the death of James Schlesinger on Mar. 27 at age 85 was a mild...

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Ann Coulter’s Absurd Defense

Peter Wehner wrote an excellent response to Ann Coulter’s recent column on Dr. Kent Brantly. Ms. Coulter responded, in turn. So I’m very pleased to present Mr. Wehner’s reply here. * Ann Coulter’s...

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