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Scripture “Constitutes” a Proper Worldview—Albert M. Wolters (1942 – )

BibleMesh, Culture, Scripture, Worldview / November 4, 2011

Albert M. Wolters is the current professor of religion and theology and classical studies at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario. While teaching philosophy at the Institute of Christian Studies in Toronto in 1985, he compiled a collection of his lectures and published them under the title Creation Regained. In this book, Wolters proclaims that …

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Meeting, Mating, and (Maybe) Marrying in America

By C. Ben Mitchell, Culture, Current Events, Ethics / November 16, 2020

Eighty-four percent of unmarried Americans between the ages of 18 and 23 have already had sex according to a newly released, massive study, Premarital Sex in America: How Young Americans Meet, Mate, and Think About Marriage (Oxford, 2011) by Mark Regnerus and Jeremy Uecker. Regnerus is a sociology professor at the University of Texas at …

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Why Do the Educated Attend Church More?

BibleMesh, Culture, Current Events / August 29, 2011

A new study on church attendance drew a conclusion that may surprise some: in America, college graduates are more likely to attend church than those with only a high school education. While 46 percent of college-educated whites attend worship services at least monthly, only 37 percent of moderately educated whites—those with a high school diploma …

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Was Pearl Harbor Hurt in the Bombing?

Culture, Current Events, Worldview / August 26, 2011

When the spirit of the age is to strive for self-gratification, rather than what is excellent, it is no surprise then that the education of our children takes on a similar impulse. From the Kairos Journal vault is an important reflection on this predicament: ———————- When a Missouri, fifth-grade teacher mentioned the bombing of Pearl …

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An Atheist Who Loses Faith in His Morals

Culture, Current Events, Ethics, Philosophy / August 24, 2011

Joel Marks, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of New Haven and a scholar at the Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics at Yale University, recounts his loss of faith in a recent New York Times article. Don’t misunderstand, he’s always been an atheist, but now he’s lost his faith in morality. I had thought I …

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The Abolition of Twins

By C. Ben Mitchell, Culture, Current Events, Events, Scripture, Theology, Worldview / November 16, 2020

This week’s New York Times Magazine’s lead story, “The Two-Minus-One Pregnancy,” was about yet another tragedy of our culture of reproductive control. “For all its successes,” the article points out, “reproductive medicine has produced a paradox: in creating life where none seemed possible, doctors often generate more fetuses than they intend.” In this case, 45 year-old …

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