Born today in 1881, Ludwig von Mises was one of the 20th century’s most important intellectuals and one of its most passionate defenders of freedom. He is the economics equivalent of the giants of all the other disciplines (e.g., Einstein). And as Mario Rizzo notes over at ThinkMarkets, he is responsible for what [...]
Anti-Federalism is a political philosophy which opposes the concept of Federalism. In short, Anti-Federalists dictate that the central governing authority of a nation should be equal or inferior to, but not having more power than, its sub-national states (state government). A book titled “The Anti-Federalist Papers” is a detailed explanation of American Anti-Federalist thought.
via Anti-Federalism [...]
Joshua Moon, pastor of Good Shepherd PCA in Minnetonka, Minn. says, “I don’t attach a special value to eternal election over and above any other doctrine of the church. However, Paul emphasizes it to the Ephesians, but not the Corinthians, or the Galatians, or the Philippians. [The prophets of the Old Testament are] by and [...]
The spirits of John Wycliff and Brother Andrew hover over this shameful situation compelling us to act. If the enemy forces were a state religion like the Church of England or an oppressive government like China or Iran we would think nothing of risking our lives to bring the Bible to those who can’t access [...]
We put too much confidence in means. If we have good callings, house, land, living, we can then trust in God: but when means of comfort fail, we are like the Usurer, who will not trust the man, but his pawn: even so we trust not God upon his bare word, without a pawn. If [...]
Wabash Valley woman didn’t realize second cold medicine purchase violated drug laws
CLINTON September 03, 2009 10:58 pm
— When Sally Harpold bought cold medicine for her family back in March, she never dreamed that four months later she would end up in handcuffs.
Now, Harpold is trying to clear her name of criminal charges, and she is [...]
“Could you please expound on what the federal vision is? It is tearing up my church.”
HORTON: Federal vision is an over-reaching against what is perceived as a baptistic tendency to see the sacraments as merely signs. And the over-reaching ends up viewing baptism as (essentially) regenerative. In contrast, Reformed theology has [...]
Eph. IV. 4-6.–There is one body and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
This is the image of the CHURCH, as delineated by the hand of [...]
1. Big business and big government are (for the most part) natural allies.
2. Although conservative politicians pretend to hate big government, and liberal politicians pretend to hate big business, most mainstream policies – both liberal and conservative – involve (slightly different versions of) massive intervention on behalf of the big-business/big-government elite at the expense of [...]
The problem with radical “two kingdom theology” as being espoused by Kline, Hart, et al….
The problem?
Well, I’m not talking about content. I’m not talking about why I disagree with it, why I think the Bible says something different.
So far, go here, here, and here for that.
No, the problem I’m talking about is that it isn’t [...]
“My critics say that I’m taking over every sector of the economy,” President Obama sighed to George Stephanopoulos during his Sunday media blitz.
Not every sector. Just
health care
energy
local schools
banks
insurance companies
automobile companies
compensation at financial firms
newspapers
the internet
Read the rest.
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I thought about using Churchill’s “Never give up,” as the title of this entry. But sometimes you need to give up because what you are attempting is not going to work and/or is not right.
But giving up is not the same as despairing. Giving up is the pursuit of a new path. It is hope. [...]
I remember as a very childless very young married man talking about how I looked forward to homeschooling and “molding” the minds of my children.
Pretty demeaning to them and pretty stupid.
They mold back. They have their own gifts. They have their own personalities. They have their own goals. They have their own choices.
God had Adam [...]
The Austrian Economists: Big Government As The Employer Of Last Resort.
Wow. This is an amazing post. Actually, it is a common-sense post. What is amazing is that the blogger has to interact with such extreme superstitions.
Read it.
While the idea that the government created money via taxation is ludicrous, I think a case could be made [...]
First of all, I’m sorry I haven’t done more on my Wright FAQ. Some day. Time. Money. That stuff.
But I did interview at a church in a rather liberal denominaton and, lo and behold, I was asked about the Federal Vision.
I decided not to even try to explain it. I had no idea what they [...]
The history of the Reformation is a secular history by the definitions that we use (to the extent that “secular” can have a coherent definition, anyway). It is about the world that was changed dramatically in the 1500s, roughly.
If you teach it as the time when someone important to your tradition taught a doctrine [...]
Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis: Strategic Default Data Suggests Foreclosure Prevention Tactics Useless.
Please read the link above about what is happening in the housing market. It turns out that those who received a sub prime are less likely to abandon their homes than those who received superprime loans. His explanation makes perfect sense. We shouldn’t [...]
One of the great things about Presbyterian government is that it was the polity used to condemn Jesus to death and get him crucified. It wasn’t the last time. Proper government can be used by Satan as well as by God.
But the good news is that God vindicated Jesus and so he vindicates [...]
YouTube – Tremper Longman III – Is There A Historical Adam – Part 12.
This guy has been teaching at Westminster Theological Seminary for eighteen years? Please tell me he left because of this.
There is no way this is remotely “Reformed.” It isn’t responsible with the text at all. It basically assumes that the Bible is [...]
YouTube – The Vendor Client relationship – in real world situations.
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