Tag Archives: morality

pornified culture results

Posted on September 20, 2010 by bkingr

Tim Challies has an interesting post regarding the fact that our sexualized pornified culture is having the unexpected result of hurting the porn industry’s bottom line. And yet it’s not all good. What struck me as I read this article … Continue reading →

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democracy and morality

Posted on June 22, 2010 by bkingr

yesterday evening Instapundit linked to Todd Zywicki at the Volokh Conspiracy which had an excerpt from a fascinating and lengthy Kenneth Minogue paper at the New Criterion. It is a thought provoking look at the relationship between democratically elected governments … Continue reading →

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whither Episcopalians?

Posted on May 23, 2010 by bkingr

issues of sexuality are ripping apart the Anglican church. As Dr. Mohler puts it: The stage is now set for an all-out conflict within the Anglican Communion. This conflict will pit the conservative Anglican churches of the “Global South” against … Continue reading →

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where we are

Posted on October 29, 2009 by bkingr

Christian Smith and Patricia Snell have written a book that looks fascinating. It is called Souls in Transition: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of Emerging Adults at the link above you can read extended excerpts from the book and get … Continue reading →

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danger of moralistic deism

Posted on August 30, 2009 by bkingr

here is Matt Chandler talking about the necessity of the centrality of the Gospel and the danger when it is assumed. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzTm3W2Ai7s&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Love that last line. “But you don’t put God in your debt. I know this because really really … Continue reading →

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how weird am I?

Posted on August 4, 2009 by bkingr

seriously, how weird am I? I have been watching the dialogue between Mark Krikorian, Wesley Smith and Jonah Goldberg in The Corner with great interest. They are talking about vegans and vegetarians, morality and whether or not it is morally … Continue reading →

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suffering

Posted on March 4, 2009 by bkingr

I noticed in the sidebar at the Straight Up blog a three part series on God’s role in suffering by Gerald Hiestand. Here is part three which contains links to the first two parts. Go check it out. I like … Continue reading →

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connecting with the culture

Posted on August 11, 2008 by bkingr

Newbigin in the quotes from my post below says that we, as Christians, should try to understand the culture from the point of view of the Gospel. In other words, we should be countercultural and have a different framework for … Continue reading →

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ruminations on moral philosophy

Posted on August 10, 2008 by bkingr

here are some of Jason Lee Steort’s ruminations on moral philosophy also known as Lessons From the Joker. go read it a couple or three times, think it over and then report back here to discuss the similarities of Steort’s … Continue reading →

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unbelievable numbers

Posted on August 9, 2008 by bkingr

Ok so through several links beginning at the Ramblin Pastor Man, I found the results of an askmen.com poll that are just unbelievable. I would be interested to see how these numbers would look in a survey with better methodology … Continue reading →

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