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God and Mammon: This isn’t a rule you have to obey, it’s just how it works

October 18, 2018 By Fred Clark

Pat Robertson isn’t talking about this “$100 billion worth of arms sales” as a starkly ugly fact, as a critique of American blood-money and our shared complicity in this evil. He’s celebrating it as a Good Thing — one that justifies torture and murder. Read more

Smart people saying smart things (10.17.18)

October 17, 2018 By Fred Clark

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Tara Isabella Burton, Heather Anne Thompson, Beth Allison Barr, Rachel Denhollander, Jia Tolentino, and Talia Lavin say smart things. There’s a theme here. Read more

They have a value you can’t see

October 16, 2018 By Fred Clark

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“A gospel that does not disturb, a word of God that does not rankle, a word of God that does not touch the concrete sin of the society in which it is being proclaimed — what kind of gospel is that?” Read more

Postcards from the class & culture wars (10.15.18)

October 15, 2018 By Fred Clark

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“Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you. Your riches have rotted, and your clothes are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you, and it will eat your flesh like fire.” Read more

The Inner Ring

October 15, 2018 By Fred Clark

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C.S. Lewis, at his grumpy best, offers some of the best advice you’ll ever hear about “one of the great permanent mainsprings of human action.” Plus: Bible wax museums, yet another “declaration,” and “Straight Talk” radio. Read more

Sunday favorites

October 14, 2018 By Fred Clark

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“When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very edges of your field, or gather the gleanings of your harvest; you shall leave them for the poor and for the alien.” Read more

Halloween music: a supplemental playlist

October 13, 2018 By Fred Clark

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Five minutes on Google will find you a host of fine musical playlists for your Halloween festivities. Here’s a list of 31 songs I didn’t see on any of those lists. Read more

LBCF, No. 205: ‘Bible studies’

October 12, 2018 By Fred Clark

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The Bible is not a primary source for premilllennial dispensational eschatology. Pieces of it — chapters, verses, words, syllables — provide a portion of the raw material, but “Bible prophecy” is not found in, and does not come from, the Bible. Read more

‘They will inevitably learn and teach the wrong things’

October 11, 2018 By Fred Clark

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“It is, you might well say, an elementary matter of justice.” Read more

I’m thinkin’ ’bout burnin’ it down, boys

October 11, 2018 By Fred Clark

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How did somebody like Brady Anderson hit 50 home runs in a single season? Besides steroids, it was also partly because of liberation theology. Also: A strong candidate for Worst American; Cyrus was Great at propaganda; and being “accused” of exactly what you’re doing. Read more