posted by Andrew Dragos filed under Morality,
T.V.
These days, unless Discovery & History channels are doing something controversial (like covering who Jesus really was), television isn't really my thing. But 24 has managed to keep my Monday nights consistently clear between 9-10pm. There's something about a plot that seems to never end, a field agent with overbearing moral convictions, and an entangling bureaucracy that can captivate an
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posted by Andrew Dragos filed under Morality
If you look at the stats, many Evangelical Christians are beginning to swing left on the political spectrum. You'll find articles in Christianity Today ("the magazine of evangelical conviction") and professors at seminaries advocating that Christians need to start being more responsible by not defining our voting patterns based on a "single issue." Even in conservative churches these days there
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posted by Andrew Dragos filed under Morality
I like African art. I like European architecture. I like the timbre of a guitar. I like cherry hardwood. I like earth tones in fashion. I like mint chocolate chip ice cream. What do you like?
These are simple examples, but I hope the point carries over. My point is this—we shouldn't try to moralize what is by nature arbitrary. Preferences
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I promise you that for the most part, this is not about celebrity gossip.
This Chris Brown character allegedly assaulted his girlfriend Rihanna, another big music star. It is sad news anytime a person hurts another person. It is sadder when a man hurts a woman (is that politically incorrect to say? what did Peter mean in 1 Peter 3:7?) It
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