by Don and Joy Veinot | Apr 19, 2018 | Culture and Society, David Hogg, Events, Evil, Free Speech, Gun Control, Hate, Mass Shootings, Politics, Progressive education, Progressives
In 1968, the film Wild in the Streets was released. The premise was a simple and a somewhat satirical jab at the burgeoning “anti-establishment,” counter-cultural revolution that was rampant at the time. A senator, played by Hal Holbrook, and Max Frost, a 22 year...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 14, 2016 | Culture and Society, Evil, Homosexuality, Liberal Left, Liberal Theology, Marriage, Political Correctness
OK friends, the 2016 Presidential election season is in full swing. It is an odd one, that’s for sure. As Brit Hume from FOX said, each candidate’s high negatives with certain blocks of voters is the other’s best hope. The pundits and talking heads spend endless hours...
by Jonathan Miles | Dec 19, 2013 | Christ and the Church, Christian living, Culture and Society, Evil
By now, dear reader, some of you have seen the second installment of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit subtitled, “The Desolation of Smaug”. I haven’t seen it but you can bet your dwarven boots I will. I’ve heard the good and the bad. I’ve heard that...
by Jonathan Miles | Dec 5, 2013 | Atonement, Christ and the Church, Church, Church Fathers, Culture and Society, Evil, Jesus Seminar, John Dominic Crossan, Liberal Theology
While surfing the interweb the other day I happened upon yet another attempt at describing the “people you meet” in society. Apparently stereo-typing people is some sort of hobby on line. But one of these got my attention. I can’t vouch for anything...
by Jonathan Miles | Aug 22, 2013 | Christ and the Church, Culture and Society, Evil
I’ve been thinking about evil lately. Too many trips to the comic book store I suppose. In my musings I first thought about Augustine’s definition of evil. Evil is a privation. It is the lack of something not some malevolent force. Thus evil is always a...
