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Wes Widner on March 22nd, 2011

The schools exacerbate the problem of bullying by their stance that all fighting is wrong. The first time I came into contact with my wife was when I was in the 8th grade and she in the 7th. Her house had just burned down and a group of kids were picking on her because her [...]

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In a presentation sponsored by the Heritage Foundation, Jay Richards presents the major themes from his excellent book, Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the Problem. In his book, Jay explores the question of why Christians should care about economics and why he believes capitalism is the best economic system [...]

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Wes Widner on January 25th, 2011

I’ve written on the problems with short term mission trips before. But what should or could we do instead to both use the resources we have access to more wisely and, at the same time, prevent the problem of dependency (HT Missional Edge). Several years ago the church we were in at the time hosted [...]

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Wes Widner on January 3rd, 2011

In a conversation regarding the post, Why I don’t want to go to your church, I came to the revelation that even if pastors and church staff are aware of the issue of declining church attendance that plagues most churches in America today, they still manage to miss the reason for the decline and thus [...]

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Wes Widner on December 30th, 2010

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Wes Widner on December 25th, 2010

What gain has the worker from his toil? I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the [...]

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Wes Widner on December 16th, 2010

Mike Licona interviews David Wood on what Mike describes as “the most important challenge facing theism today”, the problem of evil. David explores, using questions and examples from his own family, the range of issues involved. David also offers what I believe are excellent responses to them. Listen to the audio here. And here is [...]

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Wes Widner on December 13th, 2010

A popular liberal refrain is that tax cuts have to “be paid for”. Tax cuts for the rich are often construed as handouts for millionaires, and people who advocate for less taxes all around are treated as fiscal miscreants who want something for nothing. Tea partiers are routinely chided as not paying their fair share. [...]

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Wes Widner on November 20th, 2010

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