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by Christopher Jones Glenn Beck initially drew my interest because of his Mormonism—I sensed in Beck’s conspiratorial approach to politics something reminiscent of an earlier generation of Mormon public figures. The pervading fear of socialist subversion, combined with the particularly Mormon interpretations and understandings of human agency, the methods and aims of satanic opposition, and the divinely-inspired nature of America’s Founding documents, were reminders both that the influence of Cleon Skousen and Ezra Taft Benson’s religio-political views still loomed large among a certain segment of the Mormon population and that in them lay a narrative that had the power to appeal to not only conservative Mormons but other embittered Americans as well, suspicious of the government and intent on rescuing the nation from secularism and immorality (and make no mistake, perceived secularism and immorality are as central to Beck’s movement as is some vague libertarian notion of fiscal responsibility ).
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Glenn Beck, Methodism, and "Black Founders"
Gerardo Marti Congregations and Social Change: Adaptation and Innovation among Religious Communities June 27 – July 22, 2011 I will be directing a research seminar at Calvin College next summer. I’ve met other readers and contributors from this blog during the oh-so-pleasant Michigan summers and enjoyed the stimulating dialogue and scholarly support encouraged through these seminars. This is an open invitation: Seminar Description This research seminar will closely examine the ongoing relationships between congregations and processes of broad ranging, societal change
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2011 Summer Research Seminar: Congregations and Social Change
The local chapter of the Global Sikh Brotherhood (GSB) held a seminar on the issue of “Sikh identity in the present adversities” at a gurdwara in Phase X on Tuesday. Former jathedar of Akal Takht Prof Manjit Singh was the chief guest and founder chief of the GSB Hardeep Singh, who is also local SGPC member, presided over the function.
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Shorn hair among Sikh youth irresponsible: Ex-Jathedar
Paul Harvey For anyone interested, an announcement from History News Network: Join Thomas Kidd, author of God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution for a live Q&A on HNN’s Ning Network at 3 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, October 13. Kidd’s take on the poll of Americans’ religious knowledge, which Chris Jones blogged about here a few days ago, may be found at ” The Founding Fathers Would be Shocked at Our Religious Ignorance .” He makes the point that the relatively high degree of religious knowledge evinced by skeptics, noted by the recent pollsters, is not new.
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Surveying Religious Knowledge: The Founding Fathers, and the Pew Poll
Turning Alpha Omega into a Unit Study We are hybrid homeschooling this year. My boys go to my daughter’s private Christian school 2 days a week (designed for homeschoolers). On Thursdays the boys attend regular school classes and they attend for Fridays Fine Arts (Bible, painting, archery, guitar, etc) To keep up with the Thursday class we have to use their school curriculum Alpha Omega .
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Beef Up Your Homeschool with the Internet & Scrapbooking
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It’s a simple statement, but some preachers probably need to ponder it. With the good motivation of seeking to be pastorally relevant, some preachers short-change the preaching of the text. It certainly saves time if you merely summarise or refer to the text, but don’t bother with any extended explanation, or any retelling of the narratives, or any extended description to help the listeners enter into the world of the text. Bypassing these elements does allow you to get to application and relevance. But what is lost in the process?
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Preach the Text, Don’t Just Preach From the Text
I was driving in Madison (outskirts of Nashville, TN) and saw two Halloween stores within a few blocks. Stores devoted to Halloween! In between the two was a Party Story decked out with monsters and skeletons
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Should Christians Observe Halloween? Boo Humbug!
Last week, my husband was helping me teach math to our boys. He made a remark about how they were both struggling with multiplication. You can imagine how that went over.
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Times Tales = Fun, Fast & Easy Multiplication