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Conversation with Conservative Pastor Joel Hunter, Spiritual Advisor to President Obama

I have interviewed many people over the years, but I don’t think any of those conversations has ever been as timely and important as this one with Pastor Joel Hunter, a theologically conservative Christian who for eight years was a spiritual advisor to the theologically liberal President Barack Obama. In Joel Hunter’s public life and […]

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Wisdom is Better Than Weapons of War

The historic wisdom tradition played a vital role in the nations of the Ancient Near East, helping diplomats and ambassadors in their efforts to seek peaceable resolutions to adversarial relations, approaching hostilities, conflict, or war. Unfortunately, the wisdom tradition’s connection to diplomacy has pretty much been lost to us today. It is a missing dimension […]

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Waging Wisdom test blog post

This would be a post with the category for the book, it should only appear on the page for the book’s blog, not on the main blog

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Obedience or Obeisance in Political Life?

Obedience or Obeisance in Political Life? It is very difficult today to get American Christians to exercise humility and wisdom in political life. It’s even more difficult to make a biblical case for it in a short article. But John Stackhouse has done it. Stackhouse, who holds the Chair of Theology and Culture at Regent […]

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Christian Zionism & Foreign Policy: Irony & Tragedy

A news article by Michele Chabin in the December 14, 2010, Christian Century has reinforced my view about the irony & tragedy of the Christian Zionist movement – now well over 100 years old, yet stronger and more influential than ever.

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The Blast is Back

This essay came from some meditations on how the nuclear horrors of my childhood affected me in ways the adults were oblivious to, and why I think we adults are failing children today by not understanding what they think about the nuclear threat today.

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Wikileaks: Inside the Halls of Power

“There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.” Whether you agree with Wikileaks for releasing a quarter of a million secret, confidential, or “for official use only” U.S. embassy cables, their availability on the web (http://cablegate.wikileaks.org/) offers unprecedented understanding for anyone who wants to know what […]

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God of All Things?

Speaking at a Christian Men’s Breakfast fellowship in October, I suggested that the deeper issue surrounding the widespread political disillusionment in America today is a religious issue. Across the country, we have been experiencing the inadequacy of an emerging new idolatry: the politicization of all of American life. For several decades, I said, there’s been […]

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