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Billy Graham, C.S. Lewis, and Me
On Wednesday we all received news of Billy Graham’s passing. There were few figures my mother loathed more than the Rev. Billy Graham. It was the politics that she couldn’t stand, taking the position that given his public support of … Continue reading →
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Tagged American evangelicalism, Barack Obama, Billy Graham, C.S. Lewis, Cambridge, evangelical, evangelicalism, Joy Davidman, Just As I Am, Martin Luther King Jr., Mere Christianity, Mitt Romney, Political Theology, Richard Nixon, Smoke on the Mountain, Winston Churchill
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On The Importance of Having a Permit, Or Truth-Telling and Our Response to Charlottesville
I am a university teacher, and my classroom is a space for many views. It is not quite a “safe space” for any idea. As a participant in the discussion, you would be responsible for slander or plagiarism. You could … Continue reading →
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The Most Important Part: A Plea to American Christians on Election Day
It is four years since I wrote this post, long before most a this blog’s great readers have helped to make A Pilgrim in Narnia a unique conversational space. Thinking about Tuesday, I reread it today to see how my … Continue reading →
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Thoughts and Prayers: The Ottawa Terror Attacks
A delightful little post on marriage that comes out of my reading of John Crowley’s Little, Big was scheduled to post this afternoon. With the Ottawa terror attacks in play, I decided it was time for a more sober reflection, … Continue reading →
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Tagged 9/11, Barack Obama, Canada, culture, evil, John Crowley, London, Moncton Murderer, Ottawa Shooting, Politics, religion, Stephen Harper, terrorism, Terry Pratchett
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The Most Important Part: A Plea to American Christians on Election Day
Americans will go to the polls today and will elect “the leader of the free world”—the promotion the President of the United States gets in Hollywood films. As a denizen of this same free world, I am surprisingly unable to … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, C.S. Lewis, conservative, current-events, Election 2012, Liberal, Mitt Romney, Partisan Politics, Politics, The Screwtape Letters
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