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We’re pleased to welcome the launch of National Affairs, the new quarterly journal published by our neighbors, which is the successor to The Public Interest. Among the contributors are many friends of the Trinity Forum, notably Senior Fellow Wilfred M. McClay.
Sightings, Tue 08 Sep 2009
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Can you verify values? Why not? You can put values under life to see what life will do with them. You can test them by the test of experiment. If the values are real values, life will approve them, will back them; but if they are not real, they will wither—they will not be able to stand up to life; the universe will not approve them. When you live by them, you will fight a losing battle; they will let you down.
E. Stanley Jones, Abundant Living (1946)
Ex Tenebris (Audio) by Russell Kirk, foreword by Vigen Guroian.
Russell Kirk’s ghostly tale is narrated by David Schock in this 67-minute CD audio that helps us think about tradition and the role of governments and neighbors.
Decoding the Language of Faith
Forgiving Enemies in Northern Ireland
President Obama’s Proposals for a Second Fiscal Stimulus: Senior Fellow Prabhu Guptara: “Is there anything short of divine miracles which will be good for job creation, good for the small business sector, good for the economy as a whole, and good for President Obama?” (Renaissance: Insights for Action in Today’s World • 2010 02 09)
How the Victoria and Albert Museum dealt with the dying of Christianity: “This situation is unprecedented in western civilisation: even 50 years ago, when these galleries of one of the richest collections in the world were last displayed in the V&A, they could assume that everyone was familiar with the rudiments of Christianity. Now, in a twinkling of an eye, 2,000 years of culture in the profoundest meaning of the word have been largely forgotten.” (Anna Somers Cocks, The Art Newspaper, December 2009 • 2010 01 05)
The God that Fails: David Brooks: “Many people seem to be in the middle of a religious crisis of faith. All the gods they believe in — technology, technocracy, centralized government control — have failed them in this instance.” (New York Times, December 31, 2009 • 2010 01 05)
From Winchester to Westminster: Jonathan Aitken discusses Sir John Templeton recently in the American Spectator; here’s a quote from the late philanthropist on gratitude: “Thanksgiving opens the door to spiritual growth. If there is any day in our life which is not thanksgiving day, then we are not fully alive. Counting our blessing attracts blessings. Counting our blessings each morning starts a day full of blessings. Thanksgiving brings God’s bounty. From gratitude comes riches—from complaints, poverty. Thankfulness opens the door to happiness. Thanksgiving causes giving. Thanksgiving puts our mind in tune with the Infinite. Continual gratitude dissolves our worries.” (The American Spectator • 2009 09 11)
• Welcome, National Affairs (2009 09 08)
• Looking for an Honest Man (2009 09 08)
• Why AI is a dangerous dream (2009 09 08)
• Restoring the Fresco of Progress (2009 08 28)
• The Case for Working With Your Hands (2009 06 04)
Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin by Cornelius Plantinga Jr..
A summary and explanation of the cardinal sins that compellingly expresses traditional understandings of sin in the face of a culture that pretends to be beyond sin.
