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Some Recommended Links

Mar 14th, 2009 by Nathan Finn

Doug Baker asks Robert George and Greg Thornbury if morality is past its prime in the latest Insight Podcast from the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.
Nathan Lino has some provocative thoughts about what would happen if churches lost their Non-Profit, 501(c)3 Status–I think he’s right.
In the latest issue of First Things, John Green wonders “What Happened to the Values Voters?” in the 2008 presidential election.
Russ Moore weighs in on “Love, Sex & Mammon: Hard Times, … [Read More]

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On Religion in the Welfare State and Embryo-Destroying Stem Cell Research

Mar 10th, 2009 by Nathan Finn

Sociologist W. Bradford Wilcox has written an insightful (and provocative) article for Public Discourse titled “More Government, Less God: What the Obama Revolution Means for Religion in America.” You can read the article here.
In other news, you have probably heard about President Obama’s reversal of the Bush Administration’s stem cell policies. Justin Taylor links to several relevant articles about this unfortunate, though expected (promised?) turn of events.

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Audio Available for the Making Men Moral Conference

Mar 2nd, 2009 by Nathan Finn

Last week Union University hosted a conference titled Making Men Moral: The Public Square and the Role of Moral Judgment. The purpose of the conference was to honor the 15th anniversary of Robert P. George’s Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality. If you are unfamiliar with Prof. George, he is the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. He is also … [Read More]

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Some Thoughts on Race and the Presidency

Jan 20th, 2009 by Nathan Finn

Yesterday America celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It is hard to believe that, if Dr. King was still alive today, he would turn 80 this year. That’s a few years younger than all three of my living grandparents. As someone who was born about a decade after Dr. King’s assassination, I cannot imagine a world where he lives past 39 years old–he was such a young man in 1968. History will always remember him as a young man.
Martin Luther King … [Read More]

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America Has Chosen a President

Nov 5th, 2008 by administrator

Note: The following email message was sent to the Southeastern Seminary community earlier today. Thanks to Dr. Albert Mohler for permission to reprint his article.
America has elected a new president in Barack Obama. A number of students and friends has asked me for my thoughts and reaction to this historic moment in our nation.
My close friend Al Mohler addressed the issue and shared his thoughts on his blog today (11-05-08). I can add nothing to … [Read More]

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Why Faithful Evangelicals Cannot Vote for Barack Obama

Oct 14th, 2008 by Daniel Akin

“Why Faithful Evangelicals Cannot Vote for Barack Obama”
By: Daniel L. Akin

The secular media and some pollsters are: 1) arguing that many evangelicals are considering voting for Senator Barack Obama and 2) attempting to provide a rationale for why they could morally justify voting for him. Attached is a lengthy and compelling argument by Professor Robert P. George of Princeton University that puts to rest such “foolish talk.” Read this thoughtful response and see if … [Read More]

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The Politics of Jesus

Oct 13th, 2008 by Nathan Finn

Last Thursday and Friday, David Nelson and I were among the six speakers at a conference titled The Politics of Jesus: Timeless Answers for Today’s Questions. The conference was hosted by the Council on Public Affairs of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. Owen Strachan of the Carl F. H. Henry Center for Theological Understanding at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School live-blogged the event. He has compiled his posts, including my manuscript and Nelson’s notes, here. You may … [Read More]

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Upcoming Conference: The Politics of Jesus

Sep 26th, 2008 by Bruce Ashford

The Politics of Jesus
On October 9-10 at FBC-Durham (NC), the North Carolina Baptist State Convention will be hosting a conference The Politics of Jesus: Timeless Answers for Today’s Questions. Headlining the conference are SEBTS’ very own David Nelson and Nathan Finn, along with C. Ben Mitchell, Greg Thornbury, Andy Davis, and Ken Fentress.
Nelson, a brilliantly crotchety polymath who has spent time thinking about nearly everything, will be presenting on “Adorning our Savior’s Teaching: How the … [Read More]

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