Archive for the ‘culture’ Category
The "Millenials" are Coming…. speak out!
June 6th, 2008 by Dale Fincher
CBS News republished an updated edition of their assessment of the new generation entering the workforce. It’s called “The ‘Millenials’ are Coming,” a sound similar to the alarming cry of Paul Revere.
This is a risk on my part to see who will comment on an article like this. But I’d love to hear [...]
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An Evangelical Primer on Culture
May 22nd, 2008 by Dale Fincher
Certain slices of the church have been engaged in cultural awareness and culture making for a long time. Evangelicals, only in the last few decades, became aware that culture was something to be engaged (breaking from their isolationist, fundamentalist past), primarily to bring the gospel in relevant ways.
An artist friend, Jeff LeFever, of mine [...]
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A New Approach to ID: Ben Stein’s "Expelled"
February 18th, 2008 by Dale Fincher
I feel like the last to hear about this…
While it seems some of the Intelligent Design (ID) dialog has been kept out of public discourse through the courts, media, and the academic esbalishment, Ben Stein is taking the idea to the streets in his new documentary-movie, Expelled.
His approach is ‘free speech.’ The theory of [...]
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"Americans Hostile to Knowledge"
February 15th, 2008 by Dale Fincher
Susan Jacoby wrote a book I’m ordering today:
The Age of American Unreason
American anti-intellectualism and anti-rationalism is on a roll…. and many, if not most, Americans don’t even think it matters.
Her thesis isn’t new… but I’m hoping it will be accessible enough to recommend to those caught with the disease.
Read todays article: Dumb and Dumber: [...]
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