Candace Cameron Bure is perhaps best known for her role as a child star on the 80’s sitcom “Full House.” Like her brother Kirk Cameron, she has grown up to be an outspoken Christian. She has been in the news lately promoting her new book Balancing It All: My Story of Juggling Priorities and Purpose. In the book, she promotes what looks to be a complementarian view of gender roles in her marriage. I have not read the book, but I have read the passage that is raising eyebrows in her media appearances. She writes,
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Miley Cyrus and the Moral Gag-reflex
John Stonestreet suggests that Miley Cyrus may have pushed the envelope too far, even for our hypersexualized American Culture. He writes: It’s too soon to call it a “reformation of manners” but a backlash to what one recent author called our cultural vulgarity is already asserting itself—not via the boycotts of angry culture warriors but by some of the unlikeliest cultural allies in politics, the media, and the music industry. For example, several celebrities have spoken out who’ve been repulsed by the shameless pornification of “entertainers” such as Miley Cyrus… Now, many of these new allies have little on which to base their revulsion of the new vulgarity other than…
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Goodbye to the old year
I’ve been a fan of Eric Peters since 1995, but thanks to the Rabbit Room for reminding me of his more recent single “The Old Year.” Very apropos for tonight. Listen to the song below, but be sure to go and download it here. [audio:http://www.rabbitroom.com/audio/TheOldYearofDenial.mp3]
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Man gets disability benefits for heavy metal addiction
A 42-year old Swedish man named Roger Tullgren has successfully lobbied his government to get his obsession with heavy metal music classified as a disability. You’re going to have to read this to believe it: Because heavy metal dominates so many aspects of his life, the Employment Service has agreed to pay part of Tullgren’s salary. His new boss meanwhile has given him a special dispensation to play loud music at work. “I have been trying for ten years to get this classified as a handicap,” Tullgren told The Local.
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What Phil Robertson Got Wrong…and Right
I have an article over at the ERLC blog explaining “What Phil Robertson Got Wrong…and Right.” Among the main things that he got wrong were his expressions about race. While I disagree with what Robertson says on this point, I am inclined to think that the generous interpretation of Rod Dreher and Joe Carter are nearer the mark on this matter than others have been. In any case no matter what our quibbles are with some of the things he said, Robertson was right on point in his assessment of the moral status of homosexuality. That’s the issue that caused A&E to let him go, and it is still the…
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Al Mohler and Russell Moore on CNN today
Al Mohler and Russell Moore appeared on CNN earlier today to talk about the Duck Dynasty dust-up. In spite of the stifling format of these interviews, I think they both did a fantastic job representing our side. Mohler is above, and Moore is below.
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Duck Dynasty Prediction
I predicted privately some months ago that it would only be a matter of time before the media sniffed out the views of the Duck Dynasty guys about sexuality. I also predicted that when they did, their reception in the popular culture would turn on a dime. Well, here we are. In a wide-ranging interview with GQ, the “Duck Commander” Phil Robertson spoke candidly about his views. In particular, he identified homosexual behavior as sinful. In response, the A&E network has suspended Robertson from the television series indefinitely with this explanation:
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ETS inerrancy debate featured in “The Economist”
The most recent print edition of The Economist features an article on the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) and the controversy about inerrancy at its meeting last week. Among other things, the article portrays the ETS discussions as an intramural debate among a dying breed of Christians—a discussion that has no relevance to the modern world, much less to the droves of young people who are leaving the evangelical faith of their parents.
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Albert Mohler on JFK, C. S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley
As many of you know, today is the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. You may also know that on this very same day 50 years ago, both C. S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley died as well. Three very significant but very different lives ended at nearly the same moment, and we are still living with their enormous legacies today. Albert Mohler has a fascinating discussion of all three of them, explaining that President Kennedy was a “cultural humanist,” Aldous Huxley an “ideological humanist,” and C. S. Lewis a “Christian thinker.” The discussion is wide-ranging, and I commend it to you. Download it here, or listen…
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Mothers tell their abortion stories
Sunday’s New York Magazine features testimonials from twenty-six women who have had their unborn children aborted. The stories are raw and revealing. These are not stories of feminist liberation and power. They are the stories of women who have pangs of conscience over what they have done. Some of them have muddled through the aftermath by suppressing their consciences. One woman even says, “There’s no room to talk about being unsure.” Other women aren’t able to pretend and are obviously living with a heavy burden of grief and regret. The first story is from a 19-year old named Nicole (pictured at right). She writes,