Herman Cain admitted on “Meet the Press” Sunday morning that he doesn’t know what neoconservativism is. Here’s the exchange:
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Do you remember seeing this for the first time?
Okay, Gen X’ers. How many of you remember the first time you saw “The Empire Strikes Back” and found out that Vader was Luke’s father? I remember that it was the talk of my elementary school. The kids who hadn’t seen the movie yet could hardly believe that it was true. How could our hero be the son of Lord Vader?! If you can’t remember, maybe the video above will jog your memory. It pictures a four year old boy named Faris watching the end of “Empire” for the first time. His reaction is priceless. (HT: Rachel Held Evans)
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Cowboys Choke Again
This is not a good year to be a Cowboys fan. Scratch that. This is not a good decade to be a Cowboys fan. Each week, they find new ways to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
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Robert Jeffress on Bill Maher’s “Real Time”
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Tim Challies on John Eldredge’s New Book
Tim Challies is sharing excerpts from John Eldredge’s strange new book Beautiful Outlaw. What’s strange about it? It’s the stories Eldredge tells about the various ways God communicates with him through signs and visions. But these aren’t your run-of-the-mill charismatic expressions; they’re pretty weird. In one vision, Eldredge claims that Jesus was wearing a pirate hat. In one sign, Eldredge claims that God gave him a heart-shaped piece of manure to show how much He loved him. I’m not making this up. You can go follow all of this at Tim Challies’ blog. I’ll print the first to excerpts below.
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Doug Wilson on the Occupy Wall Street Protest
Ed Rendell is probably one of the more affable Democrats there is, and if he’s down on your protest movement then something’s probably wrong. Earlier this week, I heard Rendell say that the Occupy Wall Street protesters needed to go take a bath and get serious. Ouch! From the other end of the spectrum, Doug Wilson weighs-in today with his thoughts about the protesters. It’s pretty hard-hitting and worth the read. The money line is at the very end: They know how to demonize absolutely everyone but the demons. Read the rest here.
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Steven Spielberg To Direct Movie about Abraham Lincoln
I just read today that Steven Spielberg is filming a movie based on the life of Abraham Lincoln. The movie is set to be released after the 2012 presidential election, so there’s plenty of time for you to read the 944 pages of the book that it is based on—Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. Daniel Day Lewis has been selected to play the part of Lincoln, and Sally Field will play Mary Todd. The mash-up to the right shows the uncanny resemblance of Daniel Day Lewis to President Lincoln. Spielberg has the Midas touch when it comes to movies, and I can’t wait…
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A Helpful Definition of Pornography
Defining what constitutes pornography has always been a bit of a struggle. It was Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart who once illustrated the difficulty by giving his own subjective definition: “I know it when I see it.” I just read today that Carl Trueman has found as good a definition as I have ever seen, and he got it from The Catechism of the Catholic Church. Here it is: 2354: Pornography consists in removing real or simulated sexual acts from the intimacy of the partners, in order to display them deliberately to third parties. It offends against chastity because it perverts the conjugal act, the intimate giving of spouses to…
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Tim Tebow To Start for the Denver Broncos
After falling to 1-4 last Sunday, the Broncos decided to make a change. When they step on the field a week from Sunday against the Dolphins, Tim Tebow will be their new starting quarterback. And I’ll be pulling for him. (HT: @BarnabasPiper)
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Wayne Grudem’s Endorsement of Mitt Romney
In 2007, Wayne Grudem wrote an article for Townhall.com endorsing Mitt Romney’s bid for the 2008 Republican nomination for President. In the article, Grudem considers whether or not Evangelical Christians should vote for a Mormon, and I think his reflections are apt for the conversation we are having in 2011. He writes: