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Category Archives: Philosophy
Christianity and Capitalism: Part 4
Isn’t capitalism based on greed? This is the question answered in chapter 5 of Jay Richards’s Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the Problem. In the movie Wall Street, character Gordon Gekko famously states, “greed is good.” … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Adam Smith, Ayn Rand, capitalism, greed, Jay Richards, Money Greed and God review
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Christianity and Capitalism: Part 3
*Posted by Joe Wooddell Two weeks ago forchristandculture.com posted my second entry over J. Richards’s book Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the Problem (New York: HarperOne, 2009). In that entry I summarized chapter 2, … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Philosophy, Politics
Tagged capitalism, Jay Richards, Money Greed and God review, sero-sum, United Nations
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Christianity and Capitalism: Part 2
*Posted by Joe Wooddell Last week began a seven-part treatment of Jay Richards’s book Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the Problem (All material in quotation marks and most of the material in general for … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Philosophy, Politics
Tagged capitalism, fair trade, foreign aid, Jay Richards, minimum wage, Money Greed and God, welfare
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Christianity and Capitalism: Part 1
*Posted by Joe Wooddell In 2009 HarperCollins published a book by Jay Richards entitled Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the Problem. The title is, I assume, purposefully provocative. It certainly catches one’s attention, especially … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Philosophy, Politics
Tagged capitalism, communism, Jay Richards, Money Greed and God
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The Beautiful Gospel
*Posted by Winston Hottman They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But is that true? Check out our podcast, Beauty and Excellence, as Criswell College’s resident philosophers, Drs. Creamer and Wooddell, discuss the objectivity of beauty and how … Continue reading
Love Note
*Posted by Kirk Spencer Last Valentine’s Day, a friend of mine said something I had never heard before. He said that when the Bible says “the two shall become one flesh,” it’s talking about kids. Husband and wife are one … Continue reading
Living in Legoland
*Posted by Kirk Spencer I had this thought while eating an imaginary cookie: Thinkers from Plato to Piaget have philosophized about this tendency in children to pretend, and live, part-way at least, in an imaginary world. After I overly enjoyed … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Life, Culture, Philosophy, Social Media
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Borrowed Beauty
*Posted by Kirk Spencer Recently I heard something about the college football championship. It wasn’t anything about the game itself, but about one of the player’s girlfriend. Evidently a football commentator made some shockingly inappropriate and controversial statement about her … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Culture, Philosophy, Theology, Uncategorized
Tagged art, asthetics, beauty, borrowed beauty
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Gods and Gays
*Posted by Winston Hottman Below are the videos from a recent debate between one of our contributors, Dr. Barry Creamer, and atheist activist and radio host of Dogma Debate, David Smalley. The debate is divided into two segments. The subject of the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Ethics, Philosophy
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