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Tag Archives: freedom

God on the Dance Floor

January 4, 2016by Dave Benson 24 Comments

Ballroom dancing must be the western culture’s last bastion of patriarchy. A few months ago Nikki (my wife) and I ticked off our to-do-list by taking up dancing.  Like most […]

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The Heart of Faith

Was John Stuart Mill Wrong?

November 12, 2015by Michael Keller 5 Comments

Ever heard of John Stuart Mill’s famous Harm Principle? Maybe you don’t recognize Mill’s name, but my guess is that you hear this principle really often. In his treatise On Liberty Mill […]

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Bar Conversations and Cheap Advice

Should Government Suppress Human Autonomy?

June 1, 2015by Ryan

Should human beings have the right to eat, drink, game, and spend ourselves into oblivion without the state getting involved?  Should the government be allowed to save us from our […]

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On Anything and Everything

Mirror Image

January 15, 2015by Dave Benson Leave a comment

“Please help. Who am I?” Tomorrow I’m catching up with Sarah, and I care so much about her. If it plays out as it has every other time we’ve conversed […]

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Bar Conversations and Cheap Advice, On Anything and Everything, Spirituality for the Rest of Us

Poverty, Oppression and Freedom

March 17, 2014by Dave Benson 2 Comments

“The people shall share the nation’s wealth.”  Really? This optimistic slogan—painted post-apartheid—spanned a 20 metre bridge I recently crossed on the outskirts of Cape Town. Pastor Phumezo picks me up in […]

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The Heart of Faith

Liberating Freedom

December 2, 2013by René Breuel 3 Comments

Hey, gotta’ solution: why choose? To anyone surveying our current cultural scene, and its splintered breadth of options political, artistic, religious and social, an easy attitude rises from the pack: […]

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Tough Questions

Circumcision? Says Who?

July 11, 2012by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes 1 Comment

Thinking of getting circumcised? Probably not….but how about getting your baby circumcised? A recent court decision may be relevant. A German court in Cologne ruled that circumcising boys is “grievous […]

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On Anything and Everything

Flourishing in a Pill

February 13, 2012by Ryan 1 Comment

In the 2011 film Limitless, Eddie Morra is a down on his luck author struggling with writer’s block, unmet deadlines, losing his girlfriend, and a generally miserable life.  He is […]

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Spirituality for the Rest of Us

Rules… or Ruler…

January 11, 2012by Matthew James Gray 7 Comments

Rules. Rules. Rules. One of the most common complaints about Christianity is that it is merely a pile of rules. These rules are sometimes ones about what you should do […]

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Making a Difference

iFreedom

October 10, 2011by Guests Leave a comment

I remember it vividly, as if I had heard those words today, even if two years have already passed. I was in a car with the band of an Italian […]

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