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People Who Reject Transcendent Authority Can No Longer Persuade One Another Through Rational Arguments; Everything Is Reduced To Personal Opinion. Debates About Ideas Thus Degenerate Into Power Struggles; We're Left With No Moral Standard By Which To Measure The Common Good. For That Matter, How Can There Be A 'common Good' Without An Objective Standard Of Truth?

It's Part Of The Buzz Of The City Among Christians. It Wouldn't Surprise Me That It Got To George Bush. He Reads, He Picks Stuff Up, He Talks To People. And He's Pretty Serious About His Own Christian Beliefs.

It Is Not What We Do That Matters, But What A Sovereign God Chooses To Do Through Us. God Doesn't Want Our Success; He Wants Us. He Doesn't Demand Our Achievements; He Demands Our Obedience. The Kingdom Of God Is A Kingdom Of Paradox, Where Through The Ugly Defeat Of A Cross, A Holy God Is Utterly Glorified. Victory Comes Through Defeat; Healing Through Brokenness; Finding Self Through Losing Self.

In Our Day, You Can Mock Religion In Public And Even Get Funds For Doing It. But You Can't Show Respect For Religion In Public - Or You Risk Being Hauled Into Court.

Hostility To Religion Is Having An Effect. In 1963, The Number Of Americans Who Said That They Believed The Bible Is Literally True Was 65%. Today, The Number Has Dropped To 32%.