http://blog.acton.org "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:55:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Acton welcomes new blogger -- and long time friend -- Rudy Carrasco to the PowerBlog. He also writes at Urban Onramps. Don't miss Rudy at Acton on Tap on March 31 (6 p.m. at Derby Station, East Grand Rapids, Mich.) -- Editors +++++++++ I haven’t seen the video of Glenn Beck’s ... http://blog.acton.org/archives/15194-love-glenn-beck-as-you-would-love-yourself.html On his blog, Marginal Revolution, Tyler Cowan links to an article about game show, The Game Of Death, that was recently broadcast on French television. According to the article ("Torture 'Game Show' Draws Nazi Comparison") the program, "had all the trappings of a traditional television quiz show, with a roaring ... http://blog.acton.org/archives/15184-the-perils-of-obedience.html As rumors of congressional action on health-care reform continue to swirl (it will happen Sunday, maybe?), fissures in the American Catholic community are becoming increasingly evident. The rift is highlighted in the current, in some ways unprecedented, public dispute between two important Catholic voices. By size and clout, the principal health-related ... http://blog.acton.org/archives/15180-catholic-health-care-rifts.html In this week's Acton Commentary I expand on a minor meme floating around the web towards the end of last year that criticized the purported claim made by Lord Brian Griffiths, a Goldman Sachs advisor and vice chairman: "The injunction of Jesus to love others as ourselves is an endorsement ... http://blog.acton.org/archives/15171-what-griffiths-said.html On NRO, John Leo points out how Glenn Beck missed the mark in his recent criticism of "social justice" churches (the reductio ad Hitlerum fallacy, again). But Beck is on to something, Leo says: When Glenn Beck urged Christians to leave churches that preach social justice, he allowed himself to be ... http://blog.acton.org/archives/15147-what-do-you-mean-by-social-justice.html "...we are setting an ambitious goal: all students should graduate from high school prepared for college and a career – no matter who you are or where you come from." - Barack Obama, Saturday Radio Address. A few years ago I asked a friend and business owner why he put value ... http://blog.acton.org/archives/15136-read-my-lips.html The hugely influential reformer Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560) writes in his commentary on Romans 13: Meanwhile, the Gospel teaches the godly properly about spiritual and eternal life in order that eternal life may be begun in their hearts. In public it wants our bodies to be engaged in this civil society and ... http://blog.acton.org/archives/15132-melanchthon-on-the-gospels-social-implications.html Rev. Jerry Hoffman, Director of the Center for Stewardship Leaders at Luther Seminary, reviews the NIV Stewardship Study Bible. "What I found was a remarkable resource that leads one to see how strong the stewardship thread exists throughout scripture.... I anticipate using this resource in my writing, preaching and teaching," ... http://blog.acton.org/archives/15128-niv-stewardship-study-bible-a-remarkable-resource.html Power Line has a post over at its site titled "Why Don't Christians Care?" Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit also linked to the post today. Powerline's question refers to the lack of concern from the "mainstream" Christian community on Christians being massacred by Muslims in the Middle East and ... http://blog.acton.org/archives/15060-caring-for-the-persecuted-church.html Joseph D. Martinez, a 2008 alum of Acton's Toward a Free and Virtuous Society program, produced a great video to introduce readers to my new book, Liberating Black Theology (now in the Acton Book Shoppe. Buy it here). Thanks, Joe! "Liberating Black Theology" book promo from Joseph D. Martinez on Vimeo. http://blog.acton.org/archives/15052-video-liberating-black-theology.html