Week 31: Dick Keyes kicked off the week with a talk on sentimentality, its hampering effects on evangelism, apologetics, and discipleship. In the afternoon, Dick followed up with “Cynicism and Honesty,” arguing that cynicism isn’t honest, but claims to know more than it can know. He suggested that love is the antidote: “love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” The next day, Mardi Keyes spoke on Gender and Vocation, arguing that while great pressure comes...
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Religious Freedom and American Foreign Policy Since Tertullian first recorded the concept of religious liberty in 3 BC, the issue of whether any earthly power has the right to constrain a person’s ability to freely exercise their belief in a supreme being has confronted every regime. Dr. Shah noted the particular ingenuity of the American founders in recognizing that a limited state is fundamental for religious liberty. Not only do nation states who suppress religious liberty incur more risks...
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Speakers, Annual Conference, Tim Shah
Current Debates Over America’s Role in the World: What, If Anything, Do Christians Have to Add? America has had a pretty clear “Grand Strategy”, or methodology for understanding how to make sense of global affairs, since the close of the Cold War. But is there a Christian grand strategy when it comes to American foreign policy? Dr. Feaver drew from his candid experience at the White House to offer three Christian distinctives on political decisionmaking. First, we cannot be surprised by sin, for...
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Speakers, Annual Conference, Peter Feaver
The Historical Relationship of Christians and American Foreign Policy Covering nearly four centuries of American history, Dr. Inboden took guests through a select account of foreign policy approaches. Inboden referenced John Winthrop famous “City on a Hill” sermon delivered to fellow Pilgrims en route to America in 1630, asking the question, “Is America a model for the world or a mission to the world?” Seeing foreign policy strategy through these lenses greatly aided guests in making sense of...
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Speakers, Annual Conference, Will Inboden