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As the dust of the Stamp Act situation settled after 1765, one important fact to note is that, in reality, the concerns of our American patriots were never really about representation. Or, to say it another way, the colonists were in the process of redefining ideas and concepts about life. More and more Americans were…
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I wrote back in November 2011 that German martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer came to understand that the Christian’s real experience of faith comes as one interacts with society. He was arguing against a German church that shrank from the evil in its land, preferring to not get too involved. Yet, Bonhoeffer also saw the need,…
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Perhaps it is the approaching doom of 2012 (have you noticed it yet, or are these first weeks and months of the year just the same old thing), but I have been drawn back to the two great futuristic works of the 20th century: 1984 and Brave New World. Orwell’s work, 1984, was actually much…