Ronnie W. Rogers

Think About IT: Globalism vs. Globalization

By Ronnie W. Rogers / June 3, 2010 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Globalism vs. Globalization

Often these terms are used synonymously in order to promote globalism by demonstrating the undeniable and thereby summarily equating all dissenters with flat-earthers. The argument conflates globalization and globalism and is stated something like “Globalism is undeniable,” and demonstrates that by banding a few supposed indisputable evidences, e.g. the interconnectedness of commerce, communication, travel, etc.…

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Think About IT: Planning Is Looking Better All the Time

By Ronnie W. Rogers / May 19, 2010 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Planning Is Looking Better All the Time

My sabbatical began by driving to Seaside, Florida, in order to perform a wedding. We planned to divide the trip into two days by getting a room for the night in Mobile, Alabama. Now, for some reason, we decided not to book a room in advance–I guess that decision was made in an adventurous moment…

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Think About IT: The Europeanization of America

By Ronnie W. Rogers / May 13, 2010 / Comments Off on Think About IT: The Europeanization of America

I love to visit England and would be delighted to visit other European countries. However, this fondness for sojourning in Europe in order to drink from the abundant fountains of history is markedly distinct from a desire for the U.S. to become England’s twin. If my recollection of history is correct, there was a time…

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Think About IT: Darwin, Eugenics, Compassion

By Ronnie W. Rogers / May 4, 2010 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Darwin, Eugenics, Compassion

Without a doubt, you are familiar with Hitler’s attempt to produce a better race by elimination of those with “inheritable undesirable traits”, which is known as negative eugenics whereas encouraging reproduction by persons with “inheritable desirable traits” is referred to as positive eugenics. Well, Darwinist were promoting and practicing the same thing in the United…

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Think About IT: The Cruelty of Darwinian Compassion

By Ronnie W. Rogers / April 26, 2010 / Comments Off on Think About IT: The Cruelty of Darwinian Compassion

Darwin says, “The aid which we feel impelled to give to the helpless is mainly an incidental result of the instinct of sympathy, which was originally acquired as part of the social instincts…” ((Charles Darwin, Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, (originally published 1871: reprint with introduction published New York: Barnes &…

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Think about IT: A Gospel Standard for Movies and Music

By Ronnie W. Rogers / April 17, 2010 / Comments Off on Think about IT: A Gospel Standard for Movies and Music

Recently I was asked a series of questions regarding the application of Christian principles in the area of entertainment. Although these are neither exhaustive nor thorough, I hope you find them helpful. Q: More and more we see the church looks like the world. One area is entertainment – the music we listen to, the…

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Think About IT: Darwin, the Unbiased, Benign Observationist

By Ronnie W. Rogers / April 7, 2010 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Darwin, the Unbiased, Benign Observationist

Darwin is often presented as a simple scientist, with no axe to grind, to wit no preconceived ideas tainting his conclusions, and simply following the facts to wherever they lead. The following are a few quotes that may call that noble description into question. Darwin said, concerning man’s origin and descent, “The main conclusion…is that…

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Think About IT: Marriage According to Darwin

By Ronnie W. Rogers / April 1, 2010 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Marriage According to Darwin

Darwin expresses his dismay and discouragement because, in comparison to how very scrupulous a man is about the pedigree of his livestock, when it comes to his own marriage, “…he rarely, or never, takes any such care. He is impelled by nearly the same motives as the lower animals, when they are left to their…

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Think About IT: Darwin’s Influence on the Sanctity of Human Life

By Ronnie W. Rogers / March 25, 2010 / Comments Off on Think About IT: Darwin’s Influence on the Sanctity of Human Life

Darwin asseverated that, “…Species are produced and terminated by slowly acting and still existing causes, and not by miraculous acts of creation and by catastrophes.” ((Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, (Originally published by John Murray, London, in 1859: reprint with introduction by Michael T. Ghiselin, Mineola, NY: Dover…

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Think About IT: What Constitutes Worldliness in the Church?

By Ronnie W. Rogers / March 16, 2010 / Comments Off on Think About IT: What Constitutes Worldliness in the Church?

Dr. David Wells is Distinguished Senior Research Professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts. He can be depended upon to offer valuable insight into biblical questions as he does so succinctly here: Where Christian faith is offered as a means of finding personal wholeness rather than holiness, the church has become worldly. There are many…

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