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      <title><![CDATA[Foreign Policy Choices]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Saturday, November 7, 2009
Host: Dr. James Eckman
The world is a chaotic, unstable place right now: Iran and North Korea with nuclear weapons; the seething Middle East; pacifistic Europe meeting an increasingly aggressive Russia; and of course there is China. In this <i>Perspective</i>, I hope to survey this situation through the grid of both Harry Truman and Jimmy Carter. <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Nov/09nov07-08_1.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a><br><br><b>American Culture and Compartmentalization</b><br>There is a strong tendency within American culture to compartmentalize certain issues, refusing to see how interconnected everything is within our culture, often to our detriment as a civilization. Several thoughts. <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Nov/09nov07-08_2.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[An Entitlement Culture]]></title>
      <link>http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Issues_In_Perspective/?bcd=10/31/2009</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Saturday, October 31, 2009
Host: Dr. James Eckman
Since the New Deal, the US has been building an entitlement culture.  It has grown beyond anything ever imagined by our Founders.  Several thoughts. <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Oct/09oct31-nov01_1.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a><br><br><b>Roman Catholicism Opens Its Doors To Anglicans</b><br>Last week the Roman Catholic Church made it easier for Anglicans to join the Church.  This was a strategic move on the part of the Vatican, for it is taking advantage of the disillusionment some Anglicans are experiencing over the election of openly gay bishops and the blessing of same-sex unions. <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Oct/09oct31-nov01_2.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a><br><br><b>The Phony War On Fox News</b><br>The Obama presidency has launched an attack on Fox News.  It is phony and diminishes the office of the presidency.  So, what is going on? <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Oct/09oct31-nov01_3.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a>
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      <title><![CDATA[Devaluing The Nobel Peace Prize]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Saturday, October 24, 2009
Host: Dr. James Eckman
Most intellectually honest people have already concluded that awarding Barack Obama the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize has devalued the prize itself.  Why did the Nobel Committee do this? What does it mean? A few thoughts. <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Oct/09oct24-25_1.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a><br><br><b>Munich, Appeasement and Iran</b><br>As I am writing this <i>Perspective</i>, the US and key members of the European Community are meeting with Iran, trying to coax Iran into stopping its nuclear weapons program. <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Oct/09oct24-25_2.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a><br><br><b>Is Russia Becoming Like China?</b><br>China is trying an experiment: permitting a degree of economic freedom but denying political freedom. There is growing evidence that Russia is about to emulate China's approach. <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Oct/09oct24-25_3.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Intelligence and Human Rights]]></title>
      <link>http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Issues_In_Perspective/?bcd=10/17/2009</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Saturday, October 17, 2009
Host: Dr. James Eckman
One of the huge challenges when it comes to gathering intelligence is balancing national security issues with the protection of human rights--providing for the common defense vs. individual freedom. <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Oct/09oct17-18_1.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a><br><br><b>Rights and Values In the United States</b><br>As the above <i>Perspective</i> highlights, words such as values, rights and liberties are precious to Americans.  But are we using these terms too loosely? <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Oct/09oct17-18_2.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a><br><br><b>Hamas and Israel: Hopes For Mideast Peace?</b><br>The militant Hamas movement remains deeply entrenched in Gaza.  Will Hamas ever recognize the right of the Jewish people to a homeland in Palestine? <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Oct/09oct17-18_3.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Threat Of Iran]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Saturday, October 10, 2009
Host: Dr. James Eckman
The threat of Iran to the region and the world is real. In this Perspective, I seek to summarize this threat and focus on the possibility of meaningful negotiations. <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Oct/09oct10-11_1.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a><br><br><b>Roman Polanksi: Affirming Deviancy</b><br>The case of film director, Roman Polanski, is troubling. In 1977 he raped a 13-year old girl and though he admitted doing so in the 1978 trial, he then fled the US and has lived in France ever since. <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Oct/09oct10-11_2.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a><br><br><b>Abraham Lincoln's Faith In God</b><br>I just finished reading Ronald C. White, Jr.'s recently published and masterful biography of Abraham Lincoln. What impressed me the most was his insights into Lincoln's theology. <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Oct/09oct10-11_3.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a>
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      <title><![CDATA[Is The US Government Too Big?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Saturday, October 3, 2009
Host: Dr. James Eckman
The growth, power and influence of government over the economy of the US are nothing short of staggering. Several thoughts: <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Oct/09oct03-04_1.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a><br><br><b>Jerusalem From An Arab Perspective</b><br>We have been told again and again that if we just get the Jews and the Palestinians to negotiate, all will be fine. We can negotiate the West Bank situation and we can negotiate the fate of Jerusalem. Or can we? <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Oct/09oct03-04_2.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a><br><br><b>Is The ELCA Still Christian?</b><br>A tectonic shift is occurring within mainline denominations such as the ELCA; it is a shift away from the historic and biblical commitment to Christianity. <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Oct/09oct03-04_3.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[What Is A Worldview?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Saturday, September 26, 2009
Host: Dr. James Eckman
In this edition of <i>Issues in Perspective</i>, I hope to analyze the concept of worldview, arguing that biblical Christianity is the only worldview that provides coherence and sustainability, and then test the worldview concept on two major cults. <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Sep/09sep26-27_1.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a><br><br><b>Mormonism: A Defective Worldview</b><br>Of all the cults, Mormonism is by far the largest and fastest growing, with as many as 10 million adherents worldwide. <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Sep/09sep26-27_2.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a><br><br><b>Jehovah's Witness: A Defective Worldview</b><br> The founder of this cult was Charles Taze Russell, who was heavily influenced by Seventh Day Adventism in his early years. <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Sep/09sep26-27_3.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Thinking Biblically About Islam]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Saturday, September 19, 2009
Host: Dr. James Eckman
The beautiful fall morning of 11 September 2001 forever changed the United States and the world.  Muslim terrorists targeted the vital center of America's powers - economic, military, and political.  The US is still dealing with the ramifications of that day.  Americans remain perplexed about the faith of Islam.  How could a worldview like this produce such fanaticism? <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Sep/09sep19-20_1.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Thinking Biblically About The Environment	]]></title>
      <link>http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Issues_In_Perspective/?bcd=9/12/2009</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Saturday, September 12, 2009
Host: Dr. James Eckman
That there is immense confusion on the subject of the environment is an understatement; but this confusion extends even to theology. Although quite bizarre, conclusions such as "plants now have rights" are the natural result of abandoning the unique value and worth of human beings created in God's image. Do they? <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Sep/09sep12-13_1.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Is ThereReal Choice In American Health Care?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Saturday, September 5, 2009
Host: Dr. James Eckman
Would any of the bills working their way through Congress increase the choice of American consumers in terms of their health care? The answer is no! <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Sep/09sep05-06_1.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a><br><br><b>Are We All Hindus?</b><br>Hinduism is a worldview that has enslaved over 1 billion people. It is devoid of all aspects of grace and fosters a works-righteousness system of legalistic rules and restrictions. <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Sep/09sep05-06_2.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Embryonic vs. Adult Stem Cell Research]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Saturday, August 29, 2009
Host: Dr. James Eckman
An enormous ethical crisis is brewing in the United States over stem cell research. It is one for which genuine biblical Christianity should be both informed and concerned. <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Aug/09aug29-30_1.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a><br><br><b>Success on the West Bank</b><br>By all measures, President Obama has made the settlement issue in the West Bank the touchstone item for moving Israel and the Arab community toward a comprehensive peace agreement. <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Aug/09aug29-30_2.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Health Care Debate: The Real Issues]]></title>
      <link>http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Issues_In_Perspective/?bcd=8/22/2009</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Saturday, August 22, 2009
Host: Dr. James Eckman
In the town hall meetings this August and from the halls of Congress, we hear not reason, logic or argument; instead, we hear emotion, feeling and manifestations of "the American T-shirt and bumper-sticker political culture." <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Aug/09aug22-23_1.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a><br><br><b>A Showdown Over The Definition of Marriage</b><br>An act of raw judicial power in redefining marriage will solve nothing. It will only exacerbate an already tragic demise of our marriage culture. <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Aug/09aug22-23_2.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a><br><br><b>Defending Francis Collins</b><br>On 8 July, President Obama nominated Francis Collins to run the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  A geneticist with a stellar resume, he is one of the most qualified doctors in the US to run NIH.  Why then is this nomination controversial? <a href= "http://www.issuesinperspective.com/2009/Aug/09aug22-23_3.cfm" target="_blank">Article</a>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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