A Cheat Sheet on Conservatives and Liberals on Values and Issues
The following is not meant as a nuanced treatment of the subject. Notice the title "Cheat Sheet." I originally wrote it for a friend who...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Sep 30, 2022
- 4 min
What Is Critical Race Theory?
Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D., taken from Fire in the Streets (Salem Books, 2022). The documentation is included in the book and Kindle...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Apr 20, 2022
- 5 min
How to be an American Dissident
When everything is moving at once, nothing appears to be moving, as onboard ship. When everyone is moving towards depravity, no one seems...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Oct 8, 2021
- 5 min
Reflections on the Film The Birds
British director Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) was the great master of suspense films. His 1963 classic, The Birds, is haunting and...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Sep 16, 2021
- 2 min
Vietnam and Afghanistan: A Reminder and Jeremiad
Some compare the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban to the fall of South Vietnam to the Communist North Vietnamese in 1975. There is one...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Sep 9, 2021
- 2 min
“Titanic” and Christian Faith
Believe it or not, I had never seen “Titanic” (1997), one of the most well-known films of all time–until yesterday and tonight. It’s...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Apr 8, 2021
- 3 min
Give Profits a Chance
As I was driving on Santa Fe in Littleton, I passed a light rail station and read this on an RTD car, “Caring for people, not profits.”...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Feb 11, 2021
- 2 min
The Reality Czar Speaks
I have appointed myself as Reality Czar. Remember, reality stands independent of your whims, wishes, loves, hates, and apathy. Here are...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Jan 21, 2021
- 2 min
Presidential Prayer
Rev. Dr. Silvester Beaman gave the homily and closing prayer at Joseph Biden’s presidential inauguration on January 20, 20121. He closed...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Oct 22, 2020
- 2 min
Please Don’t Say or Think This: “Let’s Take Back America”
While watching a political documentary I shall not name, one Christian said that if enough evangelicals would register and vote, we could...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Sep 21, 2020
- 3 min
Your Jesus, My Jesus?
Shock, anger, sadness, and fear came over me as I watched a clip of a group of protesters curse “your Jesus” in unison with the F-word....
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Douglas Groothuis
- Jun 18, 2020
- 2 min
Law, Love, and Justice
A politician recently said that racism will only be solved through conversion Christ. Since the problem starts within, in the heart, the...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Jun 1, 2020
- 1 min
Free Speech and Rightful Protest
America has more opportunities and avenues for free speech and political action than anywhere else in the world, despite all our problems...
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Douglas Groothuis
- May 7, 2020
- 1 min
In Defense of Fear
Too often we hear that we should not be affected by fear, especially in the pandemic. No, fear–of the right kind–is good. “Fear of the...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Mar 20, 2020
- 3 min
Crisis, Virus, and Ideology
With social media, anyone can post anything about anything. You are your own editor, publisher, and promoter. Everyone is an expert or...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Feb 26, 2020
- 3 min
Presence
You and I need media to communicate with one another. Speech is one medium to bring thought into oral expression. Writing is another...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Feb 19, 2020
- 1 min
A Revolution
Here is a revolutionary activity: listen to people who experience suffering beyond your reach. Do not try to put their experience in your...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Feb 13, 2020
- 1 min
Coming Soon! The Groothuis App
No more need for the living Groothuis, who can be irascible and curmudgeonly. After all, he can only be in once place at one time. We...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Jan 29, 2020
- 3 min
Texts, Graphics, and Culture: On the Decline of Reading and Civilization
Inscripturation is part of being human, or at least it has been for a long time. We inscribe words on bark, papyri, codices, human skin...
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Douglas Groothuis
- Jan 15, 2020
- 14 min
The New Age Jesus
Those enamored of New Age spirituality usually find in Jesus a kindred spirit. Rather than exiling Jesus to the legendary lore of...
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