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The Adams Map: A Different Spectrum, A Challenge That Still Speaks to Us

  • Culture
January 10, 2020December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The little known [in the States] Canadian sociologist Michael Adams has suggested a new classification of American values, in terms of a four-way box.  The culture wars of the era after Nixon and before Trump were primarily between the Status […]

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The Real Significance of the Tithe

  • Religion
May 22, 2019May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The tithe has been a matter of controversy in Jewish and Christian circles, I assume, since it was first promulgated.  [Islam, instead of 10% of income, proposes a contribution of 2.5% of one’s wealth per year.] Early in my Christian […]

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The Sin of Entitlement

  • Religion
August 22, 2018January 4, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Early in my Christian life I was struck by a fascinating quote in C. S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letter #21.  On the sin of peevishness, he wrote, Men are not angered by mere misfortune but by misfortune conceived as injury.  And […]

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More on Manners and Customs

  • Culture
July 26, 2018August 24, 2023
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Some more issues on the issue of Manners and Customs. The issue of enforcement.  Disobedience to Manners is enforced, let it be said, by discrimination and exclusion.  Sometimes the person is explicitly told why he is excluded; sometimes he is […]

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The Politics, or a-Politics, of the Evangelical Church in the 1970s

  • Politics
July 19, 2018March 31, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I came to Christ in 1973, at the high tide of the Jesus movement.  No, we weren’t all hippies; the movement swept through secular colleges [even fraternities!] and youth groups as well.  It is worth pointing out that my [deservedly […]

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Manners, Customs, and Languages: The Spontaneous, A-Rational Kingdom

  • Culture
July 17, 2018December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

This particular kingdom is also not one of the three that evangelicals regularly talk about, but in the training of missionaries and evangelists, we pay a lot of attention to it!  ‘Missiology’ includes endless classes on culture, and how we […]

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It’s a Consensus World, After All?

  • Culture
February 25, 2014July 12, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

We often speak of our era as a very polarized age.  I will demur.  First, I remember 1968 in America, and the polarization and hate between cultures then was a lot worse than it is now, with actual riots and […]

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Is it Now Cool to Bully?

  • Culture
October 25, 2012July 12, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I was bullied on occasion up through my freshman year in high school, but never, as far as I could tell, by the most popular kids.  In elementary school the one bully that I encountered was overweight and socially more […]

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Why There’s Not Much Intellectual Activity in Orange County

  • California
November 9, 2009July 17, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

My friend asked me to write on why there isn’t much intellectual activity in Orange County. My basic answer is a simple one. First, it isn’t considered healthy. Second, it’s too much like work. Third, it’s not considered character-building. Actually, […]

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