by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Nov 20, 2014 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere
Sunukjian, Donald R. Invitation to James: Persevering Through Trials to Win the Crown. Wooster, OH: Weaver Book Company, 2014. ISBN 978-1-941337-25-7.Invitation to James is part of a series on “Biblical Preaching for the Contemporary Church,” with current...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Oct 31, 2014 | In The News, Random Commentary
IntroductionHaving decided to waste no more effort sending letters to my local paper, the U-T San Diego, I’ve no longer needed to formulate quick responses to “the latest.” This has freed me to indulge my preference for prolonged reflection (also...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Aug 29, 2014 | In The News
Image: California State Capitol, courtesy Wikipedia user Coolcaesar (Creative Commons license). The local paper today informed me of my state’s passage of an interesting bill to formally define, in the context of sexual assault investigations on college...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jul 8, 2014 | Brief Notices
Government as morality-corrupting, anti-Christian influence, San Diego County edition: El Cajon Library hosts celebration of sexual aberrance
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Dec 20, 2013 | In The News, Random Commentary
No sooner had I recovered sufficiently from an illness to watch some news than I was greeted by a story highlighting once again the sorry state of our dieing culture. Members of the homosexual lobby (known in corrupt contemporary English as “gays”)...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Oct 5, 2013 | In The News
Christians active in the battle against pornography have lately been excited by news of a not-yet-peer-reviewed Cambridge study popularly reported to prove that “porn addiction” is as real as addiction to drugs or alcohol. When I first heard about this (in...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Sep 9, 2013 | In The News, Random Commentary
Belatedly, I’ve decided I must oppose a strike against Syria. The purpose of the U.S. military is to defend America’s sovereignty and to protect Americans’ liberty, not to be the world’s superhero or the police arm of the U.N. (or any group of...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Sep 9, 2013 | In The News, Random Commentary
Anyone who knows me knows my conviction that contemporary Americans feel too much and think too little. Lack of “impulse control” isn’t just for the “poorly socialized” anymore; it’s a culture-wide phenomenon. Emotionally charged,...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jul 1, 2013 | Annotated Quotations, Book (& Other) Reviews, Resources
“‘Social’ or Distributive Justice.” Chapter 9 in Law, Legislation and Liberty: A New Statement of the Liberal Principles of Justice and Political Economy, Volume 2: The Mirage of Social Justice. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976. Pages...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jun 21, 2013 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Random Commentary
In a couple book reviews, I took issue with one author’s anti-individualist rhetoric and expressed gratitude (though not perfect satisfaction) for another’s effort to distinguish between different uses of the word “individualism.” I’ve...