Discuss Theology

David Kirkpatrick, writer for the New York times termed contemporary conservative Princeton Philosopher Robert George in a recent article in the New York Times. Note the following paragraph to remind yourself at this Christmas season what the world really thinks of us.
He has parlayed a 13th-century Catholic philosophy into real political influence. Glenn Beck, the Fox News talker and a big George fan, likes to introduce him as “one of the biggest brains in America,” or, on one broadcast, “Superman of the Earth.” Karl Rove told me he considers George a rising star on the right and a leading voice in persuading President George W. Bush to restrict embryonic stem-cell research. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told me he numbers George among the most-talked-about thinkers in conservative legal circles. And Newt Gingrich called him “an important and growing influence” on the conservative movement, especially on matters like abortion and marriage.

Oral Roberts dead at 91
Jack Hayford, president of the California-based International Church of the Foursquare Gospel said, the following about Oral Roberts:

“If God had not in his sovereign will raised up the ministry of Oral Roberts, the entire charismatic movement might not have occurred. Oral shook the landscape with the inescapable reality and practicality of Jesus’ whole ministry. His teaching and concepts were foundational to the renewal that swept through the whole church.”