The Bahnsen Viewpoint

P. Andrew Sandlin “The Theological Roots of the Financial Crisis”

DLB — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:11:02 +0000

I will have the audio available via a YouTube link in the next few days as well ... This talk from P. Andrew Sandlin opened our April 28 conference, and is well worth the listen! Please open the post with the link above to download the audio.

It Only Cost $5 Trillion, but Here is What you Got

DLB — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:25:14 +0000

In a lot of ways I hope I get people who complain about this chart, pointing out how unfair it is, or misleading, because after all, who could have known how bad the George Bush economy was … The fun part will then be showing that THIS CHART WAS CREATED BY OBAMA. His [...]

Karl Rove, the Election, and the Lincoln Club

DLB — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:46:05 +0000

Folks who follow my updates from time to time on Facebook know that Saturday evening was the 50th anniversary gala for the Lincoln Club of Orange County, a simply unbelievable organization founded 50 years ago here in the southland by such business titans as Arnold Beckman, Walter Knott, and Si Fluor. The [...]

Doug Wilson, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, and YOU

DLB — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:30:44 +0000

I apologize in advance if certain readers think these pre-qualifiers are unnecessary, and I imagine Pastor Wilson does not expect me to say this either, but I want to start off this article by saying that I hold Doug Wilson in very, very high regard. I consider him a tremendous ally in the cause [...]

A Plea to End this Madness

DLB — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:17:00 +0000

I debated between framing this article as a sort of “open letter to Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich” or else just a regular piece written to those who happen to be reading it. I have opted for the latter, but I sure wouldn’t mind if Rick and Newt were reading it. We are [...]

The Only Way to Understand the Job Market

DLB — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:40:35 +0000

I recently read the following from Jim Clifton in Forbes magazine, and it inspired me to actually blog it. I can not imagine any sentiment being less improvable than this one – it is sheer brilliance. Jim is offering his sentiments on what it will take into the next generation to see a [...]

The World America Made by Robert Kagan

DLB — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:44:09 +0000

Robert Kagan is one of those authors who readers never have to worry about. He is not going to throw in a “dog” in a series of solid book projects. He is among the most qualified intellectuals in the world to discuss the international stage, and is a trusted voice when [...]

Principled Voting in One Lesson

DLB — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:15:29 +0000

By David L. Bahnsen and P. Andrew Sandlin Every campaign season, we hear disputes over electability, third parties, voting for the lesser of two evils, and voting by principle rather than pragmatism. Christian conservatives are especially susceptible to these debates, because they (rightly) embrace their political principles with tenacity. Principles are wonderful things, but principles should be [...]

The Notable Thing about Evangelical Endorsement of Rick Santorum

DLB — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:42:21 +0000

I have not endorsed any candidate in the Republican primary, other than to say that I plan to enthusiastically support the guy who ends up running against Barack Obama. If any of these candidates are nominated (besides Ron Paul) I will be prayerfully and aggressively supportive of their candidacy. I have my own [...]

Ron Paul’s Love of Iran

DLB — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:32:21 +0000

I don’t know how anyone can dispute my oft-repeated assertion that Ron Paul’s foreign policy is, to put it very, very mildly, lacking in moral clarity. Powerful video. I wish it were exposing Ron Paul’s hypocrisy. But it is not. it is, instead, exposing what he REALLY believes. Ron Paul video = [...]