Engaging the Culture, Changing the World

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People of Faith and the Presumption of Pluralism

November 2, 2009

I’ve been delighted by the amount and quality of the responses to these blog posts. Thank you for challenging me, for opening up my blind spots, for filling in the vacant spaces in the things I am trying to think through too.

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What Does It Mean to Separate Faith and Culture?

October 26, 2009

When John G. Roberts was nominated to become the Chief Justice of the United States, politicians and major media outlets were concerned because he was a devout Catholic. Why should they be? Read more»

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Found at Starbucks: A Latte and a Big Idea

October 22, 2009

Watch President Eaton’s newest video about his conversation with a Starbucks barista on the topic of text messaging. Are we in danger of losing our ability to read and to write sophisticated text? Read more»

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Lincoln Spoke for Two Minutes and Changed the World

October 19, 2009

Lincoln believed that good language could not only capture ideas, but it could communicate, motivate, clarify, encourage. Good language could move the nation toward understanding its own identity. Read more»

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Deep Nerves on Health Care

October 12, 2009

Could core themes for American democracy, as described in the 1800s by Alexis de Tocqueville, help explain at least some of the heated debate about health care? Read more»

  • The President's Blog

    I have been driven most of my life to think about how the gospel of Jesus Christ speaks into the culture. This is never just an intellectual exercise, though — no, we must engage culture so that more of God’s children might flourish. We must seek to change the world! That’s the purpose of this blog.

    -Philip W. Eaton, President, Seattle Pacific University

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    Ronald C. White Jr., A. Lincoln: A Biography

    Like Lincoln: understated, quiet, concrete, incisive, even brief. More»

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    … to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations …”

    Abraham Lincoln

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