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On Idolatry and the Greatest Consequence for National Life

May 26, 2018 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

Much has been made of Vice President Mike Pence’s comments yesterday to a pastors conference in D.C. The fact that the Vice President publicly endorsed preaching the gospel or that the conference was put on by an organization labeled a hate group have occupied most of the commentary. But what has been missed is his characterization of gospel ministry in the life of the nation…

On Afghanistan and American Disinterest

August 22, 2017 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

I’m trying to avoid politics on this site as much as possible, but I can’t not mention President Trump’s address last night. He announced a new strategy for the U.S.’s war in Afghanistan that includes sending an additional 4,000 troops to the country. We have been at war in Afghanistan for nearly 16 years, and it’s not clear what we’re doing there at this point. The politics of the issue aside, what is appalling about this state of perpetual war is that no one cares. Afghanistan never came up in any of the presidential debates in 2016, and pollsters didn’t even bother to include it on the list of issues Americans may care about. For years now I have heard people fearfully discuss the prospect of the U.S. going to war as if one was not already underway.

On Dunkirk and Candy

July 22, 2017 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

I went to see Dunkirk today. I was eating candy while I watched it and felt a great sense of unease in the starkness of the art’s content and the manner in which I viewed it. Even as veteran, I…

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