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Entries Tagged as 'Nicholas Wolterstorff'

What About the Poor? More on Sustenance Rights

November 19th, 2008 9 Comments

In my last post, What About the Poor? Sustenance Rights Examined, I noted the position of Nicholas Wolterstorff that, “If a rich man knows of someone who is starving and has the power to help that person, and chooses not to, then he violates that person’s rights as surely and reprehensively as if he had […]

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What About the Poor? Sustenance Rights Examined

November 18th, 2008 4 Comments

When I began university I had strong socialist leanings. The reason was that I believed, as a Christian, we had a duty to help the poor. Studying at Waikato University, however, brought me face to face with socialist academics and left-wing activists and I discovered a hostile and dangerous social agenda that I could not […]

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Religion and Public Life: A Response to Russell Brown and Paul Litterick

August 3rd, 2007 11 Comments

Paul Litterick was recently interviewed by Russell Brown on Public Address. The topic predictably is his criticism of conservative Christian groups whom Russell appears to have no time for. Here I will make to criticisms of this broadcast, first one of Russell Brown and the second of Litterick. Turning first to Russell Brown; Brown mentioned […]

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