Dr. Everett Piper
Dr. Piper is the President of Oklahoma Wesleyan University. Associated with Chuck Colson’s Breakpoint and Centurions programs, Dr. Piper is the author of "Why I am a 'Liberal' and Other Conservative Ideas" http://www.whyiamaliberal.com/. He has also authored "The Wrong Side of the Door: Why Ideas Matter. Piper is a frequent speaker on Christian education, Biblical worldview, and applied apologetics in both regional and national venues. For more information go to www.okwu.edu or go to www.everettpiper.com .
President, Oklahoma Wesleyan University
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Lessons in Ethics
We have educated a generation of moral imbeciles. We have taught them that all morality is relative and nothing is absolute and that it really doesn’t matter what you believe as long as it works...Thursday, February 3, 2011
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It's Snowing Because it's too Hot!?
Ok – I am sitting at the Dallas Fort Worth Airport right now – stranded because of the 100-year-blizzard that just hit Texas and Oklahoma – and the news from Al Gore is this: “increased heavy...Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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Re-Education and Reorientation Camps
Do you sense that you are looking at the guard tower of a re-education camp more so than the ivory tower of an educational campus? If so perhaps you should think twice about where your kids will go...Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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De-Recognition
Isn’t it ironic that the very academics who claim to be the most open minded and liberal are the same folks who then turn around and deny ideological liberty to their students and derecognize...Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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Investing in Education
In his State of the Union address this week, President Obama called for more spending on education. While many of us instinctively agree that such an “investment” is good, have we ever stopped to...Friday, January 28, 2011
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Progress but Toward What?
The Left thinks that when they look in the mirror they see a kind and gentle face somewhat akin to Mary Shelley's innocent young Frankenstein, a self-creation with all the sinless potential to...Friday, January 28, 2011
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Progressivism and the Ruling Class
In the minds of today’s ruling class (those in seats of power in Washington, D.C. and in universities across the land), progressivism has become the pretext and pretention for the rule of law. In...Friday, January 28, 2011
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Free At Last!
In the inner sanctum of our hearts we all intuitively know that there is really no such thing as moral neutrality. Some ideas are good and some are bad. Some lead to that which is right and just...Saturday, January 22, 2011
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To Selma or Auschwitz?
As we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, are any of us really ready to look into the faces of those in the boxcars bound for the furnaces and say, “Just enjoy the ride! The fun is in the...Saturday, January 22, 2011
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Whispers of Men
Do you ever wonder why other cultures so distrust the West? Perhaps the answer lies not in the opinions of progressive talking-heads on cable TV or in the “wisdom” of our politicians in Washington,...Thursday, January 20, 2011
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Islam and Desperate Housewives
We must communicate that Christianity is not [synonymous with] Desperate Housewives or Britney Spears [and we must do so] by our lives and our words. Communicating to Muslims that you are a...Wednesday, January 19, 2011
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Moral Neutrality in AZ?
Do you believe that morality is relative and just a matter of personal choice? After this past week’s shootings in Arizona, do you believe in moral neutrality? Do you believe “we are the one’s...Monday, January 17, 2011
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Hope and Evil
If you found your blood running cold, if you felt helpless as you watched the reports of last weeks Arizona shootings – If you found yourself lost in despair – If you were terrified at the evil in...Sunday, January 16, 2011
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PC Pabulum on Behavior and Being
Minorities - true minorities - should be offended by the talking heads and elites of our day who have hoodwinked the "average Joe" into believing this fallacious pabulum about preferred sexual...Thursday, January 13, 2011
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Progressing Toward Frankenstein or Hyde?
Martin Luther King Jr. himself told us in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” that only the higher standard of objective Justice justifies the pursuit of what is Just. He knew that God’s measuring...Wednesday, January 12, 2011
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Ms. Maisch and The Non Sequitur
Is it possible that the Left with one finger point out in accusation is guilty of having the rest pointing back at itself – Accusing others of vitriol, hate and bigotry while at the same time being...Tuesday, January 11, 2011
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Double Minded With No True North
Has it ever struck you as odd that the same worldview that brings tens of thousands of rioters to the streets in Lebanon and Pakistan is on the rise with Progressives protesting for peace in London...Tuesday, January 11, 2011
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Evil and Moral Absolutes
After this past week’s shootings in Arizona, after the death of nine-year-old Christina Taylor Green, after the heart wrenching details other deaths and 20 some wounded, do you believe in morality?...Monday, January 10, 2011