Why I Am A Liberal and Other Conservative

In a delightfully refreshing and revealing tone, Piper masterfully addresses the educational, social, political, and religious ideas that have shaped and continue to influence American culture.

Dr. Everett Piper has served as the president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, since August of 2002. His credentials include a B.A. from Spring Arbor University, a M.A. from Bowling Green State University, and a Ph.D. from Michigan State University. He challenges his academic and political peers for what he calls their "fallacious Orwellian duplicity" of "intolerant tolerance." Dr. Piper writes for numerous publications including the Examiner Enterprise, Chuck Colson's Breakpoint Magazine, and Crosswalk.com. He resides with his wife and two children in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. For more information go to www.EverettPiper.com.

Acknowledgments	p. 13
Introduction	p. 15
Conservative Ideas
Why I'm a Liberal	p. 21
Angry Mob...Fishy Disinformation	p. 27
Security Risk	p. 31
Change!	p. 35
Pride and Prejudice: It's God-Awful!	p. 41
A Teachable Moment: Summit or Summons?	p. 47
Are Fish Real?	p. 51
This Medicine Makes Me Sick	p. 55
Worldviews Have Consequences	p. 59
Dualism, Multiplicity, Relativism...and Frankie	p. 63
Dorm Brothels	p. 69
Fish on the Beach	p. 73
Escaping the Underworld	p. 77
Do You Really Want an Answer?	p. 81
Cutting the Baby in Half	p. 85
Truth and Confidence: Being a Lifelong Learner	p. 89
Believe!	p. 93
A Road Paved with Good Intentions but Bad Ideas	p. 99
Narcissus and Echo	p. 105
A Train to Somewhere	p. 109
A Degree in Opinions	p. 113
The Prodigal Path of Academia	p. 119
Two Roads	p. 123
Segregation vs. Integration	p. 127
Ideas Have Consequences	p. 131
Values, Virtues, and Vacuums	p. 135
The Consequence of a Good Idea	p. 139
Thanksgiving and Praise	p. 143
Do You Believe in Evil?	p. 147
Joseph Kony's "Invisible Children"	p. 151
Playing Games	p. 155
Thank You, Dan Brown	p. 159
Defending Pullman? Let the Man Speak for Himself	p. 163
Brass or Clay: Extreme Makeover Part One	p. 167
The Island of the Dufflepuds: Extreme Makeover Part Two	p. 171
The Lesson of Blue	p. 175
Sins of the Right and the Left	p. 179
Orthodoxy and Orthopraxy	p. 183
Always Winter but Never Christmas	p. 187
A Little "Freedom" and Fun with Q and A	p. 191
Single-Issue Voting: Part One	p. 193
Single-Issue Voting: Part Two	p. 197
Using Absolutes to Refute Absolutes	p. 201
Pharisees and Nonsense	p. 205
Conservative or Legalistic?	p. 207
Agnostics Among Us and In Us	p. 209
Worldview Language is too Cognitive	p. 213
Is God Knowable?	p. 215
There Is a God and Anger Proves It!	p. 221
Anger, Indignation and Bad Behavior	p. 225
Good God, Good People and Hell	p. 231
Born to Be Wild-And Gay?	p. 235
The Pastor and the Gay Gene	p. 239
About the Author	p. 245
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Why I Am A Liberal and Other Conservative Ideas

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