I've always liked Nicholas Kristof, though not reading the New York Times, I seldom see his essays. I find something sincere and earnest about his work. Traveling around the world on assignments, he seems to view people with real compassion. I probably disagree with his politics, but he is one liberal whom I really respect -- what one would hope for from someone who calls himself a "liberal." (Though I don't know if Kristof uses that word.)
This morning someone posted a series of questions which Kristof posed to the New York City pastor Tim Keller. (I won't give the poster's name, since this was on a closed forum.) He asked us to try to answer Kristof's questions without looking at Keller's replies. While I wasn't planning to write a blog piece this morning, the questions proved interesting, and on important issues that I've pondered a lot. Here's what I came up with.
