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10 Year Reunion - Where Has the Time Gone?
I have no desire to go back to high school. In fact, I’drather punch myself in the face a hundred times. It’s not that it was an entirely badexperience or anything. I certainly wasn’t beat up every day or ever given… -
In All Fairness...
"Calvinists don't believe in Free Will.""Arminians don't believe God is Sovereign""Open Theists deny God's omniscience." These three statements are patently false. While I have my own views, I cringe when I here false an… -
A Holy Temper Tantrum
Every night at dinner Eric and Erin delegate praying responsibilities to one (sometimes two) of their three sons. Generally the prayers are simple and thankful, and sometimes accompanied by a smirk on our faces because o… -
Formerly: Righteous Zealot. Currently: Apostle of Peace
There is some disagreement over exactly what kind of Pharisee the apostle Paul was before he converted to Christianity on the Damascus road. One thing we do know from the book of Acts is that Paul was a righteously viole… -
Protestant Prayer to the Saints
The Catholic Church teaches that death does not separate the church of God from itself. We are members of one another and this solidarity continues even after we have been taken from this world. This is why they pray to … -
From Avarice to Abnegation...Intentional Community Style
My wife and I are joining/starting an intentional community of mutual sharing and responsibility. We will be moving in on April 26.Here are some thoughts I've had during this process...One of the great doctrines of anci… -
Hell Yes Or Hell No: Observations on an Over-Emphasized Biblical Doctrine
-Hell does not occur within the Pauline Corpus. In other words, Paul’s gospel is not proclaimed with the threatening backdrop of Hell looming over his hearers. It is the kindness of God that leads to repentance. The clos… -
On Isolation...
Mascara ran down my wife’s cheeks at lunch today as she mourned her feelings of being an “other” even within the community of faith. Her tears exceeded mine, but I grieve with her, knowing that feeling all too well. D… -
Christian Discourse and Subverting the Rhetoric of the Empire
I would never notice certain things unless someone points them out first. Then, once brought to my attention, that thing dominates my faculties of observation, making me almost long for the naiveté I previously possessed… -
Mary's Magnificat: A National Anthem of Terrorism
Over the last few weeks I’ve been studying Mary’s Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55). I’ve never paid much attention to this text – it’s just one of those passages churches sappily pull out once a year to reinforce our American s…
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Top Ten Reasons Men Can't Be Pastors
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Last Night's Dream - Jerry Walls and Augustine's Version of Evil Personified as a Feline
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