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Category Archives: Contemporary Issues
Justo Gonzales, on The Changing Shape of Church History
Justo Gonzales closes his book The Changing Shape of Church History: No longer can the church claim the religious hegemony it once had… Many Christians think that thIs means that the church is losing is power, and yearn with nostalgia … Continue reading
Resources on Origins and Christian Faith
Do you know a student who is trying to work out how to reconcile the latest science on human origins with their Christian faith and biblical teaching? Allow me to recommend that you refer them to works by John Walton, … Continue reading
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Unconditional Love or Unconditional Affirmation
Unconditional affirmation and unconditional love are not the same thing. To demand the former is to actually exclude the latter. Sam Allberry
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antichrist church
The cultivation of consumer spirituality is the antithesis of a sacrificial, “deny yourself” congregation. A consumer church is an antichrist church. Eugene Peterson
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Alan Jacobs’ “The Politics of Long Joy”
Alan Jacobs has re-cycled an excellent essay he wrote ten years ago as a column for the late lamented Books & Culture. He found what he had to say then particularly apropos to the present day. I don’t recall reading … Continue reading
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Trustworthiness
Quoting Miroslav Volf: We are in a major crisis of legitimacy and trust. No better time to renew commitment to trustworthiness, as individuals and communities. Well said.
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American Health Care, or lack thereof, and cost
Here are the raw numbers we have to account for in our failed health care system. Highlights. We spend more PUBLIC money on healthcare than comparable countries with national health care systems. When you add the private money in, we … Continue reading
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Sarah Williams talks on “Sex in the Post-Modern Story”
“The problem of sexual confusion in our culture, which is huge, is not going to be solved by the reassertion of power.” Thus says the wise and learned Sarah Williams in these talks given at Corban University, which I cannot … Continue reading
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We Don’t Need Either One
Judah got in a lot of trouble for depending on Assyria to protect them from the Israel/Aram coalition. And then Judah got in a lot of trouble for looking to Babylon to protect them from the Assyrians. Later, Judah got … Continue reading
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This is Not Social Discourse
I’m not a particular fan of Bill Gates. However in this interview of Bill Gates from the Atlantic, Gates quite reasonably expresses the need to increase the rate of development for new energy sources (by a lot) because of climate … Continue reading
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