Archive for the ‘Theology’ Category
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
Back in college I had the occasion to read several of Lewis' books. My senior year I even took an independent study that focused on three of his works leading to a paper that attempted to synthesize The Problem of Pain, Miracles and A Grief Observed.
I wish I could ...
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Monday, July 23rd, 2007
I really think this guy is serious. His headline is "Why Al Qaeda Supports The Emergent Church."
Read this excerpt:
The emergent church is an ally in the war against radical Islam–al Qaeda’s ally. Not in the sense they are supplying bullets and bombs to Osama, of course, but in the ...
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Friday, July 6th, 2007
After his two poem's Lewis would not have another work published until after his conversion.
The Pilgrim's Regress would make the literary debut of Lewis as Christian writer and would display his greatest style of writing: allegory.
Written as his own re-visioning of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress this would would follow the protagonist, ...
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Thursday, July 5th, 2007
Wow. I don't always agree with Piper. But this is great stuff. Take 3 minutes and watch this smack-down of "Health and Wealth"
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Monday, June 4th, 2007
Even now, even though I know there is more to godly worship than just praising God I had a hard time typing that header.
And it's not just because it's a mouthful. It's because I've always bristled at anything that smacks of "humanism." Having done so, I've often skirted ...
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Thursday, May 31st, 2007
One of the most important books I have ever read is Gene Edward's classic "A Tale of Three Kings." It is a fictional account of Saul, David and Absalom.
As you recall in the OT story David had ample opportunity to kill Saul. But he refused because, regardless of ...
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Monday, April 30th, 2007
For me, the topic of reconciliation involves many questions:
1. Does Hell exist?
2. If so, is it eternal?
3. What, exactly, would condemn one to hell?
4. How do we reconcile a loving and compassionate Parent condemning a child to everlasting torment without hope of "rehabilitation?"
5. Do we miss something by focusing salvation ...
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
I first saw this meme a few days ago on my daily tour of the blogs. I immediately thought that if it ever got to me I would list Krister White as one of the five blogs that make me think. Right now he has me wrestling with ...
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Monday, April 9th, 2007
An important part of this discussion is to understand what Scripture teaches about the doctrine of eternal punishment. And what better place to start than what Jesus Himself taught about the reality of hell.
In coming entries we will look at concepts such as Aion, Hades, Sheol and ...
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Thursday, April 5th, 2007
I've started and stopped this entry about a dozen times so far. Bear with me as I continue to navigate some murky and troublesome waters. And forgive the somewhat simplistic nature of this post. I wanted to get something out even if it isn't entirely fleshed out ...
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