A Brief Recommendation

Last week I completed N.T. Wright’s Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church.  For those interested in Christian theology and the historical development of the doctrine of the resurrection, the first two-thirds will be of great interest.  The final third is dedicated to specific applications for how a re-understanding [...]

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Oxford Receives $4 Million to Research Belief in God

This release from the Associated Press found here is about a month old, but upon reading it this evening I had some reactions I thought I would share.  The study will explore a number of issues–in fact, I plan to do some digging about exactly what this study will cover. Roger Trigg, Director of the Ian Ramsey [...]

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Uganda Skateboard Union

Check out this video from Invisible Children here.  Pretty sweet–especially the soundtrack. Thanks Board Master!

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“Sin” out of vogue as a theological term/concept?

“Without an idea of sin, Easter is meaningless.” -Mark Driscoll I would encourage you to check out the article here on popular understandings of sin.  Quotations are taken from the Pope, Joel Osteen, and Tim Keller, to name three.  This article is good reading–particularly when you note the source (USA Today) and use a little imagination to picture the [...]

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An Easter Collect

O GOD, who for our redemption didst give thine only-begotten Son to the death of the Cross, and by his glorious resurrection hast delivered us from the power of our enemy; Grant us so to die daily from sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his resurrection; through the same [...]

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For those that have ever thought their prayers went unheard…

The answer lies here.

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Memory and Storytelling

…when a community loses its memory, its members no longer know one another.  How can they know one another if they have forgotten or never learned one another’s stories?  If they do not know one another’s stories, how can they know whether or not to trust one another?  People who do not trust one another [...]

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Big XII Tournament Kicks off in KC on Thursday

This Thursday the Big XII tourney comes to town.  I haven’t had cable television for about the past three years (which has done wonders for my reading habits), so I don’t watch as much NCAA and NBA action as I did at one time.  I’ve been thankful for ESPN’s addition of short highlight clips to the [...]

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ONN ::: Anonymous Hero Donates 200 Kidneys

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Thinking Poetically

But must I needs want solidness, because By metaphors I speak; was not God’s laws His Gospel-laws in olden time held forth By types, shadows and metaphors?  Yet loth Will any sober man be to find fault With them, lest he be found for to assault The highest wisdom.  No, he rather stoops, And seeks [...]

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