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I’m A Calvinist (And That Hardly Matters)
Read more: I’m A Calvinist (And That Hardly Matters)Without knowing it, I grew up believing in a quasi-Wesleyan form of Arminianism. When I went to college, and was exposed to Calvinism for the first time, I was very hostile. I was undoubtedly the most obnoxious Arminian on campus my freshman year. Eventually I came to a point where I decided to be open-minded….
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“People of the Book” : Is it Important for Christians to Read? (Guest Post)
Read more: “People of the Book” : Is it Important for Christians to Read? (Guest Post)I am one of those people who love to discuss books in the process of reading them. I just can’t help it. In English class, I’ve made my friends discuss the reading from the night before with me—which usually entailed predicting the rest of the book, discussing favorite (and least favorite) characters, and reciting favorite…
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Little Boxes: Reflections on Multi-Culturalism (Guest Post)
Read more: Little Boxes: Reflections on Multi-Culturalism (Guest Post)London has proclaimed itself to be one of the most multi-cultural cities in the world. There are over, “300 languages, 50 non-indigenous communities with populations of 10,000 or more, with virtually every race, nation, culture and region” represented in the sprawling metropolis.[1] One of the best places to examine London’s vibrant multi-cultural tapestry is in…
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Happy Anniversary! Amazon Gift Card Giveaways!
Read more: Happy Anniversary! Amazon Gift Card Giveaways!One year ago today The Two Cities officially entered the blogosphere. Since that time the blog’s contributors have produced more than 260 posts and received more than 1,300 comments. We’re grateful for the response we’ve received from our readers and hope to continue to produce stimulating articles that encourage further engagement. As a token of our appreciation…
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VIDEO: Is the Bible Reliable? (Guest Post)
Read more: VIDEO: Is the Bible Reliable? (Guest Post)“You can’t really believe in the Bible, right? It’s been translated so many times! Not to mention the thousands of errors and the fact that the Council of Nicaea totally suppressed stuff they didn’t like. There’s just no way you can know what it originally said.” If you’re strangely inclined to trust the Bible, you…
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A Year for Christian Hip-Hop: An Introduction
Read more: A Year for Christian Hip-Hop: An IntroductionI’ve written a number of pieces about Christian hip-hop over at Evangelical Outpost, as well as entrenching myself in the genre as a reviewer (both written and in podcast form) for The Christian Manifesto. When I was asked to write a few guest posts here at The Two Cities, I really wasn’t sure what I…
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Sacrifice, Compromise, and Employment
Read more: Sacrifice, Compromise, and EmploymentDecisions. I face them. You have them. We all make them. Myself, more reluctantly than others. For anyone who has ever gone shoe shopping with me (and you know who you are, because you’ll never forget it), you’ve seen firsthand the incredible crippling power of analysis paralysis. One decision many twenty and thirty-somethings face is…
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On the Cosmos and Community (Guest Post)
Read more: On the Cosmos and Community (Guest Post)“How is it they live for eons in such harmony the billions of stars when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their mind against someone they know.” -St. Thomas Aquinas The other night, Curiosity touched down on the surface of Mars. Engineers screamed and shouted inside the Mission Control Center…
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The Idol You Were Made To Be
Read more: The Idol You Were Made To BeWhether you know it or not you’re an idol. Many people have role models and they call these people idols. At the moment the world is watching the greatest athletes competing in the Olympics. Many of these athletes are ‘idolized’ in their home countries. This year American television audiences are gearing up for the tenth…
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Album Review: ‘Weight & Glory’
Read more: Album Review: ‘Weight & Glory’Rapper KB dropped a killer debut last month with Weight & Glory, an album that puts to rest all debates on whether hip-hop is good or bad. If we’re judging by music, lyrics, theology and phat beats, the verdict is in: behold, it was very good. Weight & Glory is a musical sermon that urges…