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Give War a Chance: Reflections
Read more: Give War a Chance: ReflectionsAs indicated in my previous post, here, two weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend a day conference entitled Give War a Chance, which focused on a new defence of Just War theory written by Nigel Biggar. Having not read the book, I found the summary he gave quite helpful. The book begins with…
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Sandy Toes and Solid Ground
Read more: Sandy Toes and Solid GroundAs my son dipped his tiny toes into the water and set foot on the coarse, wet sand, a sly grin came over his face. “Oh yes, I like this, “ his expression implied. As a novice toddler, he is still unable to walk without a hand to hold. Yet that didn’t stop him from…
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Reflections on Biola’s Center for Christian Thought Conference on Psychology and Spiritual Formation
Read more: Reflections on Biola’s Center for Christian Thought Conference on Psychology and Spiritual FormationThis past weekend was Biola’s Center for Christian Thought’s Conference on Psychology and Spiritual Formation. While I didn’t get to attend the whole conference, I did get a chance to hear from some amazing and brilliant people like James Houston and Bruce Hindmarsh from Regent College, Robert Emmons from UC Davis, Ellen Charry from Princeton…
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May the Lord…
Read more: May the Lord…Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them, The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. “So shall…
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A Matter of Fear
Read more: A Matter of FearThe trailer for a new film put out by Answers in Genesis has recently appeared. The film is called A Matter of Faith. As one can tell from the trailer, it looks and feels a lot like the recent Christian film, God’s Not Dead. When the latter film originally came out I had my reservations…
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Writing Scripture
Read more: Writing ScriptureThis last weekend, 11 freshman stood in front of our congregation, affirmed their faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and expressed their intention to journey with our church through life, at least until they move away for college. As part of this moment, we anointed each student with oil and said, “Because you…
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Give War a Chance: Prelude
Read more: Give War a Chance: PreludeToday I will be attending a conference on the topic of Just War at the University of St Andrews. Information can be found here: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/divinity/rt/conf/givewar/ I will be blogging in more detail about the conference in two weeks time, but I wanted to get down a few of my thoughts before attending that will hopefully…
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Privacy Rights and Wrongs
Read more: Privacy Rights and WrongsIs it just me or has there been an onslaught of privacy-related issues lately? Whether it was the defiant acts of Julian Assange and Edward Snowden or the Target data breach, it seems that the ideas of privacy and security have ominously loomed in the collective consciousness. Even this week’s scandal related to L.A. Clippers’…
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Christians in an Age of Wealth by Craig L. Blomberg: A Review
Read more: Christians in an Age of Wealth by Craig L. Blomberg: A ReviewStewardship is something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. I currently work in the Purchasing department at Biola University. From office supplies and furniture, construction and facilities projects, materials and rentals for university events, cadavers and live specimens for biological sciences, books for various departments, to travel requests for professors, staff members, and student…
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“Conference” Call
Read more: “Conference” CallJust a few weeks ago, I came home from what has been a mentally and spiritually emptying season of work. The last month had been one of those seasons filled with “pound-your-head-against-the-wall” experiences, the struggle of dealing with apathy amongst your team, and numerous examples where the harder you try, the more things fall apart….