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If God, Then…
Read more: If God, Then…The other day, I was listening to Larry Mantle’s show AirTalk on my local public radio station. His guests for one of the segments that day were Michael Shermer, founder of Skeptic Magazine, and William Lane Craig, philosophy professor at Biola University’s Talbot School of Theology. Their discussion was based on the recent opinion piece…
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Watering My Own Grass (and no, this is not a reference to weed)
Read more: Watering My Own Grass (and no, this is not a reference to weed)“The grass is always greener on the other side, so water your own damn lawn!” my friend told me the other day (in the most loving way, of course). As I think about this piece of wisdom and trying to find contentment in my own life, I’m grateful for the reminder to cultivate what I…
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To My Church, On The Eve Of a Decision
Read more: To My Church, On The Eve Of a DecisionDuring the summer of 1957, a mixed race family immigrated from Holland into the small town of Terra Ceia, North Carolina. The father was Dutch, the mother Indonesian. As they attempted to send their two children to the local Reformed Church school, they were met at the door by local segregationist leaders who considered the…
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From Premillennialism to Amillennialism And Back: An Eschatological Change of Mind
Read more: From Premillennialism to Amillennialism And Back: An Eschatological Change of MindNearly two years ago I wrote a post entitled, “Amillennialism: Rethinking and Critiquing my Eschatology After Five Years.” In that post I analyzed an earlier blog post I wrote back in 2007 called, “How I Became An Amillennialist.” Two years ago I concluded that I was still an Amillennialist, but I realized that many of…
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Call for Pauline Thought Contributors for Ancientthought.org
Read more: Call for Pauline Thought Contributors for Ancientthought.orgI’ve been asked to be one of the editors of a newish website (ancientthought.org) focusing on Early Christianity and Philosophy. We have some great contributions by people well established in their field as well as some up and coming scholars. Right now I am looking for people willing to write short articles (1,55-2,000 words) on…
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Why Ken Ham Lost the Debate
Read more: Why Ken Ham Lost the DebateAs you may well know, earlier this week Bill Nye (The Science Guy) and Ken Ham, president of Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum, debated one another as to whether or not Ken Ham’s understanding of the world’s origin is viable (Ham is a literal 6 day, young earth creationist). If you haven’t watched…
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The Purpose of (The Secret) Life
Read more: The Purpose of (The Secret) LifeEvery year, my film-nerd husband, Daryl, painstakingly crafts a list of his five favorite movies. Each movie gets weighed against the others and the list is unceremoniously published and updated on his Facebook wall several times throughout the year. Usually, it is locked in by early January and elicits comments from the friend network privy…
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Sunday School Songs, Hardcore Shows, and the Psalms
Read more: Sunday School Songs, Hardcore Shows, and the PsalmsMusic is a powerful vehicle for memory and expression. I remember learning the order of the books of the Bible through songs I learned in AWANA as a kid. I can still sing these songs, and many songs that I learned in Sunday School. Song lyrics like, “Yes, Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me…
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Me, Myself, and I
Read more: Me, Myself, and II’m fortunate enough to be doing my graduate work at a small, liberal arts college in Southern California, where, in the middle of January, I get to walk to and from class in temperatures ranging from sixty-five to eighty degrees. In all honesty, if you’re running late or forget a book, this walk can seem…
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An Invitation to Excite Your Biblical Imagination
Read more: An Invitation to Excite Your Biblical ImaginationYour hand th-waps your night stand, grasping for your mobile device to swipe and to silence the iPhone marimba alarm tone. Once the disturbance to your sleep is silenced, you pause, process a death and slow breath, and liberate yourself from the tomb of your bedsheets. Perhaps you slip into your slippers. Or your robe….