Archive for November, 2009
Two weeks ago, one of my classes spent a five-day span of classes disucssing the matter of the metaphysical free will of man and theological determinism. While we did not begin within an explicitly Christian context, our discussion drifted toward the matter of predestination as the week progressed, culminating in an essay assignment in which [...]
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Tags: God, school
I am currently neck deep in free will/determinism for yet another essay, but while in the midst of the current one I recalled how I posted my first essay here, and so I will do the same for the most recent essay turned in. As of yet I have not heard any evaluation from my [...]
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Tags: Christianity, church, evangelism, politics, school
The Table Politics of God
“To accept the call to Christian discipleship is to accept responsibility for a situation in which many in the world have no bread on the table and to be empowered through a Spirit-created community to be that bread. To be an evangelizing church is to be more than “willing” to invite to our table the [...]
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Starbucks
My evangelism prof showed this video to us this morning. We’ve been talking about rival gospel narratives and how they can creep into our presentation and communication of the Gospel and distort it. Worth a look and some thoughts after viewing.
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Confession
We mustn’t forget that the One who is present in confession is omniscient. God knows everything, remembers everything, all that we have ever confided to him, or what we have ever kept from his confidence. He is the One “who sees in secret,” with whom we speak even in silence. No one can venture to [...]
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