Is God binary?
Friday, 11 March 2005
Too often, I’ve made the mistake of thinking that God is binary–that He can only be “for” something or “agin it.” Fortunately, he’s more merciful than that. Often times, there is a third option that may be in play that we haven’t considered–“I don’t care, as long as you act in love.” I see this
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Words mean things
Friday, 11 March 2005
There is an interesting article in BusinessWeek Online about whether bloggers are journalists: So is a blogger a journalist? Certainly, some organizations have begun to legitimize Web logs as a valid grassroots form of journalism. In 2004, bloggers for the first time received press passes to cover the conventions during the Presidential elections. They have
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More on speculative theology
Wednesday, 09 March 2005
I appreciate the sentiments expressed by Rey over at Bible Archive on God and the subjugated role of our opinions about Him. After writing a great parody piece on the need to worship God on the mountains, he followed up with a post about the Syrian assumption that the God of Israel was the God
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The relentless optimist
Monday, 07 March 2005
I read through Hebrews recently and was amazed by the relentless optimism of the “heroes of faith” in chapter 11. Granted, the word “relentless” doesn’t usually have a positive connotation. But what word better explains the persistent faith of people like Noah, Abraham, Moses, and the others listed in that chapter? And what is faith
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Do peace and liberty destroy unity?
Friday, 04 March 2005
OK, so Scott Ott of Scrappleface wasn’t writing a parable about Christian peace, liberty, and unity. But, as Alexander Campbell might say, “The parable is just, and the interpretation thereof, easy and sure.” In a post entitled “Annan: Bush Destroying Arab Unity,” Scott writes with tongue firmly planted in cheek: (2005-03-04) — The Bush administration’s
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Fighting for truth
Wednesday, 02 March 2005
We’ve probably all heard the expression “might doesn’t make right.” We can probably agree that right makes might, at least morally speaking. But does right make fight? Too often, I’ve felt the need to fight for every scrap of truth. Sometimes, like a dog fighting for a meaty bone, I was fighting to protect what
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Worshipping on Mountains
Wednesday, 02 March 2005
I found a very funny and useful parody about “prooftexting” our beliefs, written by a blogger named Rey at BibleArchive.com. I disagree with Rey on some important points of theology, like “eternal security” and insisting that being immersed into Christ is trying to be saved by our “works.” Rey, my friend, keep reading those Scriptures
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Follow the Leader, lead the follower
Tuesday, 01 March 2005
What is a follower and what is a leader? Jesus blurred the distinction in many ways. Was He a forceful leader, or a meek follower? Or, perhaps, was he a meek leader, not a forceful follower? As I think about these questions, I realize now that at times I’ve been a forceful follower. All of
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