O Lord, Father of mercy and wisdom, we are struck numb by the hellish nightmare of the cold-blooded murder of young children, and want to begin this Weekly Meanderings with our prayers for the children, the leaders and teachers, their families, and those who are caring for them. We know you attend to those who [...]

Let it snow! Drew Dixon on pre-game prayer: “Nowhere does the Bible call Christians to pray at government sponsored events. The Bible calls us to proclaim the gospel on street corners and in center of towns and every where we go, but it never requires that we force the government or anyone else to publically [...]

From City Church SF [this you, Fred?]: “When I begin seeing the leaves turn, when I smell the turkey roasting in the oven, when the familiar Christmas jingles start playing on every commercial – I know it’s time. My calendar still reads November, which makes it hard to believe that invitations to Christmas parties are [...]

Let’s pray this is a Middle East sunset of peace. Blog post of the week by Neil Godfrey: “The best way to understand just how ‘non-religious’ or ‘non-biblical’ are the books of the New Testament — that is, to understand just how much a product of their own wider Greco-Roman literary culture are those books [...]

Very good post by Roger on open theism and Arminianism. What do the Amish read? [By the way, the image to the left is not of the Amish.] “We like to read about the Amish, but what do they like to read? In fact, do they even read very much? You might assume that because formal schooling [...]

Chicago Bears sports fans are still yacking about the amazing game played last Sunday by “Peanut” Tillman. His performance was perhaps the most influential game I’ve ever seen by a defender. Tillman and his wife are to have a new baby Monday … A good reason to read blogs, and a good reason not to [...]

Sandy’s fury Becky Hsu distinguishes satisfaction and happiness. “Can we say, then, that life satisfaction is more like taking an exam (where 100% is the highest you could get), whereas happiness should be scored more like an essay (upon which there are no constraints in how excellent, thoughtful, or thought-provoking it could be)? Or, maybe we can [...]

How complementarian is the Bible? Listen to Phil Payne discuss this question at TEDS on Nov 12, 7pm. At the A.T. Olsen chapel. Roger Olson on oppression, sometimes against boys and males. No matter what! Beautiful story by April. Greg Boyd… always worth the read or listen: “This message leaves unanswered a multitude of questions that [...]

C. Michael Patton’s sketch of apologetics and the problem of evil. Patrick finishes up his series calling complementarianism into question. “First, some realism: Can there be a recognition that neither side are going to ‘obliterate’ the other’s arguments, however passionately they believe the other is wrong? The tone of some of the debate is characterised by [...]

Jeff K. Clarke: “That message sounds very different from the de-storified, don’t-go-to-hell, ask-Jesus-into-your-heart-message that has permeated much of Western Evangelicalism. Maybe we need to re-capture Jesus’ discipleship message if we truly desire people (and ourselves) to follow him along the path of discipleship. Maybe we need to begin creating a gospel culture of discipleship that sets people [...]