Links For June 14, 2006

“Now, this gets my goat.” So says a Calvinist Mum of one of my commentators, Peter Kirk

Watch out, Peter, did you never read about the wrath of women or don’t you believe in it? Conflict of interest declaration: I put pictures of my kids on my blog, too.

(tags: adrianw family)
Cosmic Child Abuse? “I don’t think I’ve ever heard or seen someone scoff at the idea of penal substitution by calling it this first-hand . . .”

“Such a statement, says James Spurgeon, belies a fundamental misunderstanding of so many different aspects of (or rejection of?) classical Christian theology that it boggles the mind …”

(tags: atonement pyromaniacs theology)
“Cosmic Child Abuse” – Steve Chalke on Penal Substitution

This post from 2004 links to a leading UK evangelical who used this near blasphemous description of the classical evangelical position on why Jesus died. He wasn’t the first, and it seems he won’t be the last.

(tags: atonement chalke neoliberal)
Best Meme Ever!

Have a good laugh with Catez Stevens on this one! It’s thoroughly enjoyable . . .

(tags: humor)
“. . . the guy next door to me and I do it to live dangerously. We have deceived ourselves into believing that the consequences of drinking a Coke at your desk while using electronic equipment are minimal because we are more careful than most people . . .”

Centurion and an excellent parable on justice and mercy.

(tags: justice mercy)
“We set ourselves up for a false dichotomy if we demand an answer to the question as to whether God killed Jesus, or man killed Jesus.”

Dan throws his hat into the ring over at TeamPyro . . .

(tags: atonement pyromaniacs theology)

Links for June 14, 2006