My next sermon in the series on Galatians is now available to listen to online in MP3 format. The talk was entitled- Good News when feeling rejected. Part One of this series is also available from a few weeks back. Here are the notes I used- Good news when feeling rejectedGal 1:11- 2:16 Intro REFER BACK TO LAST GAL TALK AND QUOTE 1:3-4 Everyone has experiences in live of rejection and acceptance. Sticks and stones may break my bones but... Read more
The Evangelical Atheist has a post calling for more believers to submit to the next God or Not carnival: Submissions so far for the next edition of the GOD or NOT Carnival has been very heavy on the atheist side. While we definitely do still need more atheist submissions, this post is primarily meant for the few theists who visit the site. The next edition will be on November 7 at Eternal Revolution, and the topic is Proof. As usual,... Read more
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Earlier in the week I quoted a poem which I found on girltalk called The cookie thief Interestingly, thanks to a commentator, google and amazon I have discovered that this story appears in print. The poem appears in Condensed Chicken Soup for the soul, and that book is cited as the source of the poem in a book called Femine Appeal by a certain author of GirlTalk. Theres even a Sesame Street book by the same name. Douglas Adams of... Read more
HT and Kudos to Bluefish and Reformation 21 Blog: In 2006 InterVarsity Press will publish a book containing Four Views on the Atonement, edited by James Beilby and Paul Eddy (both of Bethel College in St. Paul). The contributors will be Greg Boyd (“Christus Victor” view), Bruce Reichenbach (“Therapeutic” view), Joel Green (all views are equally true), and Thomas Schreiner (“Penal Substitutionary” view). Professor Schreiner recently gave his paper at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. You can listen to it... Read more
In Reflections of the Times Carla has it dead right. There simply isn’t a more important issue facing the church today than the atonement. It is absolutely critical that more of us examine this matter more fully and become clear about what we believe that bible says and why we believe that. Go and read her post and all those she links to right now! Read more
I may not be there, but I can read the blogs and so can you! There has been a whole lot of blog posts already. I found many many posts by searching Google Blogsearch for “GodBlogCon”. You can follow along there too if like me you are geographically challenged and thus prevented from attending. The blogging about godblogcon can also be followed using an RSS feeder with the following XML feed (now how cool is that!) Anyway I havent linked... Read more
Another good freind who I have been nagging for ages to have a blog has now launched James The Disciple. Will he make it to his second post I ask myself? Read more
FOXNews.com:: “WASHINGTON When Johann Gutenberg’s printing press began churning out Bibles in the 15th century, the new technology helped usher in a new era of religion in Europe. Nearly 600 years later, some think that increasingly popular Web logs the Internet’s version of personal journals, pamphleteering and issue forums all wrapped in one combined with traditional religious beliefs could once again take people on a new, uncharted course.” Read more
Theopedia is an explicitly Christian encyclopedia with 854 articles. It is an impressive feat already, but one of the strengths of this format is that you the reader can make it even better. So whether you want to find out what Penal Substitution is or whether you want to contribute your own writing to a growingly useful resource, why not follow the link and take a look around! Read more
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