More from Knut Tveitereid in Oslo: I love it when Bible expositors mine riches out of a text by attending to the details of the language. Knut discussed the importance of the four “all’s” in the Great Commission: And Jesus came and said to them,
More from Knut Tveitereid in Oslo: I love it when Bible expositors mine riches out of a text by attending to the details of the language. Knut discussed the importance of the four “all’s” in the Great Commission: And Jesus came and said to them,
Who among us does not read consumer reviews before buying an online product? Or eating out at a new restaurant? Or choosing a service provider? These seem to me to be a valuable dimension of the online marketplace, and they have become very important to
Vice-president Joe Biden announced that he would not run for president. This pretty much assures that the Democratic nominee will be Hillary Clinton. (more…)
The other speaker at the Inner Mission youth ministry conference in Oslo, in addition to me, was Knut Tveitereid, who teaches at the NLA University College, a Christian and Lutheran university in Norway. He spoke about the different approaches to discipleship and what it means
The Westboro Baptist Church, known for its “God hates gays” demonstrations and military funeral disruptions, is now picketing Kim Davis, the county clerk who refuses to issue same-sex marriage licenses. Why? According to the church, gay marriage is God’s punishment. We must accept that punishment.
The United States is flirting with dynastic politics in choosing between another Bush and another Clinton. Now Canada has gone ahead and chosen the son of Pierre Trudeau, prime minister in the 1970s and 1980s, to be their new prime minister. Justin Trudeau and his
Jim Webb, whom many conservatives considered the star of the Democratic debate, announced that he will no longer seek the Democratic presidential nomination. He held out the possibility, though, that he might run as an Independent. (more…)
We were on our own for several days in Copenhagen, so on Sunday we attended a service of the Church of Denmark. Gabriel had invited us to a congregation in fellowship with the LCMS, but the service was at 4:30 p.m., and we had to
In a discussion of Playboy Magazine’s new policy of not publishing nude pictures, Mollie Hemingway and colleague Rich Cromwell talk about the magazine’s political liberalism. She refers to a book that argues that the seemingly opposite ideologies have libertarianism and socialism have come together in
The Democratic presidential candidates are raising much more money than the Republican candidates. (more…)