Another take on Immigration: Canada

Last updated on: November 15, 2010 at 6:44 pm By Scot McKnight

From NYTimes, where we learn that Canada is looking for immigrants. What says Canada? Demanding “our fair share,” Manitobans did something hard to imagine in American politics, where concern over illegal immigrants dominates public debate and states seek more power to keep them out. In Canada, which has little illegal immigration, Manitoba won new power to bring foreigners in, handpicking ethnic and occupational groups judged most likely to stay. This experiment in designer immigration has made Winnipeg a hub of parka-clad... Read more

So there is no NeoReformed/New Calvinist movement

Last updated on: November 16, 2010 at 7:58 am By Scot McKnight

David Kinnaman, at Barna, has a new study on the so-called New Calvinists or NeoReformed movement, a term I may well have invented to describe what I perceive to be the rise of Calvinists. David says Nope, not happening. This is no movement. Not even among Southern Baptists? Nope. David told me the numbers are 30% now and they were 30% ten years ago. What say you? Also this: Why have we seen major media cover New Calvinism if there... Read more

A Gospel-Shaped Theology

Last updated on: November 16, 2010 at 5:32 am By Scot McKnight

Pick up your standard textbook-ish systematic theology and you are most likely to get an exhaustive study of a one topic after another. The order of those topics matters immensely, and it just so happens that many theologians write theologies that are shaped by salvation (soteriology). Thus, the God, Man/Sin, Christ, Salvation, Spirit and Eschatology, often prefaced with Scripture, is essentially an ordering of topics through the doctrine of salvation. Dig a bit further and you will learn in many... Read more

Facebook the new Borg

Last updated on: November 15, 2010 at 7:17 pm By Scot McKnight

What’s going on here? Can someone explain how this will work? San Francisco, California (CNN) — Facebook wants to be your inbox for every kind of message. The world’s largest social networking company is providing each of its 500 million users with an @facebook.com e-mail address as part of a revamped messaging system that integrates with various types of communications. Read more

Seattle’s Best (Pig)

Last updated on: November 15, 2010 at 3:39 pm By Scot McKnight

Yep, this is a special mutation of the pig family that now abounds in Seattle. They go barefoot here in the Midwest. What do you think this little pig is thinking? Read more

Choosing Celibacy

Last updated on: November 15, 2010 at 6:43 am By Scot McKnight

Often enough it is the story of someone we know or love that creates empathy and a new perspective. A student comes into my office who tells me her brother is gay; her father is an evangelical pastor. She’s now in the role of mediator between father and son. She told me she was against homosexuality until her brother came out. She told me she knows her brother is a Christian. She told me she knows what the Bible says.... Read more

Secularizing Kingdom

Last updated on: November 15, 2010 at 6:38 am By Scot McKnight

The word “secular” and the word “kingdom” should not be brought together. The paradox of what I’m hearing is that “kingdom” is being overwhelmed by the word “secular.” Example: last Thursday in my Introduction to the Bible class I discussed what “kingdom” means in the teachings of Jesus. I sketched a few ideas that I will mention below, but I want to get to the discussion I had afterwards with one of our students. She told me she admired her... Read more

Secession Talk (Texas)

Last updated on: November 14, 2010 at 5:19 pm By Scot McKnight

Did you see this? (CNN) – Texas Gov. Rick Perry isn’t ruling out the possibility his state may one day secede from the nation. Speaking to an energetic and angry tea party crowd in Austin Wednesday evening, the Lone Star State governor suggested secession may happen in the future should the federal government not change its fiscal polices. “There’s a lot of different scenarios,” Perry said. “We’ve got a great union. There’s absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if... Read more

WaPo’s Suggestion for Obama

Last updated on: November 13, 2010 at 10:04 pm By Scot McKnight

WaPo’s article by Douglas Schoen and Patrick Caddell suggest the President should declare soon that he won’t run for 2012 Presidency and go for the high road of principles in the next two years… It is clear that the president is still trying to reach a resolution in his own mind as to what he should do and how he should do it. This is a critical moment for the country. From the faltering economy to the burdensome deficit to... Read more

New Commentaries in Abundance

Last updated on: November 14, 2010 at 1:29 pm By Scot McKnight

This is the time of the year when publishers bring out new commentaries, and I mentioned one yesterday. Why is this the time? The annual academic meetings are this week and next week so the publishers get their Fall line-up of books ready to market them to professors. It is also the time when new books seem to fly across my desk. I attempt to keep the readers of this blog aware of some of the best books that are... Read more

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