Let’s do what not all of the Town Hall meetings are not accomplishing. Let’s discuss with civility Obamacare, by which I mean President Obama’s very serious proposals for health care reform, and let’s discuss today this question: What are the problems Obamacare is addressing? How serious are they? How big are they? After the jump I list what I see as the major problems. What problems do you see? We should at least be able to discern what the concrete... Read more
We are in a conversation and discussion about John Walton’s (professor at Wheaton) new book, The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate. Each chp in Walton’s book is a “proposition” and today we look at Proposition 7: divine rest is in a temple. Question: What do you think of Walton’s theory that Sabbath is God’s assumption of his ruling function from then on? In a materialist ontology of Genesis 1, in other words, one concerned... Read more
President Obama’s Op-Ed piece on his heath care reforms. Here’s an excerpt: There are four main ways the reform we’re proposing will provide more stability and security to every American. First, if you don’t have health insurance, you will have a choice of high-quality, affordable coverage for yourself and your family — coverage that will stay with you whether you move, change your job or lose your job. Second, reform will finally bring skyrocketing health care costs under control, which... Read more
Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Read more
Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Read more
Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Read more
Just saw this… What’s the best crazy deal you’ve ever found? (You can read the rest of the article at the link, which generates another story: Ever seen that much integrity?) ROME — You had to be quick, but what a deal. A four-star hotel near Venice mistakenly offered the ultimate low-cost vacation — a romantic weekend in the Italian lagoon city for 1 euro cent. Not surprisingly, the Crowne Plaza in Quarto D’Altino, 15.5 miles (25 kilometers) from Venice,... Read more
Steve McCoy, pastor at Doxa Fellowship, is also a great photographer — and this one of summer lightning is amazing: This NYTimes article, which I missed when it came out, really helped me understand the pragmatics of Obamacare. (HT: K) LaVonne Neff’s letter to Congress. Jarrod McKenna, one of the Bonhoeffer Four in Australia. Brian McLaren asks evangelical Christians to demonstrate a more civil union and discourse. Tyler Wigg-Stevenson urges us to remember Hiroshima accurately. LL Barkat on the pastor... Read more
Beginning Monday we will begin a series on President Barack Obama’s health care proposals (Obamacare). We want to exhibit to the American public that a civil conversation can happen, that it can happen over serious issues, and that it can happen when folks disagree with one another. Please join us — Monday. What are the most pressing issues to discuss? Read more
We are in a conversation and discussion about John Walton’s (professor at Wheaton) new book, The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate. Proposition 6: Days 4 to 6 install functionaries. “… in most cases the functionaries simply carry out their own functions in the spheres delineated in the first three days (time, cosmic space, terrestrial space)” (63). How has this functional understanding of creation helped you understand Genesis 1? How has science taught us to... Read more
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