David Opderbeck is the smartest kid in the room on any blog he frequents, including this one. He’s got a post up dealing with what I think is the single biggest flaw in Love Wins — and, David says, in Francis Chan’s polemic against Love Wins — which I haven’t read, and don’t plan to. David writes: “God can do ANYTHING he wants.” So say Preston Sprinkle and Francis Chan in their book “Erasing Hell.” It’s fair to say that... Read more
Dr. Bob Mounce, president emeritus of Whitworth College, emailed me this video last week. It’s about his own marriage. I watch it and wonder, why should same sex couples not be able to end their life experiencing the love that Bob is giving his wife? Read more
Yesterday, yet another news conference with yet another lawsuit accusing yet another Catholic clergyman of abusing yet more children. Jeff Anderson, the attorney from Minnesota who represents many victims, announced on behalf of his client “Terry,” that he would be suing the Diocese of St. Cloud for abuse that occurred decades ago. Calling in the press conference by telephone, Terry told reporters how the abuse changed him. Anyone who is not yet horrified by the costs of this systemic... Read more
No, I didn’t write a post with that title. But if I had, it would have gotten HUGE traffic. However, here are my biggest posts of the year: Most Pageviews: What’s Up with Rob Bell? Homoerotic Churches There Are Two Marriages Most Comments: (more…) Read more
In the Wall Street Journal, Sarah Pulliam Bailey reports on a Bible study in California that was fined for breaking a city ordinance against gathering more than three persons in a private home: What counts as a church? Chuck and Stephanie Fromm recently found out. After hosting several periodic Bible studies for up to 50 people in their home in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., the Fromms were fined $300 for violating a city ordinance that prohibits groups of three or... Read more
Here in Minnesota, the Department of Health recently reported that in 2010, we had the lowest number of abortions since they started keeping track [PDF report]. It’s a drop of 19% in just four years, and almost half of the high in 1980. That caused the last hospital in the Twin Cities that offers abortion to stop providing them: Regions Hospital in St. Paul said Friday that it will stop performing elective abortions after Dec. 9, when it closes its... Read more
Interesting, based on my post Friday, that the StarTribune on Sunday had an article by Rose French on a group of renegade Roman Catholic priests who just happen to be women: Dressed in a priestly white robe and green stole, Monique Venne lifted communion bread before an altar — defying centuries of Catholic Church law. Despite promises of excommunication from the Vatican, she and six other women in Minnesota say they are legitimate, ordained Catholic priests, fit to celebrate... Read more
“The hair of the chin showed him to be a man.” -Saint Clement of Alexandria (c.195) I’ve been growing my beard since August and, while I doubt that anyone in my family will be giving me a book on beards or any beard care essentials for Christmas, I do think that it’s about time to shape my beard. Above, you can see a picture of the beard in its current state. I’d like your help in deciding how to shape... Read more
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The StarTribune ran a fascinating OpEd this week on what happened when A Charlie Brown Christmas first aired: Schulz said he would write the screenplay. He had never written one before. Then he declared that there would be no laugh track, something unheard of in the day. Then he included a scene in which Linus read from the Gospel of Luke. Melendez argued against it: “You can’t have the Bible on television.” Schulz countered: “If we don’t do it, who... Read more
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