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Either way, we’re screwed.
Been thinking again. You’d better duck. Unconditional love is striking for a number of reasons (not the least of which is its divine origin, for I am convinced that the selfish human heart is incapable of truly loving apart from an infusion of Grace, common or otherwise). But this particular aspect of “agape” (unconditional) love…
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let’s poke it again (Problem of Evil)
To continue a point I was working on a few days ago: 1. God is good. 2. God is all-powerful 3. Evil exists. Every religion must wrestle with “the problem of evil.:” Trying to affirm more than two of these truths at any one time shoves a person into logical impossibility. For Christians, knowing the…
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poking the Problem of Evil
Just some thoughts I’m thinking… ***** I think Christians gloss over the “problem of evil” far too quickly. Consider these typical quick answers to the very difficult question of why an omnipotent, loving God allows evil in His world: We wouldn’t understand God’s goodness if it weren’t for evil. Bull-hockey. If God needs evil around…
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McLaren: The Final Word. (Maybe)
Just finished Brian McLaren’s A Generous Orthodoxy. We kicked off this conversational review here, and then dropped in for a quick update a couple days ago. You might want to read those first. After finishing his initial exposition chapters, I expected to skim the bulk of McLaren’s Generous Orthodoxy, but I found his later chapters to be…
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thinking about The Table
Awhile back Coart and I were acquainted with a guy who studied at the Reformed Episcopal seminary in Texas. He was an interesting fellow, brimming with ideas about music, art, theology, philosophy which shook the little pillars of my worldview. I haven’t heard from him in quite a while; we need to track him down.…
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