Monthly Archives: March 2010

Twitter Updates for 2010-03-31

Posted on March 31, 2010 by

Antarctica Weather Condition 1 video, fun http://bit.ly/c1Xoz6 # Reality check on web privacy: http://spokeo.com Check your own name, not entirely accurate yet a bit spooky # RT @craigadams49: Sex in the City of Corinth: It gets complicated | ξἐνος: http://shar.es/mrvcv … Continue reading →

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The golden rule doesn't go far enough

Posted on March 31, 2010 by

This is also from CRC-Voices and follows up in the discussion on posting http://leadingchurch.com/wordpress/?p=908 The golden rule is a good rule. It predates Jesus’ articulation of it and it is found in other religious traditions as well. It really doesn’t … Continue reading →

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What's behind the fashionable use of the word "bigot"

Posted on March 30, 2010 by

This is a response to a CRC-Voices discussion So if you own a person on the basis of color you’re a bigot, but if you own them on the basis of debt you’re not? The use of the word “bigot” … Continue reading →

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Twitter Updates for 2010-03-30

Posted on March 30, 2010 by

Barna group reports on how generations engage differently with charismatic and Pentecostal manifestations http://bit.ly/cinlua # John Piper leave of absence press release http://bit.ly/9l7Who # RT @fakedriscoll: The measure of a good sermon is how bad the congregation feels when you're … Continue reading →

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Twitter Updates for 2010-03-29

Posted on March 29, 2010 by

more on big religion from my TC piece http://bit.ly/c8oVDX # yahoo: another article on resurgent Calvinism http://bit.ly/alHxzG # RT @CSLewisDaily: The New Testament does not envisage solitary religion: regular assembly for worship is everywhere in the epistles-CSLewis # Powered by … Continue reading →

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More on Big Religion

Posted on March 28, 2010 by

I wrestled a lot with the term “big” but I’ll stick by it. “true” usually gets people into “correct”, Yhwh vs. Baal or Buddha and stuff like that and that isn’t where I wanted to go. The idolatry of religion … Continue reading →

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Twitter Updates for 2010-03-27

Posted on March 27, 2010 by

RT @thinkchristian New TC column: "Palm Sunday and Jesus’ attack on 'Big Religion'" by @PaulVanderKlay http://cot.ag/c9BlCz # Powered by Twitter Tools

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Twitter Updates for 2010-03-26

Posted on March 26, 2010 by

Bavinck on the church universal and particular, and our confession universal and particular http://bit.ly/avMeqc # RT @thinkchristian: New Column: "Last week Gordon fell out of a tree." ~by @PaulVanderKlay http://cot.ag/a837qu # RT @TimBlackmon: Nobody ever gossips about other people's secret … Continue reading →

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Contemporary Freedom and Identity

Posted on March 25, 2010 by

This is from a video from http://publicchristianity.org/Videos/ethics_and_the_good_life.html of David Bentley Hart commenting on why he things modernity has struggled with being able to sustain a unified, compelling ethic without a metaphysical base. I thought how he phrased the two perspectives … Continue reading →

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Twitter Updates for 2010-03-24

Posted on March 24, 2010 by

Salon: "The History of White People" http://bit.ly/btsKpE # Powered by Twitter Tools

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