Monthly Archives: August 2010

Self-sufficiency in church work and church planting

Posted on August 30, 2010 by

This is an area that I’ve wrestled with for a long time with populations far poorer (in one sense) than any we find in North America. My definition of “self-sustaining” is rather nuanced for this reason. The difficulty I tend … Continue reading →

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Archiving my Twitter Feed in Buzz

Posted on August 30, 2010 by

Twitter doesn’t promise to backup and keep accessible or searchable your tweets. You should know that about twitter. The library of congress is doing it, but not twitter. That limits the value of twitter for an archivist which is my … Continue reading →

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Life of the age to come

Posted on August 18, 2010 by

Just some more work on my gospel vocabulary. Here’s another way to think about it belief, consequence, judgment and the life of the age to come. What Jesus does when he proclaims that the kingdom-of-heaven/earth/eternal-life/being-in-Christ is at hand, is that … Continue reading →

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Homosexuals who profess Christ

Posted on August 18, 2010 by

I thought JR Kirk had a good piece on his blog. I entitled it “final thoughts” but I doubt this will be the last time he writes on it. I like his blog and find it helpful. Here is the … Continue reading →

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Douthat and response on gay marriage debate

Posted on August 17, 2010 by

Some interesting discussion prompted by Ross Douthat on the gay marriage debate followed by the Patrol blog. Here’s a comment I made there I like to talk about “universal” marriage being a custom held in diverse cultures and times that … Continue reading →

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“greater-than”, “less-than” and “equal-to” in doctrinal ascent

Posted on August 16, 2010 by

When it came to predestination Calvin was dogged and got the support of his city Council after they read his institutes. He broke longstanding relationships because the others no longer held to the view exactly as Calvin did. In mathematics … Continue reading →

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Words and Consequence

Posted on August 16, 2010 by

Now that the vacations are done it’s back to the Tuesday night Men’s group and I’ve got a biography of John Calvin to finish reading. I’m up to Bolsec’s attacking Calvin on the subject of the doctrine of predestination. Bolsec … Continue reading →

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On God’s Freedom and Ours

Posted on August 13, 2010 by

A key element of the arminian/reformed conflict revolves around the idea of freedom. One of the things I think we are seeing today is our beginning to understand the complexity of freedom, in particular the limitations of our own freedom. … Continue reading →

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The American Political Left’s ambiguous relationship with Pacifism

Posted on August 13, 2010 by

http://www.cpjustice.org/files/lovingourenemies.pdf From the Center for Public Justice. When I read this I thought of this group (Calvinincommon.org). When I listen to the American political left I hear a deep ambiguity about the use of violence. On one hand I hear … Continue reading →

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More network/family, less warehouse/dispensary

Posted on August 12, 2010 by

At our last cluster meeting before the summer break it was my turn to present and so I facilitated a discussion in our cluster about what they want from CRHM and the denomination. What would be helpful? What would the … Continue reading →

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