Monthly Archives: January 2012

Giving our communal ancestors seats at the table

Wrote this for CalvininCommon.org in a discussion about Bishop Spong’s complaint about the church looking back to the 1st century all the time. I’m working on my Acts 11 sermon while Bont’s Spong comments rumble around in the background of … Continue reading

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Bertrand Russell’s Free Man’s Religion Quotations

Tim Keller used this in his sermon “Save in the Plan”. I found it to be a quote used by others. I’ll include the full paragraph. Such, in outline, but even more purposeless, more void of meaning, is the world … Continue reading

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Thoughts for a New Year

I’ve long quietly grumbled about the new year marker, vestigial paganism. It is good, however, to stop to ponder this journey that I walk often too mindlessly. I’ve been around the sun 48 times now, seems like not many, but … Continue reading

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