Monthly Archives: March 2012

Links and Notes from March 30

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

The Bible and Science Tim Keller white paper on science and creation from biologos. Also CT news piece on biologos conference in NYC. Perceptions of Calvinism Rachel Held Evans got corrected in her quick and dirty lumping of Calvinists with … Continue reading →

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Links and notes for March 29

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

Michael Gershon on tolerancehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/catholics-contraceptives-and-john-locke/2012/03/15/gIQAb477ES_story.html for community values And the joiners http://www.patrolmag.com/2012/03/22/jonathan-d-fitzgerald/my-generation-is-quitting-church-and-im-considering-membership-or-why-im-not-a-none/http://www.patrolmag.com/2012/03/22/jonathan-d-fitzgerald/my-generation-is-quitting-church-and-im-considering-membership-or-why-im-not-a-none/

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Links and Notes for March 28

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

Interesting NY Times piece about an RC rethinking his tradition. Seems a pretty pro-forma narrative the likes of which circulate today. I should add, however, that if you place it side by side with another RC narrative, like Santorum’s narrative, … Continue reading →

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Links and Notes from March 27

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

Blog piece in Out of Ur by Skye Jethani about how Christian political alignment with the religious right is hurting the church.  Couple of other pieces linked in the article. One from Foriegn Affairs about why mixing religion and politics is … Continue reading →

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Links and Notes from March 26

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Calvin-in-common got me reading reviews of Elaine Pagel’s recent book on Revelation. One of the best and most interesting ones from Adam Gopnik in the New Yorker. That led me to a very interesting piece on Stephen Batchelor on contemporary … Continue reading →

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Links and Notes from March 25

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

Terrific article in the NY Times on how relationships shape the brain. A place holder for a lot of thinking about “your first self is a reflected self” and idolatry. Also, in a fun FB conversation was introduced to Possibilianism. … Continue reading →

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Links and Notes from March 23 2012

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

Tim Keller is doing a series on http://Biologos.org . In part three he makes this important point. A plausibility structure is a ‘given’ supported by enormous social pressure. The writings of the new atheists here are important to observe because their … Continue reading →

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Links and Notes from March 22

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

I wrote a piece for the CRC Classis Blog about uniting the body of Christ and beginning at Classis.  Also a terrific piece by Peter Enns on the Adam/Evolution debate.  Also a piece on toxic churches that grind up pastors. 

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Notes on Tim Keller’s Sermon “Into Jerusalem”

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

I like to, when I get a chance, to do outlines of some of Tim Keller’s sermons. It helps me track good illustrations, language and points that he makes. This was preached on March 18, 2012 and can be found … Continue reading →

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How to evaluate the health of a church?

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

This grew out of a Voices discussion on “turn around” churches. Part of the difficulty in church work is figuring out how to evaluate what is going on? Churches are complex communities and it is easy to be reductive in … Continue reading →

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