Monthly Archives: May 2012

Links and Notes from May 31 2012

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

Scholarship as a way of life by James KA Smith. The value a bookish life brings to the world. Rich and Poor, Poverty and Affluence, a series written by Glenn Sunshine. Tim Stafford on Miracles in Mozambique from CT

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Links and Notes from May 27 2012

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Two articles by Paul Miller, the editor from The Verge who has taken a year sabbatical from the Internet as a tech reporter. Offline: Peeking  Even with things that really do matter, much of what I find on the internet … Continue reading →

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Links and Notes from May 25 2012

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

Why Americans are becoming more pro-life Fake trailer with Bill Murray walking slowly.  Facebook removes photos of a baby. Tim Keller writes a rather long piece on “The Gospel and Sex” It’s a pretty good compilation of a lot of … Continue reading →

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Aldonza, the Bride of Christ

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

Pt. 2 of My Case for a Holy Hypocrisy I’ve grown to love the musical Man of La Mancha. The movie version is torturous, you just need to know the story once and then get a copy of the soundtrack. … Continue reading →

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My John Suk Fantasy

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

Pt. 1 of My Case for a Holy Hypocrisy This month John Suk announced his intention of resigning from the CRC, my denomination. John was a former editor of The Banner, the official CRC magazine. The announcement really didn’t take … Continue reading →

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Strong Culture/ Weak Culture and Suspicion

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

Douthat’s Chapter 5 Heresy Douthat’s “Bad Religion” has gotten mixed reviews. The book complains about the loss of cultural power of the orthodoxies of the mid 20th century represented by Reinhold Niebuhr, Billy Graham, MLK Jr. and the Roman Catholic … Continue reading →

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How the Resurrection Must Transform My Bucket List

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

The Bucket List I’m 48 years old, 49 in a couple of months. Among many in my church I’m still young. Among many in the church plants around me I’m old. Some have commented that I’ve been in a mid-life … Continue reading →

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Tim Keller’s Gospel

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

Pt. 6 of The Postmodern Logic Behind Emergent Calvinism Homosexuality as Justice Litmus Test This video of Tim Keller handling the question of homosexuality nicely illustrates both our postmodern context and how Tim Keller’s theological adjustment of Reformed theology differs … Continue reading →

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Sex and Gender labels

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

Thought of this last week but only wrote it down after reading Pete VanderBeek’s post on Voices about the two transexual, transgender friends across the street from where he’s living. His reflection was that they have very complicated lives indeed. … Continue reading →

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The Epigenetics of Emergent Calvinism

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

Pt. 5 of The Postmodern Logic Behind Emergent Calvinism Making My Calvinism More Emergent As I worked on the intended “Epigenetics” post last night I had to face the question of how much stuff I’m reporting of is Tim Keller’s … Continue reading →

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