Category: Theology
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proof of faith
Here’s another essay that comes with click-through videos, the latest in devotional technology. The videos are very sad but worth watching, if you haven’t seen them. read > Psalm 14:1-7 Only fools say in their hearts, “There is no God”….They eat up my people like bread and wouldn’t think of praying to the LORD (v. 1-4).…
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listen
I have been meaning to blog more on faith and science, but I have been stuck on other tasks first. In the meantime I heard about this illustration that seemed perfect for Our Daily Journey. I have embedded links to the video and the Washington Post article in case any of you may want to use…
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Scripture and science
The next big challenge for the Christian community appears to be how to integrate the recent claims of the human genome project, which published its findings in 2004. This month’s issue of Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith (published by the American Scientific Affiliation) is devoted to this question, and three of its four essays…
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hawking vs. God
Stephen Hawking has a new book called The Grand Design. An excerpt ran today in The Wall Street Journal under the title, “Why God Did Not Create the Universe.” Hawking concedes that our universe is finely tuned for our existence, but argues that the sheer number of universes makes it probable that life somewhere would…
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context
The cover of this week’s Time magazine is timely: “Is America Islamophobic?: What the anti-mosque uproar tells us about how the U.S. regards Muslims.” On p. 24, the cover story explains why some Americans wrongly believe that Islam supports violence: “Since most terrorist attacks are conducted by Muslims and in the name of their faith, Islam must…
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everything you knew about marriage is wrong
Al Mohler has posted an article on the Proposition 8 ruling that will make you want to move to Canada, except that they are even further down the road on this issue than we are. A couple of quotes from the judge’s ruling are simply astounding: “Religious beliefs that gay and lesbian relationships are sinful or…
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our modern sin
Koinonia asked me to comment on Anne Rice’s renouncement of her church, and I thought I might post it here in the hopes that my friends might catch any glaring problems before it goes up there! Anne Rice has left the church again. Raised in “an old fashioned, strict Roman Catholic” home, Anne left the church…
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is this offensive?
You know how certain verses you’ve read many times suddenly smack you upside the head? I just read this from Paul: “If anyone does not love the Lord–a curse be on him. Come, O Lord!” (1 Cor. 16:22). I suspect that many evangelical Christians would be embarrassed by such talk, and if you told them that…
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competition
This is a dangerous message that could easily be taken the wrong way, but I think that it may be useful–at least Paul seemed to think so (2 Cor. 8:8). Here is another trial balloon for Our Daily Journey. read > 2 Corinthians 8:1-15 I am testing how genuine your love is by comparing it…
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regret
I just returned home from a talk given by Miroslav Volf at Eerdmans’ bookstore—and I want to relay a story he shared. Volf said that once he was having dinner with his dissertation supervisor, Jurgen Moltmann. Moltmann is widely held to be the second greatest living theologian, next to Pannenberg (note that “greatest” does not…
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