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ETS 2015
The Evangelical Theological Society’s annual meeting is different for everyone, as we attend different sessions and meet or miss (sorry, Jim!) different people. Here are a few highlights for me. On Tuesday I attended Ligon Duncan’s session on “Recent Aspects of the Complementarian-Egalitarian Discussion.” Ligon noted that our present cultural moment has changed the dynamics…
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sportainment
Did you feel joy, or merely relief, when your team won this weekend? (Cleveland fans, you are excused). If you were mostly relieved, you have forgotten that sports are supposed to be fun, and you probably have an idol. I know there are more dangerous issues in our world—the refugee crisis, ISIS, Donald Trump—but that’s…
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Thy Kingdom Come
Our seminary is hosting a one day conference on the new creation on October 7. Doug Moo will supply a biblical foundation, Neal Plantinga will deliver an inspiring sermon, John Duff and Martin Spence will give historical context, I will expound on the theological implications, and we’ll close the day with a Getty’s concert in…
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Boom Goes Barth
As I was preparing for this semester’s Karl Barth seminar I came across this poignant story. One morning after his sermon Barth was greeted at the door by a man who said, “Professor Barth, thank you for your sermon. I’m an astronomer, you know, and as far as I am concerned, the whole of Christianity…
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videos and study guide
Becoming Worldly Saints was published last Tuesday, and this Tuesday we are releasing free videos and Bible lessons for an eight week small group study. If you enjoy the book and think the content is worth passing on, these videos and study questions will lead your group into the Scriptures and some provocative conversations. I…
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in the middle
The January 26 issue of Time magazine contains an interesting article, “A Change of Heart: Inside the Evangelical War Over Gay Marriage” (p. 44-48). The essay often cites Russell Moore for the conservative side, including this gem. It’s still early, but this just might be the quote of the year. When asked whether evangelical views…
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is this anything?
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an unusual 9/11 devotional
I saw this illustration in Neal Plantinga’s latest (and typically stellar) book, Reading for Preaching, p. 32, and thought it would make a good start for a devotional for Our Daily Journey. I’d like to turn it in tomorrow, so if you see something, say something. Thanks! Seth MacFarlane is the precocious creator of an…
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hey
I didn’t intend to take the summer off from blogging, it just sort of happened. I was busy with new sermon preps, building a third stall on my garage that I didn’t really need but had fun doing and thought it might help my boys learn what it means to be a man (we build…
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Abraham Ham
I did not see the debate last night between Ken Ham and The Science Guy, but I did see many posts on Twitter and Facebook and read the USA Today story in this morning’s paper. Many Christians rightly point out that Ham wrongly thinks the only orthodox way to read Genesis 1 is the way…
Mike Wittmer 