Monthly Archives: December 2009

projecting their projection

Posted on December 31, 2009 by

Christmas break is a good time to catch up on my reading, and I just skimmed an older book by Paul Vitz, Faith of the Fatherless: The Psychology of Atheism (1999).  Vitz’s book is a response to Feuerbach and Freud’s … Continue reading →

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half nelson

Posted on December 23, 2009 by

I originally thought that I liked Ben Nelson and his principled stand against using our taxes to fund abortions.  But now I’m just outraged that his price for signing the health care bill was exempting his state of Nebraska from … Continue reading →

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newsworthy

Posted on December 21, 2009 by

60 Minutes ran an informative piece last night on the patriarch of the Orthodox Church in Istanbul.  The gist of the segment explained how Muslim Turkey is attempting to eliminate the 1700 year old church there.  It includes some stunning … Continue reading →

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the Jesus-driven life

Posted on December 18, 2009 by

The lesson that I relearned from reading Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics II/1 and IV/1 this semester is that we need to start with Jesus, because if we don’t then he might not fit. A few weeks ago Rick Warren was … Continue reading →

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homosexual practice and temple prostitution

Posted on December 17, 2009 by

First Things published this satirical-with-a-point response from one Lutheran group to their cousins in the ELCA who recently voted to accept actively gay clergy and gay marriage.  My thanks to Matthew Westerholm for bringing this to my attention.

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the new perspective and Barth

Posted on December 14, 2009 by

Last week my Barth class read the Church Dogmatics, IV/1, p. 621-26, where Barth makes a few comments which seem relevant to the controversy surrounding the new perspective on Paul. 1. Barth agrees with the NPP that Paul used the … Continue reading →

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good sex

Posted on December 8, 2009 by

Piles of grading have prevented me from blogging this week, but I did manage to finish this racy devotional for Our Daily Journey. It seems particularly appropriate given the winter storm that is burying us. If you’re single and snowed … Continue reading →

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the end of innocence

Posted on December 2, 2009 by

Meredith Baxter played the mother on the television show, Family Ties, and today on Today she announced that, after three marriages and five children, she had decided that she would try being a lesbian. There goes what’s left of my … Continue reading →

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