I have officially plunged into the world of e-commerce. My wife and I purged our book collection we somehow picked up and no longer want. The result was a three hour listing session on Half.com. We’ve saved our good books, of course, so there’s not much to choose from, but take a look and if [...]
Archive for July, 2005
July 29, 2005
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The possibility of non-empirical ways of knowing
By Keith E. Buhler in Epistemology, PhilosophyThe contemporary scholarly climate is, I hear, one of scientism and naturalism. Thinking peoples do not currently believe that there is any way to know anything but by means of touching, tasting, hearing, smelling, or seeing. Scientists are the only arbiters of truth. I would like to propose a simple challenge to this view. If [...]
July 29, 2005
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silence
By Keith E. Buhler in Life in generalWhether or not being able to sit still in silence is a “spiritual discipline,” I do not know. I have learned by experience, that it is probably one of the most valuable abilities I have spent time practicing, with the deepest and most far-ranging side-effects. Do you have an “internal dialogue”? If so, have you [...]
July 19, 2005
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Back to Work…
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Life in general, News, People and Relationships, Theology, UncategorizedDr. John Mark Reynolds has posted the homily from our wedding on his blog–I was planning to also make it the first post for me as well. In essence, Dr. Reynolds said for our wedding exactly what I had been thinking (yes, that does sound presumptious!) when I chose the readings. On the eve of [...]
July 19, 2005
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Spiritual Disciplines – Part 2
By Andrew Selby in The Soul, Theology, UncategorizedMy wife, Malea, is an excellent writer and thinker. She has spent much time contemplating and practicing the disciplines and here is what she thinks about them: Spiritual Disciplines: Described and Explained Spiritual Disciplines aid us in becoming more like Christ and less ruled by our flesh. In other words, it is a way to [...]
July 16, 2005
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Evangelicals Desperately Need to Practice Spiritual Disciplines: an Exhortation from Romans
By Andrew Selby in Evangelicalism, Theology, Theology (Bible)Last week I attended a summer class put on by a fairly typical Southern California church on spiritual disciplines. I thought it was cool that they even cared about spiritual disciplines – a subject grossly neglected by most evangelicals. For this reason, I was excited to go to the class, thinking I may have found [...]
July 15, 2005
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Friends of London Bomber Share Eerie Quotes
By Andrew Selby in Outside Articles of Interest, QuotationsA Foxnews.com article contains an interview with friends of Shahzad Tanweer, a 22-year-old Leeds man suspected of participating in the suicide bombings in London. The interview contains some pretty creepy quotes from this man’s friends. For instance, one friend, explaining the motivation for Tanweer’s actions said, “He was a Muslim and he had to fight [...]
July 12, 2005
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U2′s Bono Speaks Out for Jesus
By Andrew Selby in Outside Articles of Interest, QuotationsIn a forthcoming book, Bono has some very outspoken things to say about Christ and his relationship with Him. You can read an excerpt of the interview here. Here is a choice passage: Assayas: The son of God who takes away the sins of the world. I wish I could believe in that. Bono: But [...]
July 12, 2005
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Under Review: Listening to the Spirit in the Text
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Reviews (Books), Theology, Theology (Bible), Theology (Church)(Note: I’m republishing this review as I am currently in St. Louis. Normal blogging returns Sunday). On a recent foray into our library, I picked up Gordon Fee’s Listening to the Spirit in the Text. A treasure trove of previously published (or delivered) essays by Fee, Listening is an excellent introduction to the role of [...]
July 11, 2005
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Is Aid to Africa Effective?
By Andrew Selby in Economics, Outside Articles of InterestThe German magazine Spiegel ran an article recently attacking the notion that aid to Africa is as effective as commonly conceived. The article argues that aid to third-world African countries fosters an unhealthy dependency and has been proven to be ineffective. One major problem is that aid is delivered to governments who have almost no [...]
July 10, 2005
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St. John Chrysostom on Romans
By Andrew Selby in Quotations, Theology, Theology (Church)Lately I’ve been reading St. John Chrysostom’s homilies on St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans. A striking feature of Chrysostom’s writings (Chrysostom means “golden mouth” in the Greek for etymologists out there!) is how evangelical they sound! Yes, I mean evangelical as in the kind of church many of us Americans attended today. The way [...]
July 7, 2005
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London blasts – Will Brits Fight Back?
By Andrew Selby in Outside Articles of InterestOur thoughts and prayers are with Londoners, Brits, and especially those with friends or family injured or killed by the bombing this morning. I can only imagine how frightening such an experience would be. Two helpful news links I found were on the London Times. The first is a graphic of where the blasts hit [...]
July 3, 2005
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No More “Public Servants”?
By Andrew Selby in America, PoliticsOn this Fourth of July weekend our great nation remembers those who fought for independence and established our venerable republic. The men who did this did, indeed, have some economic incentive, i.e. no taxation without representation and therefore lower taxes. However, they were public servants. A public servant is one who willingly serves his or [...]