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The Love of God

From Elizabeth Barrett Browning's The Seraphim: Ador: Weep? Weep blood,All women, all men!He sweated it, He,For your pale womanhoodAnd base manhood. AgreeThat these water-tears,

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A New Step Towards A Palestinian Dream

A little late on my new attempt to post every weekend, but this news was worth waiting for. It's all over the internet and conventional news sources. The

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Can Justice allow for substitution?

Question: In what way is substitutionary atonement and sacrifice just? Problem: Generally, when justice is demanded, it not merely that a payment be made, but that a particular person make the payment. For example, when a woman is found raped […]

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The Hideous Trap of Existence

Existence is an unqualified good; it is good in and of itself. Or so goes the story and intuition of many people. After all, what is the alternative? Non-existence. And how could anyone say that not-existing is better than existing? […]

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Trent, Reformation, and the Spirit of Our Age

With all the news coverage of the passing of Pope John Paul II and now the election of Pope Benedict XVI, I have begun to hear more people abuzz with

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(Inevitably) The Center for Naturalism strikes me as laughable

Thanks to William Dembski's link, I began reading through the official website for the Center for Naturalism and found myself laughing hysterically. It really couldn't be

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Moral Relativism and the Air Force

One week ago I returned from a six week training school in Montgomery, AL. The program, Air and Space Basic Course (ASBC), is the first step in Air Force mandated

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Belated, but nevertheless HNY!

I like New Year's celebrations. Despite some opinions to the contrary, I really am not so cynical as to not get some enjoyment out of the holiday. In

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Mohammed and Pop Culture

After meeting with Matt in Seattle and being mildly reprimanded for not having contributed anything to Mere Orthodoxy but only revelling in the enjoyment of reading the opinions of others, I have decided to try my hand at blogging. (It […]