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Evangelical Theologizing: Russell Moore on Christian Patriarchy

I recently returned from the general convention of the Evangelical Theological Society, and while I did not attend many papers, I had an extraordinarily enjoyable time. Here is an explication

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Tough Words to "Average" Christians from a Brilliant Lady

In a recent post by Dr. Fred Sanders at Middlebrow, he examines Dorothy Sayers' project to get the Christian message out. She sure didn't spare words for

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Ted Haggard: Bad Fruit Out of a Bad Tree

“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit. 34 You brood of

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"What's the Mind Got to Do with It?": Love, Reason, and Emotion in Jonathan Edwards

Holy affections are not heat without light; but evermore arise from some information of the understanding, or some spiritual instruction that the mind receives, some light or actual knowledge. From

Keith E. BuhlerTheology and Practice

a response to Andrew's post on "divine light"

"Jonathan Edwards argues in his sermon A Divine and Supernatural Light that God will, from time to time, provide a child of His with a flash of insight and

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The Lamp of the Body

One unfortunate result of the West's Christian heritage is that those passages of Scripture that the entire culture can claim as part of its intellectual and moral heritage,

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Identity and Religious Pluralism: A Reply to an Email

I recently received the following email from a friend. I thought I would post my reply here. Read it below the fold. Do you think that Muslims and Christians worship

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A Brief Return to Transcendence

I've been mostly busy working on other projects this week, so I haven't done much blogging, but I wanted to point out this comment from Jim:

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Rationalizing the Transcendent

The discussion on the rationality of a transcendent being continues unabated over at PseudoPolymath. Mark and Jim continue to wrangle over whether it is possible or necessary to determine whether

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Papal Politicking

John Schroeder likes the Pope because of this article. I'll raise John this speech, wherein Pope Benedict explores the relationship between faith, reason, and the "dialogues of

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Meaning and Intention

My brother's recent puzzle spawned this response and subsequent discussion. The discussion continued that weekend for me--I spent a three hour car ride working through the issues

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Is the Christian Faith Simple?

Yes and No, states Dr. Fred Sanders on Middlebrow. Once theologians (scholarly or layman) get going on the questions of the atonement, incarnation, or the Trinity, the discussion gets deeply