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I started receiving Christianity Today (CT) this past October. There was a free trial offer and I thought it might be a good idea to swim in that evangelical world for a bit. For me, the most helpful thing about the magazine is that it gives a window into Evangelical America. I mean, where [...]

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Lesson #1: If you connect in Newark, take a sleeping bag. When I found out my flight from Raleigh/Durham would be delayed an hour, I asked the nice woman at the Continental counter what I should do about my connection in Newark that evening. She said, There’s still a good chance that you might make [...]

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Justin over at ressourcement started up a new blog on Henri de Lubac. And he graciously offered to post one of my papers on de Lubac on his new site. If you don’t know de Lubac, you should. He’s one of the theological greats of the 20th century. I imagine a hightened North American, protestant [...]

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After three wonderful years with my girlfriend Katie, I finally asked her to marry me! And, thank God, she said Yes. So, things are looking up. I mean, I am pretty much a loser without her—I would probably spend my life blogging if she wasn’t around to show me that it’s a perfect day for [...]

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I’ve been thinking about capital punishment for the past few days since my state is scheduled to execute Tookie Williams on Tuesday, barring clemency being granted by Arnold. This article in First Things is one of the best pieces I’ve read on the subject in a while (hat tip: Hugo).

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Can you tell it’s exam time with all these papers being posted? This is my last paper for the Science & Theology class, and perhaps the most controversial. I grew up a Creationist, transitioned happily (because I had intellectual misgivings about Creation Science) to Intelligent Design in college, and now find myself relatively [...]

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In an earlier post I talked about our great loss when we think we have “mastered the game,” when we think we know all there is to know from a passage from Scripture. I said, “the text opens up the more we play, the more we jump in… It offers perpetual satisfaction, always more [...]

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