I am absolutely thrilled with Sen. Obama’s speech last night. Finally, he defines the terms, is clear, memorable, and tough (all those things, I think, work politically). If Sen. Obama wins this thing, I think it is safe to say the road to his victory truly began last night. In the news today, however, is [...]

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Recently, I have found myself pouring over Matthew 19:3-12 in reference to Jesus’ interesting discussion of the eunuchs which is often taken as a commentary on celibacy. I recently stumbled across a post that the evangelical NT scholar Ben Witherington wrote in reference to Rob Bell’s most recent cross-country book tour. Witherington criticizes(scroll down to [...]

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This is a very interesting and smart article over at the NY Times. I guess the Chinese are going to continue a tradition of trying to verify if one is a ‘male’ or ‘female.’
Unfortunately, another terrible event. I wonder if the ‘brilliant’ Ramin Setoodeh will write another perspicuous article re: this terror. [...]

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There are 20(!) posts separating this post on the Credo and the last post reflecting on the final words of the first article. It’s fitting, I think, that we are reflecting on theme of creation in the midst of a political season. If the general election tells us anything about the world it’s this: [...]

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In this episode of Queer Messages - the Podcast, we chat about the meaning of the term evangelical. We also talk about our views of the bible, Jesus, revelation and culture, conversion, and sanctification, etc.
A few citations:
Phillip R. Thorne, Evangelicalism and Karl Barth: His reception and influence in North American Evangelical Theology (Allison Park, PA: [...]

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