Monthly Archives: May 2007

Hard Times for the Gospel

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Darrell Pursiful

Michael Spencer hits this one out of the park: The Gospel isn’t a ball of playdough waiting to be shaped into whatever happens to be of interest to me. It doesn’t serve political parties. It doesn’t sell books. It doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Morton Kelsey's Ecumenical Appeal

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Darrell Pursiful

Jeff Pinyan asks a pertinent question as the theme for this month’s Christian Reconciliation Carnival: Have you read articles, essays, or books by a Christian of a denomination other than yours — and found yourself agreeing with much of what … Continue reading →

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Since I Need All the Jesus I Can Get

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Darrell Pursiful

There are a couple of blog series that have recently caught my attention. First, Mark D. Roberts is writing about the mission of Jesus within the context of a larger series on the Mission of God and the Missional Church. … Continue reading →

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Infuriating Phrases

Posted on May 26, 2007 by Darrell Pursiful

Oh, how I wish this book were available in the States! (Perhaps one of my faithful Canadian readers will have pity on a poor, poor editor…) Speaking plainly really isn’t all that hard. For the most part, all you have … Continue reading →

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The View from the Village: Honor and Shame

Posted on May 24, 2007 by Darrell Pursiful

The pivotal focus of the cultures of biblical peoples and their neighbors was honor and shame. This focus is not absent from twenty-first-century American culture (as I’ll suggest below), but it is not at the top of the pecking order. … Continue reading →

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International Year of Languages

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Darrell Pursiful

The UN has declared 2008 to be the International Year of Languages. Heidi Harley of Language Log takes a look at the goals this declaration intends to achieve: promoting multilingualism and protecting endangered languages. As a long-time language fan, I … Continue reading →

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Make Love, Not Sausage!

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Darrell Pursiful

The Arabic word jihad comes from a root that has nothing to do with war. Then again, the English word war comes from a root that has nothing to do with war. Check out Mark Liberman at Language Log: “The … Continue reading →

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Tuesdays with Mary: Scot McKnight

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Darrell Pursiful

Go check out Scot McKnight’s interview with iMonk on the topic of Evangelicals and Marian dogmas. Scot has an entire blog category on the Virgin Mary and lots of interesting things to say. The first question to Scot raises the … Continue reading →

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Come, Holy Spirit

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Darrell Pursiful

I have sleep apnea. When I go to bed, I wear an apparatus that helps me to breathe normally. Without it, I would stop breathing many times during the night and my body would wake me up just enough to … Continue reading →

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The Appeal of Rome

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Darrell Pursiful

Gene Edward Veith has some observations about evangelicals converting to Roman Catholicism. Among them these two, which seem contradictory and yet may well both be true: (3) A major attraction of Roman Catholicism is the desire to belong to a … Continue reading →

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