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February Biblical Studies Carnival

Slip on your best provolone and head on over to Cheese-Wearing Theology for this month’s Biblical Studies Carnival! Share this: Digg this postRecommend on FacebookBuzz it upTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postTell a friend

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January 2012 Biblical Studies Carnival

The most recent Biblical Studies Carnival is now posted at Dr. Jim’s Thinking Shop. I can’t quite decide if it’s silicon-based or something even weirder, but it is definitely not a Carnival as we know it. Share this: Digg this … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas!

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Christian Egalitarianism

Go read Ken Schenck for a succinct, Bible-affirming defense of gender equality in the church and the family. Share this: Digg this postRecommend on FacebookBuzz it upTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postTell a friend

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Basic Christian Decency 101

Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. (Acts 10:34-35) Just sayin’. Share this: Digg this … Continue reading

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Prepare to Be Discouraged

If you don’t want anything to upset your Christmas spirit (or your faith in humanity), please click away. A church’s decision to ban a couple from its congregation, simply because their skin color is different, has cut through the heart … Continue reading

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Right and Left and Wrong and Stuff

Imagine my surprise to find this rant in my feed reader this morning: No one to my knowledge has ever been kicked out of the Evangelical Theological Society for being too conservative, and frankly I don’t think anyone could get … Continue reading

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Gigantic November 2011 Biblical Studies Carnival

Did I say “gigantic”? It’s practically brobdingnagian!  Go see for yourself at Remnant of Giants. Share this: Digg this postRecommend on FacebookBuzz it upTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postTell a friend

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On the Observance of Christmas

The Church does not superstitiously observe days, merely as days, but as memorials of important facts. Christmas might be kept as well upon one day of the year as another; but there should be a stated day for commemorating the … Continue reading

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The Sermon that Might Have Been

Touching (and heartbreaking) story from Chaplain Mike: At the very beginning of the pastor’s message, these thoughts came to me. If what I just described had been the sermon, in my view it would have faithfully represented a plain and … Continue reading

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