Proverbs made Coherent

Nick NowalkDecember 6, 2010

In my experience, most Christians tend to read the book of Proverbs in fairly disconnected fashion.  Individual nuggets of wise advice are isolated not only fro...

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Praying and Giving Thanks

Anne BoemlerDecember 2, 2010

This week, my Bible study and I looked at thankfulness in the Bible. Looking at the prayers of faithful people in the Scriptures isn’t a bad way of teaching you...

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Humility Quiz

Jordan GandhiNovember 30, 2010

One of the hardest lessons I've had to learn from Christianity is humility. Humbly accepting when you're wrong. Humbly standing firm when you're right. Humbly l...

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Peter Enns, The Benefit of Doubt

Nick NowalkNovember 29, 2010

Peter Enns has written an essay on "The Benefit of Doubt" which is, I think, necessary for many to ponder: "There is a benefit of doubt. Let me put that more s...

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Like a G6

Anne BoemlerNovember 25, 2010

For Jordan Monge For some time now I have wanted to do a second theological analysis of a piece of popular music; the religious thought of Top 40 musicians i...

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Lo! He comes with clouds descending

Anne BoemlerNovember 18, 2010

It’s not quite Advent yet, but a friend of mine saw Christmas lights being put up the other day, so I suppose that it’s not entirely out of place for me to disc...

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I Take Issue With Part 2

Jordan GandhiNovember 16, 2010

To review, here’s the question posed in part I: C. Marshall: 
Many Christians invoke their direct experience of Christ as their primary reason for belief in th...

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Ecclesiastes to Woody Allen

Nick NowalkNovember 15, 2010

"Vanity of vanities--all is vanity!" cries Qoheleth (or "the preacher") in what is perhaps the most mysterious and eerily modern book in the Old Testament canon...

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John Sentamu on Restorative Justice

Anne BoemlerNovember 11, 2010

On Tuesday night I went to an amazing lecture by John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York. He had been invited to Harvard to give the Noble Lectures at Memorial Chu...

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Bonhoeffer, Jesus Christ and the Essence of Christianity

123November 11, 2010

Over the summer, I discovered Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s amazing work. I think he might be competing with Simone Weil as one of my favorite theologians. What I love ...

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