Christian Unity

J. Joseph PorterOctober 16, 2009

In his final prayer before his arrest, Jesus prayed for all believers - "that all of them may be one, Father, just as You are in me and I am in You" (John 17:...

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Not The Way It’s Supposed To Be

Nick NowalkOctober 15, 2009

I relish dynamic, insightful quotes that awaken me from my spiritual slumber and shock me out of the idolatrous lethargy I so often inhabit.  Lately, I've b...

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The Nature of Prayer

Anne BoemlerOctober 14, 2009

Life would be so much simpler were it not for the Bible. There are, of course, the obvious difficulties that Scripture gives us—all that about loving God and lo...

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Galatians on Israel and the Church

Nick NowalkOctober 13, 2009

For the previous post in this series, click here. *Before I move into Galatians, a quick additional point to my previous post on the Gospels that I forgot ...

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True Repentance

Jade LuoOctober 12, 2009

Is regretting our sins and crying out for forgiveness true repentance? I used to think that a dinnertime prayer of “Dear Lord, I’m sorry. Please forgive me,...

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Free Will, Foreknowledge, and the Epistemic Tool Belt of God

J. Joseph PorterOctober 9, 2009

This summer, I thought a lot about the problem of foreknowledge and free will. If God knows what we're going to do beforehand - as certainly seems to be the...

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Sabbath and Vacation

Anne BoemlerOctober 7, 2009

From what I’ve heard, this week has been a hard one for almost everyone. Midterms are starting; the necessity of finding a J-term program is looming; the first ...

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The Gospels on Israel and the Church

Nick NowalkOctober 6, 2009

For the first two parts in this series, see here and here. Today I aim to briskly scan the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament for what light the...

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He that Cometh IV: Prophet

Samir PaulOctober 5, 2009

The notion of the messiah as a prophet is similarly criticized, but there is strong evidence in Jewish scripture that the Prophet was a role the Messiah wou...

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On “Seeking God in Science”

J. Joseph PorterOctober 2, 2009

"ejection of the supernatural should not be a part of scientific methodology.... cientists should be free to pursue hypotheses as they see fit, without bein...

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