Archive for August, 2009

A Logical Problem

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Ok, I’m taking a class in symbolic logic this semester. It’s been an interesting class thus far, I’ve found out several interesting life truths, namely that if you throw out a little Latin in the first couple sessions, you get called on for answers a lot more. I’ve also learned that my natural inclination towards [...]

On Sin

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Sin is an interesting topic, but one that I haven’t really given much thought to over the past two years. I’d be ok with admitting it’s one of those subjects I give less thought to than I should, probably because the upbringing I came from put much more thought into it than they should. I [...]

Health and Care

Monday, August 17th, 2009

I’ve made several forays into the healthcare debate. I’ve twittered about it, I’ve made some facebook statements, I’ve read countless articles, listened to the thoughts of the other side (both when they are well spoken, and when they are Glenn Beck level freakouts). I’ve listened to talk radio (not advisable to those with high blood [...]

Religion as that which allows us to lose morality

Friday, August 14th, 2009

I had sat down a while ago to write a post about the possibility of morality without religion, but I ended up getting side tracked and the post was left unfinished and forgotten until my Google reader had this post waiting on me this morning from Religion Dispatches. The post, entitled “Imagine No Religion: Sustaining [...]

Questions for emergent friends in ministry

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Interestingly enough, I’m tempted to put in an application for an associate youth ministry job in the area. Two months ago I wouldn’t have given this a second thought and moved on with my life, but with some recent reinforcement from various people as to some various abilities that would be an asset in a [...]

What is Sin?

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

My friend Derek posed an interesting question for me last week. Either way, I have a three-fold question: (a.) what do you think Sin is? (b.) what does it mean to be a “sinner”? (c.) what does the Gospel offer as a solution to sin, and how does this solution play out on a day [...]

What Gospel is (to me)

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

The other day I asked: “What is Gospel?” We got a few different answers, so before we begin take a second to read through the thoughts others had in the first post. Anyways… Jesus was born of a virgin, died for our sins, and was raised again. Oh, and there was some teaching mixed throughout [...]

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