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An interesting person is gaining popularity at the moment. His name is Todd Bentley. A Google or YouTube search (which I’ve not had time to do) should provide very ‘interesting’ material. Apparently, 25 (or so) people have been ‘raised from the dead’… A few thoughts: If this stuff is really happening, then for Bentley’s sake (not to mention God’s) get . . . → Read More: investigating modern miracles  20 comments - (Comments are closed)  christianity, general  belief, conflict, current event, death, debate, discernment, faith, general, healing, Holy Spirit, miracles, religion, spiritual gifts, truth The US of A just spent $168 billion… (or 152, depending on sources) Might wanna read that again… What did they spend it on? Shopping… that’s right, shopping… This makes me want to release a torrent of various expletives… Each tax-paying American recently received hundreds of dollars to –yes– go shopping. The ridiculous rhetoric used for this was that of . . . → Read More: why the “economic stimulus” is a load of bull… 6 comments - (Comments are closed) ethics, politics advertising, consumerism, culture, current event, death, debate, derek webb, dignity, discernment, ethics, evil, humanity, life, morals, peace, politics, poverty This just in… * * * The Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship & The New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists present a debate between Atheist Historian *Bill Cooke* and Christian Philosopher *William Lane Craig.* Adjudicated by *John Bishop*, head of Philosophy Department, Auckland University. *Moot: Is God a Delusion?* . . . → Read More: Craig-Cooke debate 12 comments - (Comments are closed) christianity, philosophy, science atheism, christianity, creation, culture, current event, debate, discernment, faith, god, jesus, life, philosophy, religion, spirituality, theism, theology, truth I’ve posted before on this topic, and thought I’d share a bit more about it. Hopefully, these thoughts will be helpful in aiding fruitful discussion… I’ve observed a distinction between 3 things that I feel are necessary to distinguish between in order to most helpfully discuss the topic of sexuality. Actually, these three things can, I suggest, be distinguished helpfully . . . → Read More: sexual identity – again… 38 comments - (Comments are closed) christianity, ethics belief, conflict, culture, current event, debate, discernment, emotions, ethics, humanity, identity, imagination, life, morals, relationships, sexuality This question (‘Is anything significant?’) can be fleshed out a bit… We could ask, “Is everything equally in-significant?”, or we could ask, “Is everything equally highly-significant?” What makes something (an event or object [which can quite rightly be said to be 'events' in themselves]) significant, and another thing not so? . . . → Read More: is anything significant? 11 comments - (Comments are closed) philosophy, science astronomy, atheism, belief, chance, creation, debate, discernment, general, intelligent design, life, order, philosophy, random, relationships, science, significance, truth I mean… really… Don’t get me wrong… the internet is great… but the by-line for this online ‘friend’ site… ‘be who you wanna be’… scares me. Online Identity… yikes. I hope humanity doesn’t forget… how to have a simple meal together… sharing food… sharing time… sharing conversation… sharing LIFE with each other. That would be very sad… . . . → Read More: i heart the internet… 8 comments - (Comments are closed) ethics, general, technology, www change, community, culture, death, dignity, discernment, evil, family, fellowship, humanity, identity, imagination, intimacy, life, love, relationships Consolmagno has done it again… Yet another poignant and wise article, helpfully navigating the intersection of faith and science… Here’s a sampler: …there’s the world of nature, the world I study as a scientist, nice and neat and well described by some beautiful equations, elegant in their simplicity. And there’s the world of human beings, strange fleshy bundles of ego . . . → Read More: a gentler universe? 17 comments - (Comments are closed) christianity, philosophy, science, theology, www atheism, belief, change, conflict, creation, current event, death, debate, discernment, evil, faith, general, god, humanity, imagination, life, religion, science, suffering, theism, theodicy, theology, truth For some reason, I respect people the most when they obviously are very smart, but are ever-concious that they don’t know everything. Matter of fact, it seems that the more you know, the more you become aware of all the things you don’t know. 2 comments - (Comments are closed) christianity, philosophy belief, culture, debate, discernment, faith, humanity, humility, identity, interpretation, learning, life, philosophy, science, theology, truth, wisdom Bart Ehrman and N.T. Wright have agreed to ‘blog’ through the issue of Suffering and God over at Beliefnet. You can follow their discussion here. Bart Ehrman (author of ‘Misquoting Jesus‘, ‘God’s Problem‘ and other titles) and Tom Wright (author of ‘Evil and the Justice of God‘, ‘Suprised by Hope‘ and other titles) are both recognised scholars. Ehrman is currently . . . → Read More: Ehrman and Wright ‘blogalogue’ 8 comments - (Comments are closed) bible, christianity, philosophy, theology atheism, belief, christianity, creation, current event, death, debate, discernment, evil, faith, general, god, hope, humanity, interpretation, justice, life, N.T. Wright, philosophy, religion, suffering, theism, theology “In a free society, there has to be a happy medium between burqas and boobs on bikes.” Tapu Misa has just written another great article discussing popular culture, advertising, sex and all that… Have a read of it here. She’s in touch with both research and public opinion, and wonderfully expresses her own convictions without losing touch with those who . . . → Read More: sex: taboo or tapu? 4 comments - (Comments are closed) christianity, ethics, www advertising, community, culture, debate, dignity, discernment, ethics, family, humanity, imagination, life, love, morals, relationships, sexuality, Tapu Misa |
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