Saturday, March 12, 2011

The Uniqueness (and Foolishness) of "Christ Crucified

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(Especially for my Redeemer church family.) In this Sunday's sermon (3/13/11) I'll preach out of 1 Corinthians 1:10-25. Here Paul...

Vitz's Psychology of Atheism (Theory of the Defective Father)

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Borders, in Ann Arbor Paul Vitz, Prof. Emeritus of Psychology at NYU, presents his "defective father" thesis re. atheism here, ...

An Obituary Unlike Any I've Ever Read

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My parents moved from Hancock, Michigan to Rockford, Illinois when I was just one year old. I grew up in Rockford. We attended Tabor Luthera...
Friday, March 11, 2011

"Furious Love" Q&A

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Suzanne Wisler of the Monroe Evening News just sent me a list of questions re. our Furious Love Event (April 6-9, in Monroe, at Redeemer). ...

Furious Love Event Schedule

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Thursday, March 10, 2011

The Popularity of Nakedness

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A year ago I read The Naked Gospel  because a number of my Jesus-friends were reading it. Then I purchased The Naked Anabaptist  and read i...

Exegeting Rob Bell

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As a little kid Rob Bell attended University Baptist Church in East Lansing, Michigan. UBC is adjacent to Michigan State University. Linda a...
Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Is God a Moral Monster?: #5

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Lake Michigan I’m looking at Ch. 9 of Paul Copan’s Is God a Moral Monster? entitled “Barbarisms, Crude Laws, and Other Imaginary Crimes....

Interest in Philosophy and Religious Studies is Growing

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Philosophy, religion, & coffee! In my MCCC philosophy classes I find that many students want an opportunity to discuss the "big ...

"Pentecostal" Defined

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James K.A. Smith, in Thinking in Tongues , defines "pentecostal" this way. "By 'pentecostal' I mean to refer not to a...