Thursday, October 13, 2011

The Tree of Life - The Most Intellectually and Artistically Satisfying Film of the 21st Century

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I was blown away by Terence Malick's "The Tree of Life." I'm sure I'll watch it again. Parts of it were hard to look a...

Love Always Protects

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στέγω , v \{steg'-o} 1) deck, thatch, to cover 1a) to protect or keep by covering, to preserve 2) to cover over with silence 2a) ...

A Daily Helping of "Peanuts"

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Part of my daily routine includes reading "Peanuts," the cartoon strip by the late, brilliant, angst-driven, student-of-humanity...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Peter van Inwagen On the Problem of Free Will

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One of the issues I continue to read and study about is the argument from evil, and the related "problem of free will." In these s...
Monday, October 10, 2011

Watch a Modern Bible Translation Committee Discuss the Word "Doulos"

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It's fun to watch a modern day translation committee as it revises the latest edition of the English Standard Version of the Bible. Le...

Is Mormonism a Cult?

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Here's a very good and interesting article by Richard Mouw - "My Take: This Evangelical Says Mormonism Isn't a Cult." Mo...
Sunday, October 09, 2011

Billy Graham on Growing Old

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Ruth & Billy Graham Billy Graham is one of my heroes. He is 92, and has dictated a new book, Nearing Home: Life, Faith, and Finishin...
Saturday, October 08, 2011

Neuroscientific Totalitarianism & Brain-Overclaims

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Some neuroscientists are saying that "evil" does not exist. See " The End of Evil?" by Ron Rosenbaum. People still co...

Tree on 19th Street in Rockford

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I walked for about six miles today in Rockford, Illinois, through the neighborhoods I grew up and went to school in. A woman on 19th Street...
Friday, October 07, 2011

Back To the Neighborhood I Grew Up In

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Linda, Josh and I are in Illinois tonight. We're here for my niece Joanna's wedding. The rehearsal is tomorrow, the wedding is Sunda...