I’m not entirely Jewish, but my Twitter rabbi is. I was speaking with her on the phone about Shavuot, the Jewish Feast of Weeks that this year runs from May 14 to 16. What’s a Twitter rabbi and why do I have one? Well, a Twitter rabbi is exactly what… [more]
Theology & The Church
Seeing unseen things
Scientists are in the business of seeing unseen things. I’ve noticed that whenever I learn about the discovery of something that’s never been seen or known before, I feel a sense of epiphany and elation - an instinctive, illumining kind of joy. It makes me think that I’m made to… [more]
Loving your enemy (combatant)
They are phrases that will leave a mark on Western culture for many years to come: Enemy combatant. Public safety exceptions. Detainees. Guantanamo Bay. Even as debate took place in the United States about whether suspected Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be tried as a civilian or an enemy combatant,… [more]
The weakness of the Pentagon and the power of the cross
A recent discussion at the New York Times’ Room for Debate site asked this question: Is United States military training of foreign forces hopeless, even counterproductive, or can allies be effectively trained to deal with common foes? Sometimes this works, but in many cases - most notably Afghanistan and Iraq… [more]
Why Christians should be writing more comic books
“Creative impulse is at its first beginning connected with dissatisfaction with this world. It is an end of this world and in its original outburst, it desires the end of this world, it is the beginning of a different world. Creative activity is, therefore, eschatological." - Nicolas Berdyaev, The Beginning… [more]
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Jason E. Summers Much of the legitimate task of the military is not the wielding of weapons, but rather protection and preparedness (defensive measures achieved independent of threat-based deterrence).
The weakness of the Pentagon and the power of the cross
Jonathan Downie Unless we are going to go down the road of linguistic determinism (which would limit God as well as our understanding of God), it would seem somewhat naive to assume that we have trouble understanding some concepts simply because of grammar.
How grammar influences your faith
Esther Aspling I think evangelicals have a hypocrisy in how they expect, say, Catholics to re-look at their beliefs, but then we don't believe we need to search out why we do the things we do or believe the things we believe.
Why we shouldn’t be so quick to set sail with Rob Bell
paulvanderklay I think a more honest approach to all of them is to recognize that these texts create an interpretive framework from which these highly complex religious-cultural communities approach these matters.
Historical Adam: Wrestling with Romans 5
ggoodfellow What a great way for us to view nature, as a parallel revelation with the scriptures!
Historical Adam: Embracing the questions
Robert Joustra My suspicion might be in qualifying what exactly counts as a "natural" rhythm, and why some kinds of community are more authentic or natural than others.
Dominion by air conditioning?