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Freedom in the Subatomic World
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Tags: Free Will, Michio Kaku, Open Theism, Quantum Physics
Eustace the Dragon at Woodland Hills Tonight!
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Tags: Eustace the Dragon, Woodland Hills Church
Sorry about the last minute notice, but if you’re in the Twin Cities you should join us tonight for a coffee house concert with Eustace the Dragon at Woodland Hills. They’re playing from 7-9. Coffee…
Lighten Up: Secret Mission
Category: General, Lighten Up
Tags: Coffee With Jesus, Humor, Lighten Up
Cartoon from RadioFreeBabylon.com
A Lenten Meditation on Jesus in the Desert
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Tags: Fasting, Jesus in the Desert, Lent
http://youtu.be/P-6a25Yo2wE Beautiful.
Love in Unexpected Places
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Tags: Iran, Israel, Israel loves Iran, Peacemaking, Ronny Edry
Here’s a letter we received from a reader pointing us to this TED talk: Hi, My Name is Austin. I’ve been a podrishoner at Woodland Hills Church for the past 3 years and frequently visit…
Uncrossed
Category: General
Tags: David R. Henson, Jesus, Mark Driscoll, Picture of God, Religious Idolatry, Violence
Did any of you catch SNL this weekend? They did a parody of Tarantino’s DJango Unchained called DJesus Uncrossed. Many were deeply offended by the depiction of Jesus in this, but David R. Henson blogged…
The Dehumanizing Effects of Gender Roles
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Tags: Fully Human, Gender Roles, Legalism, Rachel Held Evans
Daniel DeCristo via Compfight Rachel Held Evans posted this really wonderful blog about the absurd legalism of gender roles. She not only calls out the legalism of these roles, but also the ways that we become…
Lighten Up: Sin
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Tags: Confession, Humor, Lighten Up, Sin
Might as well confess.
Do You Need to Starve a Little?
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Tags: Ash Wednesday, Fasting, Idolatry, Jesus, Kurt Willems, Lent
Sarah (Rosenau) Korf via Compfight Here’s a challenging reflection on Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent by Kurt Willems. He notes that Lent is a season where we choose to starve ourselves of our…
On Suffering and God’s Goodness
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Tags: God's Character, Kingdom, Suffering, Theodicy
Hani Amir via Compfight Seth Haines wrote a guest post on Tanya Marlow’s blog called The Overcoming Kingdom. He reflects on his young son’s illness and the questions it provoked in him, and the hope he…
Loving God With All Of Your Mind
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Tags: Bible, David D. Flowers, Doubt, Greg Boyd, Honesty, Humility
Rebecca-Lee via Compfight David D. Flowers posted this essay on loving God with your mind that reflects our stance on intellectual integrity as we approach Scripture. It even features a video clip of Greg talking…
Lighten Up: The Devil Messin’ With Ya
Category: General, Lighten Up
Tags: Coffee With Jesus, Hell, Humor, Lighten Up, Satan
Leaving Westboro Baptist: Damsel, Arise
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Tags: Doubt, Grace, Growth, Megan Phelps-Roper, Westboro Baptist
Burstein! via Compfight A reader pointed us to this fascinating article about the defection of Megan Phelps-Roper from the notorious Westboro Baptist Church (Thanks Rocky). She’s the granddaughter of the founder and preacher Fred Phelps….
Swords into Plowshares
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Tags: Non-Violence, Peace, Peacemaking, Swords into Plowshares, War
Eneas De Troya via Compfight Kelley Nikondeha over at SheLoves wrote a penetrating essay on the work of peace and the prophet’s dreams of replacing the work of war into the work of feeding people. Peace…
The Evangelical Mind
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Tags: Doubt, Peter Enns, The Mind, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, Theology, Wisdom
Peter via Compfight As a follow-up to Rachel Held Evans’ thoughts yesterday on the Scandal of the Evangelical Heart, we thought we would post this reflection by Peter Enns about the Deeper Scandal of the…
The Evangelical Heart
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Tags: Empathy, Evangelism, Rachel Held Evans, Theodicy, Theology
qthomasbower via Compfight Rachel Held Evans posted recently about The Scandal of the Evangelical Heart. Citing a comment by John Piper (“It’s right for God to slaughter women and children anytime he pleases. God gives life and…
Lighten Up: When he thinks no one will see it…
Category: General, Lighten Up
Tags: Greg Boyd, Humor, Lighten Up, ReKnew
I guess Greg’s editor doesn’t follow his instructions very well. :) Greg is a great theologian and apologist but he’s not the most brilliant when it comes to technology.
Violence: What Did Jesus Do?
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Tags: Cruciform Theology, Jesus, Non-Violence, Suffering, The Way of the Cross, Upside-Down Kingdom
Thomas Quine via Compfight Here’s a spot-on reflection on what Jesus taught us about responding to violence. Whatever you think about the justification of violence in particular situations, as Christians we simply cannot escape the fact…
Henry’s Mom: Did God Author This?
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Tags: Calvinism, Determinism, Henry, Jess in Process, Jessica Kelley, Love, Open Theism, Problem of Evil, Warfare Worldview
Many of you were touched last month when we featured some reflections on little Henry’s death. Well, Henry’s mother Jess has started a blog to process through some of her thoughts and we wanted to…