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…thought, he can know future contingents in a necessary and timeless mode). Sorry…I’m getting kind of academic again, aren’t I Marcia (she probably quit reading when I got into the future contingency stuff — LOL). Anyway, the work REALLY excites me because it serves up a softball I think I…

…history COULD have unfolded without this vast bloodshed, don’t you as a believer HAVE to introduce a demonic influence at some point to explain why it DIDN’T unfold this way?” His response was truly astounding. He chided me for not being explicit about what I was getting at in my…

Hope you all had a nice fourth of July! God bless America — and all other countries!! To be honest, I have a little bit of trouble really getting into this particular holiday. Should I as a Kingdom person celebrate one “Christian” nation violently rsing up against a ruling “Christian”…

…it was supposed to be little, but it’s up to almost 300 pages, and it’s getting less little by the minute). I’ve got two more chapters to go (out of 14) and it’s due in 3 days. But Zondervan graciously gave me a one month extension — which is STILL…

…a lot of the dialogue from laughing so hard the first time through. Gone Baby Gone: ** A smart thriller with a super surprising twist. This is a brutal movie that is extremely hard to watch, especially since it involves a little girl getting kidnapped. But it raises, in a…

…always. He drums with drum sticks, spoons, pens, markers, straws, tooth brushes… anything. And the little dude is getting good! How many 19-month-old kids do you know that can do a “long roll” (where you bounce each stick twice eat time you hit)? 3) Well, ladies and gentlemen, the rock-n-roll…

…someone suggested that the Product (RED) Campaign would be more authentically Kingdom if people were encouraged to simply sacrifice for those in need, without getting clothing or other merchandise out of the deal. Okay, let me explain. Of course it would be much more Christ-like if people sacrificially gave money…

…war in which you have been enlightened to fight” (51). In this light, Eller says, these warriors “were doing the very best they knew how in getting their lives hallowed in accordance with Yahweh’s will” (52) They were trying to play out their warrior instinct the right way, by fighting…

…a warrior reveals that God is not above getting involved in sinful human activity — even activity as sinful as war. As much as God hates war, he is willing to use it for his own purposes. God’s involvement in war reveals his remarkable willingness to accommodate and utilize human…

My ritual for “getting into the Christmas spirit” each year is to watch Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol (my favorite since childhood), Charlie Brown’s Christmas and the original Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer. Usually these hokey childhood shows work like a charm. This year, not so much. Anyone else out there struggling…

…people. In a nutshell, I made the case that Mennonites are at a defining moment in their history. All over the world groups of people are getting the vision of the beautiful, peaceable, service-oriented, community based, non-nationalistic, Jesus-looking Kingdom that Mennonites and other Anabaptists have treasured for the last 500…

…am committed to getting back into blogging. (In fact, I’m getting ready to announce a bunch of very cool changes coming to Christus Victor Ministries.) But right now, I’d just like to announce that: My band, “Not Dead Yet” (NDY) will be playing at the Dugout in Mahtomedi THIS FRIDAY…