Jan 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
The quote of the day (on Calvinism) from David Bentley Hart:"Frankly, any understanding of divine sovereignty so unsubtle that it requires the theologian to assert (as Calvin did) that God foreordained the fall of humanity so that his glory might be...
Jan 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Battle Hymn of the Republic **After reading this letter please "forward" it to your family and friends who you think might be interested. If you are a veteran of the military please respond and let me know when and where you served.**...
Jan 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
Submitted by Lo Yuk Fai on Mon, 2010-10-25 01:37 They turn the needy from the pathway,and the poor of the land hide themselves together.Like wild donkeys in the desertthey go out to their labor,seeking diligently for food;the wasteland provides food for...
Jan 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
New York Times / www.nytimes.com / January 4, 2011http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/books/04tolstoy.html?_r=1&ref=global-homeFor Tolstoy and Russia, Still No Happy EndingBy Ellen Barry and Sophia KishkovskyMoscow — A couple of months ago one of...
Jan 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Toxic Texts: Finding Good News in the Old Testament Many stumble over difficult texts in the Old Testament, finding themselves confused and even repelled. How do we deal with Scriptures that portray God as angry, violent, or vindictive? How do we...
Nov 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
Simone Weil, speaking prophetically in the late 30's / early 40's What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war; petrol is much more likely than wheat to be a...
