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What are the implications of not embracing God as a good giver of limitations? Many of us recognize God’s sovereignty to limit our knowledge of certain things, but do we embrace it? And if we don’t embrace it, how does that work its way into our relationship with him?
One implication of not embracing God as [...]
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The new Superman movie releases this weekend, and the majority of the early reviews are positive. Newsweek and World ran glowing pieces on the movie, and a variety of other media less mainstream have also jumped on the bandwagon.
Personally, I’ve never been much of a Superman fan. I never bought the “disguise” of Clark Kent’s [...]
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Over the weekend, I heard this (click, scroll down to “Solomon Squad,” and click “Listen”) on NPR and was again reminded how desperate and confused parents can be trying to raise kids.
In the clip (about 11 minutes long), a father is consulting the Solomon Squad whether/how to confess to his son that he (the father) [...]
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After spending most of yesterday afternoon (and evening) celebrating the wedding of Clif and Corrin with my substitute wedding “date,” Tom, I went to church this morning (helpful message from Greg on “The Ministry of Presence”), and then watched the Cardinals get shellacked again by the American League (0-6 on this last road trip – [...]
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Three doctrines I feel the most limited in my understanding of are 1) the Trinity of God (that He is three in one); 2) the person of Christ (that he is both fully human and divine); 3) and the co-existence of God’s sovereignty and man’s choice (that he is sovereign over all of history and [...]
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In a lecture titled, “A Man Worth Knowing” at Hillsdale College (and reprinted in its excellent – and free – Imprimis newsletter), historian David McCullough tells this story about one of America’s most important founding fathers:
“On July 21, 1756, at the age of 20, John Adams wrote this memorable entry:
‘I am resolved to rise with [...]
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It’s been a long time coming (or so it has seemed) getting back into the blogosphere in earnest. For those who might be interested, I previously blogged on the TwentySomeone site for three years or so (August 2003-January 2006), as well as made a recent 2-3 week trial attempt at a MySpace account (the latter’s [...]
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