She shares more secrets: both of joy and pain,
with turtles than with them.
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All in Art
For the last 2 1/2 years, I've kept a Spotify playlist of songs I have literally listened to 100 times in a row.
So today I have Blake and Matthew with me to discuss the Canadian 80s pop-synth rebirth.
“But is it [Christian belief] true? And here we pass beyond the competence of philosophy." - Alvin Plantinga
Sam’s love for the church will become contagious. The book beautifully written. Read it. Share it. Discuss it
Counseling One Another provides little beyond a recap of the gospel and certainly nothing like inter-personal discipleship in sanctification.
Approachable and enlightening, Bedeviled will charm any Inkling fan, and perhaps make fans of those less familiar.
We are all emperors of dust.
Landscapers of circuitous paths.
Thinkers of recycled thoughts.
This is a book both theological satisfying and artistically stunning. The Garden, The Curtain, and the Cross has become my favorite "biblical theology" for my children.
It is a small window in the world of Barth and little more. But a precocious and sportive look it remains.
I cannot list all the times I had to highlight misrepresentation. For interested Lutherans, Jordan Cooper's The Great Divide is infinitely more faithful in its depiction of the Reformed Tradition.
Neder clearly state that Barth does not affirm the “deification” present in Orthodox and Lutheran expositions. But neither does Barth disregard their questions and concerns as Reformed theology is inclined to do.
The plot thickens, exactly the way broth would if you poured a bit of cement into it. Unpleasant characters like Queen Morgause are introduced. Battles are fought. Blood is spilt.
Same-Sex Attraction and the Church: The Surprising Plausibility of the Celibate Life is a must read for all Christians
Their Rock Is Not Like Our Rock is a tour-de-force of Reformed theology towards other religions. It is subversive to shallow evangelical thought and willing to address the critical analysis of more pluralistic theologians.
Although some may find this "re-invention" of a Biblical story into verse with pictures slightly off-putting, I encourage an open mind.