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Christianity As an Abstraction Misses the Resurrection – Peter Rollins in Monday’s Weekly Video

One must participate in the Insurrection in order to participate in the Resurrection, so asserts Peter Rollins. Since the publication of How [Not] to Speak of God by Peter Rollins through Paraclete Press, I have found Rollins’ critiques of Western forms of Christianity helpful when thinking about transformation.

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Clippings No. 3

Clippings from around the Interwebs.

The Bible

Scot McKnight hopes the SBC will reverse its recent resolution against the NIV. He writes,

I’ve been using the NIV 2011 and I really like it and I endorse it enthusiastically. It’s now my preaching Bible. I cannot think of a

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Friday Photo – “Vote for Me!” – Cohen Alan

On his First Birthday Whistle Stop Tour the balloons were out and his constituency was on hand. Rallying the crowds with smiles, laughter, and the reception of his first kickbacks (read, gifts), Cohen had those on hand hanging on his every expression.

What fun we had Tuesday evening. After … Continue reading

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Friendship Nine Years Later – Happy Birthday Spencer Burke

Stanley Hauerwas remarked in Character and the Christian Life,  a quote I read in Kallenberg’s Ethics as Grammar,

I have always tried to write in a way that defies summary. If a work can be summarized it is not a genuine exercise in understanding since the point can

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What’s Up With Patty?

You never know what may cause your pain. Two weeks ago Patty had gone home for lunch. She sometimes works in a 20-minute “power nap” before heading back to work as a Dental Assistant.

Lying on the couch she felt some discomfort in her left jaw. Patty returned to … Continue reading

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