What do fundamentalists and atheists have in common? Fundamentalists sometimes quote the Bible and say, “God said it, I believe it, that settles it.” Atheists assume this attitude is taught in the Bible itself. Both groups assume the Bible is an authority to be accepted by blind faith whether it makes sense or [...]
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No deep theology today. Our family just got back from an annual vacation trip at the Current River in Missouri. (Pictures courtesy of www.mo.gov.) The group totaled about 37 family and friends.
Apart from a couple of bad sunburns, everyone survived the trip in good shape.
Our grandson enjoyed slapping the water and the [...]
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The biggest threat to marriage is the failure of marriage. While the divorce rate increases, the marriage rate is decreasing. Many young people are avoiding marriage completely, or delaying it indefinitely. Maybe they are disillusioned by the failure of their parents’ marriages, or maybe they regard it as irrelevant. A friend in campus ministry said [...]
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Our good friends Alex and Margaret have three sons in the army. Eventually all three will have served in Iraq. We live near Fort Riley and know many military families. I have soldiers and their spouses in my classes. I have good working relations with two chaplains. Recently I [...]
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It turns out it’s pretty hard to pinpoint the origin of the phrase, “ecclesia reformata et semper reformanda.” It evidently surfaced some time in the 16th century. The phrase means that the church, even after having gone through the Reformation, is still always in need of being reformed.
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