Blog Archive
for November, 2010
Of Demoniacs and Graphic Novels
— Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 —
Holy Christian Hedonism Batman! Check out this great new resource from Desiring God Ministries.
Christian comic books leave me queasy, having been scarred as a child by things like this and this. And what child of the 1970s and 1980s growing up in [...]
Keep Reading...A Different Kind of Watergate Testimony
— Monday, November 29th, 2010 —
My mother says that I played in the floor of our living room while the Watergate hearings played out on our television. That must have been the first time I ever heard the name “Chuck Colson.” Several years later, I found in our little Woolmarket Baptist Church library, a copy of his book Born [...]
Keep Reading...Why I’m Ungrateful
— Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010 —
“If I hear the word ‘Daddy’ again, I’m going to scream!”
I heard myself saying those words. And, in my defense, it was loud around here. I was trying to work on something, and all I could hear were feet pounding down the stairs with four boys competing with one another to tell me one [...]
Keep Reading...This Year’s Christian Ethics Final Exam
— Friday, November 19th, 2010 —
Every year my Christian ethics class ends the year with a final examination that amounts to answering a hypothetical question. The point is not to get to any particular answer but to see how they get there. Do they have the tools to think through ethical decisions with wisdom and discernment? Below is this [...]
Keep Reading...Southern Seminary at the Evangelical Theological Society
— Friday, November 12th, 2010 —
The 62nd annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society will take place on November 17-19, 2010, in Atlanta, Georgia. The program schedule has been announced, and we have a good number of our faculty and students who will be presenting papers at this year’s meeting. These include:
—Gregg Allison (Professor of Christian Theology), “Theological Interpretation of Scripture: [...]
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