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Consider airplanes. They are simple structures, with a certain minimalist elegance. They are necessarily aerodynamic, with the happy result that their sleek horizontal lines appeal to the eye of any aesthete. The binding logic of motion and force dictate most of their structure, including the delicately nuanced perpendicular of the wings sprouting from the body.
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Click here for a comic book explanation of icons.
It was originally published as a chapter in Dr. Doctrine's Christian Comix, issue 2 (InterVarsity Press, 1998). This was a way-ahead-of-its-time set of comic books that took on serious theological topics in a cartoon format. It was so far ahead of its time that the citizens of earth-present did not purchase many copies, ...
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The William Wilberforce movie is coming out, and I hear it's pretty good. Here's hoping the movie is at least good enough to get William Wilberforce back in the public eye.
Wilberforce is justly famous as a man of action, and his legislative victories in the cause of justice are the thing we should never forget about him. If he had just done the things he did in the briti...
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This morning I stopped at Starbucks to get a cup of “survival juice.” I had a class to teach, and I need the pick-me-up. If you have ever purchased a cup of coffee at Starbucks you have noticed that for the last few years Starbucks has printed on the sides of their cups thoughts and opinions of people which they have entitled "The Way I See It".
Here is what my coffee...
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John Teter's 2003 book Get the Word Out: How God Shapes and Sends His Witnesses is a great little introduction to evangelism. Teter is obviously very (veryvery) passionate, but he writes with a disarming breeziness. He develops his ideas through stories and personal illustrations, so by the time you're done with the book (an easy read at 168 pages of biggish print) you've m...
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As Christians we often feel like God should take care of all of our immediate needs—immediately. I often find myself praying for a quick fix to my little problems. I easily find myself frustrated with the difficulties that are a part of living on this mortal plane.
I have been reading the book of Job for my personal study, and I find it very convicting. Job is identif...
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For Lent this year, I have decided to give up the liturgical calendar.
It's a big sacrifice, but I think I will learn a lot from this voluntary abstention.
Could somebody please e-mail me when it's time to start up again? That would be a big help.
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CS Lewis believed in what is called the “correspondence theory of truth”. It is not clear that he would have called it that, but it was obvious from the way that he wrote and spoke that he believed in and was devoted to the truth. The correspondence theory of truth holds that truth is an idea or belief that corresponds to reality. Lewis states in “Myth Became Fact”, ...
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Since at least the time of Nietzsche, a major objection to Christian faith has been that it is bad for the human spirit generally, and the imagination in particular. It produces people with tiny souls, content to monger prooftexts, take everything on authority, stay on the surface of life, and investigate nothing. Pat answers satisfy our lethargic minds and trite nostrums gu...
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I guess if it weren't for a road trip, I might have missed this altogether: Doug TenNapel's Catscratch is the theme of the current Happy Meals at McDonald's!
Splee!
TenNapel is the mad genius whose singular Turlock brain virus has infected video games, animated cartoons, and graphic novels in recent years. For anyone who's followed his work through its various permuta...
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In the latest issue of in The Wesleyan Theological Journal , Wesleyan theologian Don Thorsen carries out a nice little exploration of biblical authority and theological method. The article, "Sola Scriptura and the Wesleyan Quadrilateral" (WTJ 41:2 (Fall 2006), pp. 7-27), clears up a lot of confusion. Both Sola Scriptura and the Quadrilateral are widely misconstrued, and need...
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"There are souls too in the world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere, and of leaving it behind them when they go. Joy gushes from under their fingers like jets of light. There is something in their very presence, in their mere silent company, from which joy cannot be extricated and laid aside. Their influence is an inevitable gladdening of the heart. It seems a...
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