Technology’s Lie and the Promise of Love
Last week Ryan Ricker responded (Evangelical Environmentalists and Ethical Oil) to my creation care (Salvation is not the Point: The Point is what we do with Salvation)...
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Nothing but a Burning Light
The subtitle of this post should be: In which I raise a bunch of questions for which I have no answers. I was a child the first time I heard Bruce Cockburn’s cover of...
Read MoreSalvation: What is it Good for? Absolutely Nothing?
Why do you do what you do? How do you make a decision? If it is an important one perhaps you think it through, weigh the costs against the benefits. Do you try to...
Read MoreChristian Joy and Action
We are not charitable because it makes us feel good; we are generous because we are the handmaids of God: the Church, the body of Christ, the physical presence of God here on earth. We love because we first were loved, and in the presence of that overwhelming love we are moved, nay we are compelled, to reflect that unsurpassable love to all who surround us. Joy is the first fruits of our salvation; we experience joy because we are loved.
Read MoreI’m a material girl…
This year, like every year (at least since the inception of Youtube) we have all been lucky enough to witness the madness that is Black Friday. This joyful event is...
Read MoreOn Forgetting Our Many Horizons
Sometimes Christians run the danger of creating too much of an epistemological gap between the “us” (Christian) and the “them” (secular). This danger is often done as a...
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