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Reformed Musings: November 2006
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Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it." Ms. Flannery O'Connor. Thursday, November 30, 2006. Fairfax County - The New Nanny State. I just finished writing a Letter to the Editor to the Post that says this:. The level of idiocy is truly breathtaking and would be a great late-night object of joking if it wasn't so completely tragic. Welcome to Fairfax County, the new capital of the Nanny State. Posted by Jason Foster @ 10:03 AM. Monday, November 27, 2006. Thursday, November 23, 2006.
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Reformed Musings: January 2007
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Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it." Ms. Flannery O'Connor. Monday, January 29, 2007. Nehemiah's Response to Grief. The book of Nehemiah is not exactly a focus of most preaching or lay reflection. A good number of people don't even know that there is a book of Nehemiah in the Bible! In Nehemiah 1.4, it says that Nehemiah wept over the plight of the Israelites. But what was so bad about the condition of the Jewish remnant that caused Nehemiah to do this? At the grave of Lazarus i...
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Reformed Musings: July 2006
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Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it." Ms. Flannery O'Connor. Sunday, July 30, 2006. This, of course, will rekindle the feelings of some regarding Gibson's attitudes toward the Jews. A number of Jewish organizations and prominent Jewish leaders (though certainly not all) alleged that Gibson's. Passion of the Christ. Posted by Jason Foster @ 8:08 AM. Thursday, July 27, 2006. Posted by Jason Foster @ 10:38 AM. Wednesday, July 26, 2006. A Presuppositional Response to the previous post.
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Reformed Musings: October 2006
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Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it." Ms. Flannery O'Connor. Monday, October 23, 2006. My wife and I recently celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary. It's been a great 10 years, even when things haven't been euphoric. Today, my wife quoted me a passage from Jane Eyre that is stunning in its beauty. The following is the character Jane Eyre talking about her husband, Mr. Rochester:. Posted by Jason Foster @ 2:08 PM. Religious Instruction at Harvard - A Reasoned Choice. A disdain f...
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Reformed Musings: June 2006
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Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it." Ms. Flannery O'Connor. Friday, June 30, 2006. Posted by Jason Foster @ 9:24 AM. Thursday, June 29, 2006. Prayer' is the buzzword of the day. Prayer, prayer, prayer. It is clearly called for in these difficult times. As an outsider, I am saddened by where things stand in these two denominations. The conservative doctrinalist in me says these churches should leave these denominations, and that they really should have left long ago&#...Evangelic...
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Reformed Musings: March 2007
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Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it." Ms. Flannery O'Connor. Monday, March 26, 2007. 1) Compromise. It's not a dirty word. Compromise on some minor things, and even some major things if greater goods can be achieved, under the headship of Christ. If you try and die on every hill, the mountain range of your marriage will be small and worn. Posted by Jason Foster @ 3:07 PM. Thursday, March 22, 2007. Stuff in the Pipeline. I'm also still hoping to submit a paper to ThirdMill on Derr...
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Reformed Musings: August 2006
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Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it." Ms. Flannery O'Connor. Wednesday, August 30, 2006. The Meaning of Life. As I start typing this, my intention is to devote only one blog entry to the meaning of life. That makes the discussion tough, since normally it takes two entries to exhaustively explore the meaning of life :). Because the King is coming back to rule. If we knew Queen Elizabeth was coming to our home, what would we do? We would very likely go to great lengths to pretty up...
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Reformed Musings: September 2006
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Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it." Ms. Flannery O'Connor. Wednesday, September 27, 2006. Two times in chapter 4 of 1 John, it is said that God is love (v8, 16). The larger context is focusing on the love of God as exhibited by sending of the Son into the world as a supreme expression of love. While the text does not say that God is. One thing it means is that to the extent that we participate with Christ in authentic humanity, we can exhibit authentic love too. As images o...
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Reformed Musings: December 2006
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Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it." Ms. Flannery O'Connor. Friday, December 29, 2006. Toward a Christian Epistemology. Category-wise, there are essentially three different means of acquiring knowledge, which Frame would classify as 3 perspectives - the normative, situational, and existential. All 3 are completely valid and all 3 are essential where both God and man is concerned. On page 1 of the. As Christians, we need to embrace the doctrine of. But under no circumstances are ...