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web confessional: December 2008
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008. A merry schismatic christmas (part 7). A dualistic versus holistic understanding of the sacred and secular-. An intrinsically evil creation versus and intrinsically good creation-. A God who will ultimately scrap his creation for a new one versus a God who will ultimately restore and reconcile his creation he loves-. A future/post-mortem focus versus a here and now focus-. Links to this post. Labels: a merry schismatic christmas. Sunday, December 7, 2008. I think this story.
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web confessional: original sin: a both/and?
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Original sin: a both/and? In some follow-up thoughts to my last post, i've been thinking that maybe this extrinsic v.s. intrinsic debate on original sin is really a both/and. If my premises are right that our ethics come from culture which comes from human relationship (with God, humans and creation), and our ethics are screwed up because our relationships are screwed up, then what happens when we consider that to be a human being- ontologically- is to be cultural and relational?
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web confessional: November 2008
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Friday, November 28, 2008. I originally was going to post on how i recently struggled to define the simple yet complex phrase "love wins" to a friend after church one day. but instead i want to ask a question. My wife got into a discussion with family about christians disagreeing on political issues and the love of God. during the discussion a family member said things that amounted to "God doesn't love everyone, because then who would go to hell? To the point of blaspheme? To the point of heresy? Your r...
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web confessional: can't we all just get along? thoughts on original sin, culture and relationships
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Sunday, February 21, 2010. Can't we all just get along? Thoughts on original sin, culture and relationships. I've been reading a new blog lately by a fellow grand rapidian named jeremy bouma. Here's a summation of my thoughts on this:. Culture is a manifestation of human relationship. human relationship engenders culture. it is the water in which we swim. culture affects us from the very beginning of our life. we are completely enveloped in it. Relationship and culture are part of who we are. Then is the...
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web confessional: February 2009
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Friday, February 27, 2009. Links to this post. Wednesday, February 18, 2009. Demythologizing good and evil- some observations. Note: i could not, for the life of me, figure out how to create columns on blogger, so this will have to do. People who know me well, actually read this blog, or have a rudimentary knowledge of philosophy know why i would reject these ideas. the notion of good versus evil is dualism. it's really lame, but i first rejected dualism after reading a corny email forward. My last obser...
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web confessional: who really goes to hell? a review
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Thursday, June 3, 2010. Who really goes to hell? This is my review for Viral Blogger. On the book, Who Really Goes to Hell? The Gospel You've Never Heard. First I'll get the criticisms out of the way. Secondly, if Mr. Rudel wants to be taken seriously he should nix the "biblical heresy press" thing. The logo is amateurish and cheesey. But more importantly, while I get what the author means by the name, many people won't. I have decided not to lend out my copy of Who Really Goes to Hell. On being a skepti...
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web confessional: January 2009
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009. I began ESL tutoring this past monday. i use the word "tutoring" loosely, as i am pretty much teaching the refugee i am working with english from scratch. as of now we are learning our ABC's. i am pretty much trying to recall how i learned to read and write and teach him the same way. i, however, had one advantage: i could understand what my teacher was telling me! They might say. i would say that it's time to get a new jesus. Links to this post. Saturday, January 24, 2009.
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web confessional: December 2009
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009. Yet, we do. Or put another way, in circumstances like these, we might say things like "i don't care what makes the most sense, or what is the most reasonable thing to do, i'm going to do what's right." the irrationality of grace turns reason on it's head because what is rational isn't always what is right. Recently, i was thinking about the question: how is one saved? Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. View my complete profile.
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web confessional: June 2010
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Thursday, June 3, 2010. Who really goes to hell? This is my review for Viral Blogger. On the book, Who Really Goes to Hell? The Gospel You've Never Heard. First I'll get the criticisms out of the way. Secondly, if Mr. Rudel wants to be taken seriously he should nix the "biblical heresy press" thing. The logo is amateurish and cheesey. But more importantly, while I get what the author means by the name, many people won't. I have decided not to lend out my copy of Who Really Goes to Hell. Links to this post.
