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2013-04-11T15:09:32-04:00

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A Little Seven Mile Walk

Last updated on: April 11, 2013 at 3:09 pm By David Russell Mosley

Check out my wife’s post about day 1 of our vacation to the Lake District. Enjoy her beautiful pictures, especially of me. Read more

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2013-04-03T12:26:43-04:00

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A Day in the Life of a PhD in Theology Part 2: The Differences between and American and British PhD

Last updated on: April 3, 2013 at 12:26 pm By David Russell Mosley

Dear Friends and Family, It dawned on me the other day that my post describing my typical day left out a few important details. You see, a British PhD and an American PhD can be quite different. I have no hopes of explaining all the differences between the two (I can’t really since I’ve never done an American PhD), but I thought I would try and highlight some of the main differences. I’ll also throw-in some other aspects of being... Read more

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University of Nottingham

2013-03-31T12:00:01-04:00

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Easter: He is Risen

Last updated on: March 31, 2013 at 12:00 pm By David Russell Mosley

Dear Friends and Family, Today we celebrate the risen Christ. Let us remember the victory we have in Jesus. Death is defeated. Not only are our sins forgiven, but we are being made new; not only are we being made new, but Christ is saying to us, “I say you are gods.” Let us celebrate the new reality that Christus Victor brings. Yours, David An Easter Prayer and Response Death is swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your... Read more

2013-03-29T07:02:19-04:00

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Good Friday: "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?"

Last updated on: March 29, 2013 at 7:02 am By David Russell Mosley

Dear Friends and Family, Today is Good Friday, the day we remember that Christ died on the cross and was buried; the day the light went out of the world. When Christ was on the cross he called out, ‘“Eloi,Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”’ This is often read as the pain of separation, the Son being ripped from the Father. I’m not so sure. It seems this is a call to remember... Read more

2013-03-27T12:54:48-04:00

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Lies Breathed through Silver or How God Creates History: Myths and Christianity

Last updated on: March 27, 2013 at 12:54 pm By David Russell Mosley

Dear Friends and Family, I believe I’ve mentioned before both the fact that I have a profound appreciation for the writings of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, and that I have been sitting in on Alison Milbank’s Religion and Fantasy module here at the University of Nottingham. Well, a few weeks ago, Alison mentioned a YouTube video depicting a conversation had by Lewis and Tolkien (as well as Hugo Dyson who is left out of the video)... Read more

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2013-03-25T15:49:06-04:00

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A Day in the Life of PhD in Theology

Last updated on: March 25, 2013 at 3:49 pm By David Russell Mosley

Dear Friends and Family, It had been on my mind for a while to do a post on what a day usually looks like for me and then just yesterday a gentleman named Nic told me he would be interested in hearing about my daily schedule. Well, here it is: 05:00 My alarm goes off, I role out of bed, wash my face and hair, shave, wax my moustache, and get dressed. 05:30 I then head into the Study to do... Read more

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The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

2013-03-21T10:51:03-04:00

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Seeking Guidance and Imaging God in Prayer: Icons and Their Use

Last updated on: March 21, 2013 at 10:51 am By David Russell Mosley

Dear Friends and Family, One of my favourite Christmas presents from this last Christmas was a reproduction of an icon given to me by my Mother-in-law. Icons are another one of those things that tend to confuse Western Christians, particularly we lower-Protestants. They can seem like idols. They can be treated like idols. There are even passages in Scripture that tell us not to make graven images of our God. So why on earth do I have a reproduction of... Read more

2013-03-17T12:00:05-04:00

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A Guide to Knowing Your Saints: St Patrick

Last updated on: March 17, 2013 at 12:00 pm By David Russell Mosley

Dear Friends and Family, Today many people will be putting on massive amounts of green, buying Guinness, or some other beer that is or has been made to look green, will put on some Flogging Molly, the Dubliners, the Irish Rovers, or the Dropkick Murpheys and will get completely hammered celebrating what they’ve come to call St Paddy’s Day, the day for celebrating all things “Irish”. There are so many problems with this. I could give you a detailed (or... Read more

2013-03-16T11:37:08-04:00

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The New Pope and Why Protestants Should Care

Last updated on: March 16, 2013 at 11:37 am By David Russell Mosley

Dear Friends and Family, The other day, when I posted on evolution and Christianity, I mentioned that I would be doing a post on the selection of a new pope. I also recommend reading my good friend, Peter Stevens’s post: Thoughts on the new Pope and Christian Leadership. I am not a Roman Catholic. Neither am I Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, or a member of a high (that is liturgical) Protestant church. I am, as I’ve said before, part of tradition... Read more

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2013-03-14T16:34:04-04:00

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Is Evolution Anti-Christian? Conor Cunningham, Charles Darwin, and the God who Creates

Last updated on: March 14, 2013 at 4:34 pm By David Russell Mosley

Dear Friends and Family, While there is even bigger news I would like to discuss at some point, namely a new Pope and what that should mean for non-Catholic Christians (see, for the time being, Peter Steven’s excellent post on this subject), for the today I want to do a short post on evolution. Particularly in “conservative”, lower Protestant churches (meaning churches that focus on the authority of the Bible and don’t have an official liturgy), evolution as a scientific... Read more

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