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September 2010

September 16, 2010

The Importance of Context

Phew. It’s been a busy summer. Now that school has started up again and I’m...

July 2010

July 21, 2010

Another Critique of Calvinism

There's another fine critique of Calvinism, and especially the idea of double-predestination (God pre-ordains who...

July 12, 2010

“Love in Human Form”

From Arcana Coelestia n. 4735: The Lord's Human, after it was glorified or made Divine,...

July 07, 2010

New Church Perspective Article

Sorry for the lack of recent posts: I've been away at Maple (camp for New...

June 2010

June 17, 2010

Are My Colors Your Colors?

Is my red your red, or do you see red as what I call "blue"?...

June 16, 2010

Helping Others is Good for You

The website inCharacter.org has an interview with Dr. Stephen G. Post, author of Why Good...

June 01, 2010

The Law of Retaliation

I'm preparing for a sermon on Sunday on the story of David sparing Saul's life...

May 2010

May 26, 2010

The Last LOST (Contains Spoilers!)

So much has been written about the LOST finale that it seems almost pointless to...

May 14, 2010

Experiencing God

Just read a great article by Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit Priest, over at Huffington...

May 13, 2010

Changes Since Swedenborg: Dispensationalism

Last year I spent a fair amount of time answering emails sent to the outreach...

May 12, 2010

Conversation in a Sports Bar

Flyers win! I don’t get TSN (the channel the hockey game was on), so I...

May 12, 2010

Megachurch Parody

First off, sorry for the week long absence from this blog, and sorry that this...

May 05, 2010

A Life-Sustaining Universe Really Is Unlikely

There’s a good blog post over at the Beretta Blog pointing out the error in...

May 04, 2010

Are All Religions the Same?

Are all religions the same? Last week religion professor Stephen Prothero published an article in...

May 01, 2010

The Lord In Everything

Last week I posted a quote that I love from True Christian Religion, which says,...

April 2010

April 30, 2010

Rev. Jonathan Rose in “Heaven”

In Monday's New York Times, Mark Oppenheimer reviews a new book by Lisa Miller entitled Heaven: Our Enduring...

April 28, 2010

Changes Since Swedenborg: The Rise of Arminianism

Has Christianity substantially changed since the Writings were published in the 18th century? Are Swedenborg’s...

April 24, 2010

Can Men and Women Be “Just Friends”?

Jennica Nobre has a thought-provoking new essay over at New Church Perspective entitled “There is...

April 22, 2010

Sacramone Responds – More on Predestination

Earlier this week I posted a link to a blog post by Anthony Sacramone condemning...

April 22, 2010

God Alone Acts

"God alone acts; man permits himself to be acted upon, and cooperates to all appearance...

April 21, 2010

Swedenborgian Architects

Today as I was adding “Swedenborg” to my Google News page, I stumbled across a...

April 19, 2010

Does Marriage Make You Healthy?

There’s a fascinating article from yesterday’s New York Times about recent studies that give nuances...

April 19, 2010

Anthony Sacramone on Predestination

Anthony Sacramone of the Evangel blog at First Things has a great post that tears...

April 15, 2010

“Pork, A Piece of Beef, Cheese, Beer and Fiery Wine”

Doing research for a doctrinal class, I was looking at Divine Providence n. 67, which...