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2012-09-30T13:18:35-07:00

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Obama on Fighting Against Slavery at Home and Abroad

Last updated on: September 30, 2012 at 1:18 pm By Kurt Willems

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2012-09-29T10:53:41-07:00

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Did the Devil come up with the separation of church and state?

Last updated on: September 29, 2012 at 10:53 am By Kurt Willems

From Greg Boyd’s ReKnew: I encourage you to read this article. In it, Rick Perry claims that the idea of the separation of the church and state is from Satan, and he and others will next week embark on a 40 days to save America campaign, which (as far as I can tell) means “40 days to save America from Obama” campaign. Seems to me Perry got it exactly wrong. Satan is the one who tried to get Jesus to identify his... Read more

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2012-09-28T08:00:58-07:00

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Making an argument the “Christian” way?

Last updated on: September 28, 2012 at 8:00 am By Kurt Willems

In recent theological discussions I have noticed that I and others fall into traps that are best avoided if we want to discover more truth. Here are my suggestion of arguing styles to be wary of. 1) Antithetical This describes the tendency to imply that there are only two possible choices when discussing an issue. This can be explicit like the response I once heard from a six day creationist who exclaimed that if I didn’t believe in a literal... Read more

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2012-09-26T23:43:28-07:00

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Greg Boyd: “A Flexible Sovereignty: Understanding Providence and the Nature of the Future”

Last updated on: September 26, 2012 at 11:43 pm By Kurt Willems

“A Flexible Sovereignty: A Biblical Understanding of Providence and the Nature of the Future” Greg Boyd delivers his lecture “A Flexible Sovereignty: A Biblical Understanding of Providence and the Nature of the Future” at the Open Theology and Science Conference at Azusa Pacific University, April 11, 2008. All of the videos that go with this lecture can be accessed by clicking the above link. In what follows is the introduction to this lecture on Open Theism. Read more

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2012-09-26T16:41:40-07:00

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Mumford and Sons, God, and Babel

Last updated on: September 26, 2012 at 4:41 pm By Kurt Willems

Excerpt From Tim Neufeld’s Blog: On their second album, Babel, Mumford and Sons continue to dismantle the modern project. Refusing to settle for a bifurcated sense of spirit and flesh—the Divine on one side of a chasm and humanity on the other—these anthems, ballads, and stomps (iTunes labels them “alternate,” but it’s hard to know what to call these tracks) are all prayers. And they’re love songs. Often they’re both. However, one thing is certain: the listener won’t find any... Read more

2012-09-24T23:47:02-07:00

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Brian McLaren on Honest Conversation With Other Religions

Last updated on: September 24, 2012 at 11:47 pm By Kurt Willems

Brian McLaren’s has written a new book called:Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road? I have not read this book yet, but hope to in the near future. Below, is a video based around the general themes of the book. What do you think about his basic approach to engaging in dialogue with peoples of other faith traditions? Toward The Other from The Work Of The People on Vimeo. Read more

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2012-09-24T08:35:03-07:00

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Which Scriptures shape your foundation?

Last updated on: September 24, 2012 at 8:35 am By Kurt Willems

Over the past year, I’ve connected with a fellow Anabaptist brotha, Marty Troyer. He is known online as the Peace Pastor and writes some killer (no pun intended) stuff! One article, he wrote for my blog, became one of the most popular guest articles on Pangea of all time (Indicting Violence: A Pacifist Review of The Hunger Games). He is someone to keep an eye on online. Marty is the pastor of Houston Mennonite Church. Recently, they took up a... Read more

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2012-09-22T11:05:09-07:00

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How many slaves work for you 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation?

Last updated on: September 22, 2012 at 11:05 am By Kurt Willems

FROM SLAVERY FOOTPRINT: It marks 150 years since the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation… and it’s our first birthday! When we launched Slavery Footprint, we had no idea how much you’d care. As of today, 866,880 of you have discovered your connection to modern-day slavery. But you didn’t stop there. More importantly, you took action. Over 200,000 letters have been sent directly to companies asking them to join our movement to end forced labor. Because you expressed the demand, we’re now in a position to... Read more

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2012-09-21T15:00:15-07:00

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A conference for “pastors’ wives”… What about pastors’ husbands???

Last updated on: September 21, 2012 at 3:00 pm By Kurt Willems

In a few months a conference will be held in San Diego exclusively for “pastor’s wives called “Defined by God.” I think that in many ways this is great. I know that my wife and the wives of many male pastors would benefit from this conference greatly. I think this will be a solid event… asumming it doesn’t seek to reinforce victorian house code ideals (usually upheld by complementarians as the “biblical roles”). As regular readers of this blog realize, I... Read more

2012-09-19T21:07:04-07:00

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An email from the year 2105

Last updated on: September 19, 2012 at 9:07 pm By Kurt Willems

The following is a topic I’m asking college English students to write about on their blogs for a class I teach. I thought I’d post my “example” here for fun. Asking about an email from the year 2105 begins as follows: “Email, what’s that? To send and receive messages from other species (not just humans) we used genetically engineered telepathy. All communication is sent via mind transfer. Primitive humanity enjoyed email, but we’ve evolved into a far superior society.” Or... Read more

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