One Ambition
2 Corinthians 5:9

One Ambition

Where Are All The Christians?

June 5th, 2009

“the Christian church has experienced a larger geographical redistribution in the last fifty years than in any comparable period in its history, with the exception of the very earliest years of church history. . . . More than half of all Christian adherents in the whole history of the church have been alive in the last one hundred years. Close to half of Christian believers who have ever lived are alive right now”

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Brave New World vs. Nineteen Eighty-Four

May 30th, 2009

Contrary to common belief even among the educated, Huxley and Orwell did not prophesy the same thing. Orwell warns that we will be overcome by an externally imposed oppression. But in Huxley’s vision, no Big Brother is required to deprive people of their autonomy, maturity and history. As he saw it, people will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.  READ THE ENTIRE POST

The Puritans

May 29th, 2009

Over the last few years I have come across several books by Puritans that have been very valuable.  Here is a site that has a very extensive collection of Puritan writings.

PURITAN LIBRARY

A Question Generating Article

May 28th, 2009

Article

If this goes bad will Christians have to move out of the cities?

Messy, Messy, Messy

May 11th, 2009

Community is Messy (video)

How a Christian Worldview Produced Science

May 9th, 2009

Article

See Also:

An Epistemology of Belief in a Skeptical Age

The Way Forward in the Dialogue Between Religion and Science

And from Plantinga: “Religion and Science: Where the conflict really lies.”

“Preach the gospel at all times. Use words if necessary.”

May 8th, 2009

There is some debate as to if Francis said this.

Hero

April 30th, 2009

For 19 days in March and April, Walter Hoye was locked in a cell with 29 other prisoners at the Santa Rita jail near Oakland, Calif. There were times when he wished he could have stayed longer.

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The Great Exchange

April 10th, 2009

The Great Exchange

To Do List Are Never Done

April 4th, 2009

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