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- Judas: two images
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- Christopher Morse on God’s eternal rejection of hell David W. Congdon
- Barack Obama and the Political Incorrectness of the Nobel Peace Prize Jim Gordon
- “In Whose Name?” Richard L. Floyd
Reading Posts
- A message from the Archbishop of Canterbury on the Anglican Communion Covenant (author unknown)
- Book Discussion — The Recognitions Brad Johnson
- Kill the Bill? Anthony Paul Smith
- Adam Johnson on Aquinas and Atonement Evan
- Global warming debate Richard
- Hauerwas Responds to Obama's Nobel Acceptance Speech noreply@blogger.com (John David Penniman)
- Part IV: An Introduction to Hans-Georg Gadamer Cynthia R. Nielsen
- Proverbs 28:9-11 Peter J. Leithart
- Was Paul the first Christian? Robin Parry
- Thoughts on Omnipotence J. Joseph Porter
- Uganda and Homosexuality and Christians Scot McKnight
- Carol singers Richard
- On Writing noreply@blogger.com (apmuller)
- prepared, or not? Nigel Coles
- The Truths Americans Used to HoldPart III: “Confirm Thy Soul in Self-control” Michael Novak
- Hanukkah: The Temple, the Jewish Home, and Eternal Life David P. Goldman
- Busy, but never too busy to welcome friends, and a new book Jim Gordon
- Do You Read Sermons? Scot McKnight
- In Quest of the Historical Pharisees. Edited by JACOB NEUSNER and BRUCE CHILTON. Instone-Brewer, D.
- Qumran Grotte 4. XXVII - Textes arameens, deuxieme partie: 4Q550-4Q575a, 4Q580-4Q587 et appendices. By EMILE PUECH. Hempel, C.
A Year with Calvin’s Institutes
- 4.19.10-14 15 December, 2009
- 4.19.15-21 16 December, 2009
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- 4.19.27-30 18 December, 2009
- An Introduction to, "A Year with the Institutes" 1 January, 2010
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I’m not sure they we are all as non-discriminatory as we pretend. It may be true that judging a book by it’s cover may be a mistake, but if that’s true, where are the laws of natural consequences that would dissuade us from those judgements, and why do we try so hard to pretend that we don’t have this fatal flaw? Perhaps some things can be judged by their cover, accurately, but certainly Susan Boyle’s voice cannot be judged by her age or appearance. What does that say about us? How many things do we judge solely on appearance or age?