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Continue reading →: Universalism and the Constantinian UrgeIn the wake of the Christocentric universalism controversy sparked off by Rob Bell, I am reminded of these comments from Bryan Stone in his book, Evangelism after Christendom: “One of the persistent features of Constantinianism … is that, by diminishing the distinction between church and world, the church refuses to allow the…
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Continue reading →: Care for some spirited sex?This book, The Beginner’s Guide to Sex in the Afterlife, is so ripe for satire I hardly know where to begin.
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Continue reading →: Noah: The Eco ApocalypseI find graphic novels are a powerful way of communicating biblical stories, particularly among youth. Something to keep an eye out for I think. While searching for some Noah-inspired art, I stumbled upon a fascinating set of images inspired by the book of Genesis. Turns out, they’re connected to Darren…
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Continue reading →: General Butt Naked Returns!
I had a quiet chuckle the other day when I read Southpark creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker are about to hit Broadway with a Mormon musical featuring … [drum roll] … General Butt Naked. Some of you may recall I wrote about General Butt Naked back in 2006. He…
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Continue reading →: Buddhist EmailStudent: O Master, is it proper for a monk to use email? Master: Sure, as long as there are no attachments!
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Continue reading →: Your universalism is too smallUniversalism seems to have gripped the attention of the Christian blogosphere this week. But you know what? I think we miss the larger action if we restrict our attention to what the Christian celebrity authors and the Christian celebrity watchers are debating en masse amongst themselves. I think we miss the…
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Continue reading →: Zombie Jesus and the Undead MemeOkay, yesterday in all that talk about vampires I mentioned zombie Jesus art, that most loved anti-Christian protest meme of the 4Chan community and atheists worldwide. But how many of you are aware though that the meme extends to video? Zombie Jesus videos I have come across are: Corpus Delecti –…
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Continue reading →: Thomas Merton on the UnknownMy Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself , and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean…
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