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The Christ by Tya Tyan

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2013-07-29

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Does hetrosexuality get you to heaven?

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2013-07-24

In this video Tim Keller speaks on homosexuality, hell, and the way of Jesus
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The naked truth about Jesus

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2013-06-28

Contrary to how most artists have depicted the crucifixion of Jesus over the centuries, it is quite probable that he was crucified naked. After all, the aim was humiliation. Edward Knippers has been painting Jesus naked for at least 30 years. If you’d like to know more about him I recommend…
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Justice in Public and Private

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2013-06-12

In “Divine Justice as Restorative Justice“, Christ Marshall sums up what is a major concern of mine in terms of Christian public witness: “Christians today often suppose that ecclesial ethics—how believers are to treat one another within the community of faith—have no pertinence to the ethical standards and legal practices that…
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I’m a Soul, Man

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2013-06-09

What is a soul? Is it something we have or something we are? This is a question that Delmar B. Epp explores in “I’m a Soul, Man: One Psychologist’s Reflection on Human Nature“. The different options as he sees them are: Radical dualism Emergent dualism Reductive materialism Nonreductive physicalism The fourth…
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Shamans, Sages, Priests and Prophets

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2013-06-05

Some of you may be interested in downloading and reading “Shaman, Sage, Priest, Prophet and Magi: Exploring the Architecture of the Religious Wise Man” by Dominique Beth Wilson, a Grad Student from Sydney University. I came across it earlier this week. I found it had a lot of resonance with…
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Illegal Jesus

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2013-05-19

Illegal Jesus” by E9. Somewhere it seems to have been forgotten by conservatives that Jesus was himself a refugee.
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Good News for the Anxious

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2013-05-18

“I am the one that raises the whip to your already racing heart … I’m the voice, you know the one, who’s always questioning, questioning, questioning everything you do, everything you think.” This is the voice of Anxiety, from the Beyond Blue clip that is hitting social media by storm.…
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Have we turned freedom into an idol?

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2013-05-06

What is an idol? The word tends to carry the connotation of something bad. But often an idol is something good, just worshipped inappropriately. Consider money. Is it not good to give money to the poor? Yes, it can become an idol. But so can anything. It is not bad…
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Gay Sex for Evangelicals

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2013-05-05

Homosexuality is not a topic I blog on often as (1) I see little value in using my voice to inflame debates which are already overheated and (2) homosexuality is not a topic which I consider myself particularly qualified to comment on in any case. My friend Nigel Chapman, however,…
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