Month: February 2012
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Only Two Religions? That Can’t Be True!
I found this to be fascinating… a seminary professor who believes there to be really only two religions in the world and therefore two worldviews. If he is right, we may have a much easier time teaching our students about these matters. At the same time, it’s not as simple as it may at first…
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Oh, how I wish…
If money were not an obstacle, I would take a group of students here every summer! http://www.keswickyouth.com
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Can we get it wrong?
Sitting and listening to sermons is something I love to do. Most of the time it is a very positive experience, sometimes it really is not. The latter is when one of two things is taking place. Either the preacher cannot preach and lost me or he is distorting the gospel or scriptures. So, I…
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The celtic saints
Years ago I was deeply inspired by a book I read on Columba by Nigel Tranter, a Scottish historian. While it was an historical fiction, it gave me a sense about how the gospel spread across Scotland. Everything else I have read on the subject was consistent with the picture of evangelism painted by that…
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Tattoos and Skin Deep Hermeneutics
I thought this was rather amusing and worth the time to read… It used to be easy for Christians to formulate an opinion about tattoos. Sailors had them. And some prisoners. Other than corpsmen and convicts the only ink you saw in church was on the page. This is not a pointed tirade against tattoos,…
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An interesting graphic – might appeal to the science minded student
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Abortion, an anti-Christian student union, and the closing of the British mind
Wow! If the pro-choice movement is going to get rid of the pro-life movement (and there is evidence that they want to), they have to get rid of religion. If you don’t know the making of the French Revolution, it pushed atheism in order to change government because the government was so linked to the…
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If you are dealing with this issue…
An article that was floating the blogs recently may be helpful as you discuss sexuality and same sex attraction with your students… Hopefully you are discussing it. This one speaks of a celebrity who has chosen to be gay and the gay community does not like her characterizing it as a choice. Read about it…
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Thoughts on evangelism…
Another one from up north… the heart of which says: Well, imagine that the Great One (that’s Wayne Gretzky to you non-hockey-ites) were to ask those involved in youth ministry that question – “how should I attract newcomers to hockey?” What answer would he receive? He might be told, by some, “Think about trying to…
