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Luther's Gospel

nobody@vox.com(Phil) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:14:20 -0700

Most Christians don't understand the significance of Luther's understanding of God's grace: In the righteousness of faith, we work nothing, we render nothing to God, but we only receive and allow another to work in us. If Christians understood t...

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Tween Thongs

nobody@vox.com(Phil) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:24:54 -0700

David Kuo has a great post last month highlighting excerpts from a troubling article by Stacy Weiner from The Washington Post. Ms. Weiner's article is called, "Goodbye to Girlhood." In his blog, David laments the "nauseating trend of younger an...

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Cheer Up!

nobody@vox.com(Phil) — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:43:38 -0700

A friend the other day challenged me that if I really was interested in making disciples, I'd get out of the church-business. (That's what a pastor does, you know: he's in the church business.) Why? My friend was convinced that he had never seen ...

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Feasting and Death

nobody@vox.com(Phil) — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:51:06 -0800

Reading the New Yorker recently, I came across a fantastic quote: Without a killing, there is no feast. Doing a quick search online, I found that it is quoted nowhere else except here, by an actor and instructor of acting, on his blog. (Interesti...

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Breathtaking Grace

nobody@vox.com(Phil) — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:31:26 -0800

Steve Brown, in a recent issue of the Reformed Quarterly (Fall 2007) writes about Amazing Grace: I have also observed that those who first learn about the amazing grace of God often do, for a period, sin more than before. They are like the colleg...

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Waiting for Christmas.

nobody@vox.com(Phil) — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:09:26 -0800

I love Christmas. Its like an old friend: it has its faults, to be sure, but when you’re reunited with her after not seeing her for a while, all you can think about is catching up on an old conversation. Then, of course, after the first glow, rea...

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More than Revelation

nobody@vox.com(Phil) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:40:25 -0800

To welcome December and the Advent Season, a meditation on the Incarnation seems apt. This one is provided for us by C. S. Lewis, who, musing on the nature of God says... All three persons of the Trinity are declared ‘incomprehensible.’ God is pro...

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Beauty in Ft. Collins

nobody@vox.com(Phil) — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:52:31 -0700

At this year's annual gathering of pastors, elders, and church leaders for the Presbyterian Church in America (my denomination), I picked up a copy of Ruminate, a magazine by artists and poets for anyone who enjoys a different angle on the Christ...

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Muzzled Oxen

nobody@vox.com(Phil) — Fri, 25 May 2007 19:02:02 -0700

There are days when I'm so busy working I don't take time to stop and eat lunch. Then, when 2:30pm or so rolls around, I find myself running on "fumes" as it were. As if in desperation, I stop, grab a bite (literally, "refuel") and I'm set for th...

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Common Grace Development

nobody@vox.com(Phil) — Thu, 17 May 2007 12:11:09 -0700

Christians are not known for seeking out common ground with others. When we do, it is typically labeled--and not altogether without reason--compromise. But isn't it true that Christians have much in common with those who are not of the faith? T...

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