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Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

Redeemer Pres. and Gender Roles, Pt. 3

Posted on July 12, 2013 by PaulVK

Link to Part 1 and Part 2 As I noted before this series of talks is in a group on the Redeemer website.  In this part I’ll treat Tim’s response and a Q/A session with Tim and Kathy and then a panel discussion. Again … Continue reading →

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Singing as healthy as Yoga

Posted on July 11, 2013 by PaulVK

Yahoo news

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Joseph’s Middle Passage

Posted on July 11, 2013 by PaulVK

LGBTQ Safety or Religions Liberty Last year the Ontario legislature mandated that all schools, religious or otherwise establish Gay-Straight Alliances, groups where gay students could gather to talk about their issues. This is an attempt to prevent bullying. The Roman … Continue reading →

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Redeemer Pres. and Gender Roles Pt. 2

Posted on July 11, 2013 by PaulVK

I’ve been listening to a group of seminars on the Redeemer site where Tim and Kathy Keller address their view of male headship in the home and church. I wrote one post (Pt 1) about it mostly dealing with Kathy Keller’s … Continue reading →

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Non-Violence and the Book of Revelation

Posted on July 11, 2013 by PaulVK

After spending 75 weeks walking my Adult Sunday School class through the book I’m frequently pained to see how abused the book is in the popular imagination. Scot McKnight has a nice post on this. But none of these opinions … Continue reading →

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The Botany Club: Gay Kids in Catholic Schools

Posted on July 11, 2013 by PaulVK

The American Conservative Specifically, I often hear that it’s okay for the Church to require (most) priests to be celibate, since they chose that way of life, but it’s cruel to require celibacy of gay people since we didn’t choose … Continue reading →

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List of Christianity’s Good Contributions to Western Civ

Posted on July 10, 2013 by PaulVK

From Reformed Reader, from “God is a Moral Monster”

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Of What Enduring Value is Suffering and Maturity?

Posted on July 10, 2013 by PaulVK

The book of James opens with a very difficult passage: James 1:2–4 (NET) 2 My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials, 3 because you know that the testing of your … Continue reading →

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Atheist churches

Posted on July 10, 2013 by PaulVK

“Book Review & Atheist Churches” http://feedly.com/k/10LVcj2

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Peter Enns on Why He Thinks Those Free of Evangelical Institutions may be the key to the future

Posted on July 9, 2013 by PaulVK

Fascinating article.   

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