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About PaulVK

Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

Why I Need Canon in our World Flooded With Texts and Voices

Our Problem with Canon I have not yet read Rachel Held Evan’s latest book but I think I get at least one of her points in it. She is saying to the church and the Christian community “your use of canon … Continue reading →

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Photos from the Age of Decay

Thanks Mr. Reinders

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James Bratt on Lincoln

http://the12.squarespace.com/james-bratt/2012/12/7/history-war-at-the-movies.html

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Calvin College January Series 2013

The list Richard Mouw brings a Mormon Scholar. Should be interesting.

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Advent to the Burned-Over District

Ted Haggard One of the important posts to bless the Internet this week was a piece about Ted Haggard. It’s written by a pastor who has a book coming out next year entitled “Why We Eat Our Own”. Here’s the … Continue reading →

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Peter Kreeft on Buddhism

Peter Kreeft I think had some of the clearest ideas about pain management in a lecture he called “The Dark Side (audio, transcript)”

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NYT on the Shelf-life of Happiness Via Relationships

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/opinion/sunday/new-love-a-short-shelf-life.html

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Jack of All Cultures But Mastered by None, Or So We Try

Breadcrumbs Lots of interesting “more cultured than thou” posts flying around, and some that are a bit more honest and humble. I got into the conversation via the Patrol piece Hipsters and Hamster Balls. Lots of links in that one. … Continue reading →

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Watch “[official] Q&A with Tim Keller – Reason for God? Belief in an Age of Skepticism” on YouTube

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Why Darwinist Materialism Is Wrong | The New Republic

http://www.tnr.com/article/books-and-arts/magazine/110189/why-darwinist-materialism-wrong#

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