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Links and Notes for April 2 2012

Posted on April 2, 2012 by PaulVK

Think Christian Reading A bit of ThinkChristian reading this morning. A review of the Hunger Games. Also a piece on atheists borrowing from religion. That brought me to the concept of the heat death of the universe. Also a very … Continue reading →

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Links and Notes from March 30

Posted on March 30, 2012 by PaulVK

The Bible and Science Tim Keller white paper on science and creation from biologos. Also CT news piece on biologos conference in NYC. Perceptions of Calvinism Rachel Held Evans got corrected in her quick and dirty lumping of Calvinists with … Continue reading →

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Links and Notes for March 28

Posted on March 28, 2012 by PaulVK

Interesting NY Times piece about an RC rethinking his tradition. Seems a pretty pro-forma narrative the likes of which circulate today. I should add, however, that if you place it side by side with another RC narrative, like Santorum’s narrative, … Continue reading →

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Links and Notes from March 27

Posted on March 27, 2012 by PaulVK

Blog piece in Out of Ur by Skye Jethani about how Christian political alignment with the religious right is hurting the church.  Couple of other pieces linked in the article. One from Foriegn Affairs about why mixing religion and politics is … Continue reading →

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Links and Notes from March 26

Posted on March 26, 2012 by PaulVK

Calvin-in-common got me reading reviews of Elaine Pagel’s recent book on Revelation. One of the best and most interesting ones from Adam Gopnik in the New Yorker. That led me to a very interesting piece on Stephen Batchelor on contemporary … Continue reading →

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Links and Notes from March 25

Posted on March 25, 2012 by PaulVK

Terrific article in the NY Times on how relationships shape the brain. A place holder for a lot of thinking about “your first self is a reflected self” and idolatry. Also, in a fun FB conversation was introduced to Possibilianism. … Continue reading →

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Links and Notes from March 23 2012

Posted on March 23, 2012 by PaulVK

Tim Keller is doing a series on http://Biologos.org . In part three he makes this important point. A plausibility structure is a ‘given’ supported by enormous social pressure. The writings of the new atheists here are important to observe because their … Continue reading →

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Links and Notes from March 22

Posted on March 22, 2012 by PaulVK

I wrote a piece for the CRC Classis Blog about uniting the body of Christ and beginning at Classis.  Also a terrific piece by Peter Enns on the Adam/Evolution debate.  Also a piece on toxic churches that grind up pastors. 

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Links and Notes from March 19

Posted on March 19, 2012 by PaulVK

From the CRC Network a link and presentation from Fuller seminary on Forgiveness and Making Amends.  Good stuff in this video. Around minute 17 he gets into rebuke. A good rebuke is not an attack, but giving information. ” 1. … Continue reading →

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The Problem Trap

Posted on March 19, 2012 by PaulVK

Pete VB from Voices posted a lovely article on the Problem Trap from the Alban institute. Nice article. http://www.alban.org/conversation.aspx?id=9895 I posted this to Voices: I appreciate the comments and perspectives in this thread. When I was a seminary intern in the … Continue reading →

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