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Links and Quick Thoughts from Feb 28

Posted on February 28, 2012 by PaulVK

A Friend sent me a link to a NY Times article on Yoga. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/health/nutrition/yoga-fans-sexual-flames-and-predictably-plenty-of-scandal.html. A bit of Google News sleuthing brought up some other interesting pieces. This was new to me but not new to the world apparently. http://blogs.bostonmagazine.com/boston_daily/2012/02/28/cue-the-latest-yoga-sex-scandal/ and http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/downward_dogfight_1/. Also a piece … Continue reading →

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Satan, Classis, Alvin Plantinga reviews, new posts and links

Posted on February 24, 2012 by PaulVK

Posted a thing on Satan on ThinkChristian.net. Posted a thing on the CRC Network on Classis and the Denominational Question. And did some dialog on Facebook on the devil following upon the Santorum piece. You can arrive at a reasonable … Continue reading →

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Plantinga Dennett Debate

Posted on December 14, 2011 by PaulVK

A few links on Alvin Plantinga: NY Times piece on Plantinga’s book. Transcript of Plantinga’s paper and Dennett’s comments  YouTube version of the same recording of Plantinga’s paper and Dennett’s comments. 

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Two new posts on other blogs

Posted on July 14, 2011 by PaulVK

Been swamped lately so I haven’t had much time for personal blogging. Here are some things I’ve written for other places. My latest Think Christian piece thinking through a gospel response to Dan Savage. A guest blogger piece for the … Continue reading →

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My post-rapture Thank You note to Harold Camping

Posted on May 22, 2011 by PaulVK

http://www.thinkchristian.net/index.php/2011/05/22/a-post-rapture-thank-you-note-to-harold-camping/

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J.R.D. Kirk on Romans

Posted on April 29, 2011 by PaulVK

I find this kind of overview very helpful. Here are the links to Kirk’s blog posts on Romans http://www.jrdkirk.com/2011/04/23/law-in-romans-for-wrath/ http://www.jrdkirk.com/2011/04/25/law-in-romans-not-for-law-but-for-christ/ http://www.jrdkirk.com/2011/04/29/the-just-requirment-fulfilled/

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The defeater dynamic of everything new

Posted on April 21, 2011 by PaulVK

From http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVtCO84MDj8 1. Students think they know it 2. They don’t pay utmost attention 3. They don’t recognize that what was presented differs from what they were already thinking 4. They don’t learn a thing. 5. They get more confident … Continue reading →

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Why we can listen to 52 sermons a year and never learn a thing

Posted on April 21, 2011 by PaulVK

Got a nice link from Bill Harris on an article about why clear communication isn’t always the best for learning. That link then led me to a good youtube link that talks about why students don’t learn from very clear … Continue reading →

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Redeemer's New Birth Portrait Series

Posted on October 21, 2009 by PaulVK

Saw a link on twitter about Redeemer’s New Birth Portrait series. I had been to the page but hadn’t clicked on those links. I’ve only watched the first one, Alan Kleinberg, but I was really moved by it. I haven’t … Continue reading →

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The Offense and Power of Forgiveness

Posted on October 13, 2009 by PaulVK

Jim Belcher wrote a nice piece on forgiveness on SermonCentral.com. It got me thinking about the kind of prison bitterness can be. I wrote a post last July about the transferability of bitterness. What struck me was that in an … Continue reading →

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