Category Archives: Quotations

CS Lewis Quote on God’s Intent for Us

Posted on June 15, 2012 by PaulVK

The command Be ye perfect is not idealistic gas. Nor is it a command to do the impossible. He is going to make us into creatures that can obey that command. He said (in the Bible) that we were ‘gods’ … Continue reading →

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Annie Dillard Quote on Crash Helmets needed for worship

Posted on June 7, 2012 by PaulVK

Why do people in church seem like cheerful, brainless tourists on a packaged tour of the Absolute? … Does anyone have the foggiest idea what sort of power we blithely invoke? Or, as I suspect, does no one believe a … Continue reading →

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Links and Notes for June 5

Posted on June 5, 2012 by PaulVK

On Atonement: Richard Mouw on Atonement theories in CT Tony Jones on Union with God Really fine article by Andy Crouch on segmentation: how marketers encourage self-differentiation in order to sell soap. Here are some quotes from the end of … Continue reading →

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Strong Culture/ Weak Culture and Suspicion

Posted on May 25, 2012 by PaulVK

Douthat’s Chapter 5 Heresy Douthat’s “Bad Religion” has gotten mixed reviews. The book complains about the loss of cultural power of the orthodoxies of the mid 20th century represented by Reinhold Niebuhr, Billy Graham, MLK Jr. and the Roman Catholic … Continue reading →

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Augustine, Calvinism, and a Catechism of Suspicion

Posted on May 17, 2012 by PaulVK

The Postmodern Logic Behind Emergent Calvinism Pt. 1: Postmodernity’s Submarine Races Suspicion Has A Long History Postmoderns were not the first to be deeply suspicious of motives. The suggestion by talking serpent in the garden to the woman was a … Continue reading →

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Postmodernity’s Submarine Races

Posted on May 17, 2012 by PaulVK

Pt. 1 of The Postmodern Logic Behind Emergent Calvinism Defining Postmodernity I first heard the submarine race joke before I was old enough to get it. I remember my grade school brain racing to try to figure out “where in … Continue reading →

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“The Romantic Solution” from Earnest Becker’s “The Denial of Death”

Posted on May 14, 2012 by PaulVK

This book won the Pulitzer Prize in 1974. In this section Becker describes the consequences of modernity to the meaning seeking person. From Chapter 8 The Romantic Solution Once we realize what the religious solution did, we can see how … Continue reading →

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Links and Notes for May 6

Posted on May 6, 2012 by PaulVK

Really an amazing blog post that if you take the time to process it will really make you think. It’s on intelligent puddles and early religion. Peter Enns with a wonderful treatment of a seminar given by Walter Brueggemann. The … Continue reading →

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Links and Notes for May 4 2012

Posted on May 4, 2012 by PaulVK

Comparison Thinking in Relationships as Betrayal Don Elium is a marriage counselor from Walnut Creek. He blogs and often has some good stuff on relationships. In this one on mistrust and betrayal he highlights that “comparison thinking” is a significantly … Continue reading →

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Links and Notes from April 27 2012

Posted on April 27, 2012 by PaulVK

The James KA Smith review of Peter Enns “Evolution of Adam” review keeps reverberating through my head. You get this feeling like new windows are opening up but you’re not quite sure just what blow in. TC had an interesting … Continue reading →

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