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- "The Weirdness of the Wiredness"
Larry Gilman on 02/28 - "Valentine's Day Musings"
Jasmine Wilson on 02/14 - "Highlights from the J Series"
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Jennifer Grosser on 01/22 - "Tempting Science Fallacies 2: Winging It"
Larry Gilman on 01/18 - "Calvin College hosts January Series"
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Larry Gilman on 01/10 - "What People Believe About What People Believe: The 2009 Harris Poll"
Larry Gilman on 01/01 - "New TOJ Book - God Is Dead And I Don't Feel So Good Myself"
Chris Keller et al. on 12/22 - "More Lessons About GOD from My DOG"
Jennifer Grosser on 12/02
Hell: The Nemesis of Hope?
NikA says ::
Thanks for reading! There is an updated/revised version of this article in Brad Jersak's book Her Gates Will Never Be Shut: Hell, Hope, and the New Jerusalem (Wipf and Stock, 2009)READ MORE >
Young Life and the Gospel of All-Along Belonging
ByGrace says ::
Sorry for posting this twice - I stuck it in the wrong place above the first time. drhodes, of course that is a classic text which "all along belonging" folks turn to. As do Univeralists. I'm certainly not suggesting that you are a Universalist . . .READ MORE >
Young Life and the Gospel of All-Along Belonging
ByGrace says ::
drhodes, of course that is a classic text which "all along belonging" folks turn to. As do Univeralists. I'm certainly not suggesting that you are a Universalist, for I don't know that you are. And many (most?) of the "all along" crowd would . . .READ MORE >
Hell: The Nemesis of Hope?
Phule77 says ::
Hrm. I wish that there was an edit function, you do deal with some of this in footnote 32.READ MORE >
Hell: The Nemesis of Hope?
Phule77 says ::
Hi. I'm not sure if you're aware, but this article was referenced in the footnotes of Brian McLaren's "A New Kind of Christianity" (footnote 1, chapter 10). So this page is likely to start getting traffic after nearly a year. A number of issu . . .READ MORE >
Does Science Cause Atheism?
natewoodwardmusic says ::
Larry, I always appreciate your writing. I'm completely on board with you. As someone who has relationships with Christians more conservatively oriented (and more suspicious of science), I would wish you would refrain from statements like your . . .READ MORE >
Young Life and the Gospel of All-Along Belonging
drhodes says ::
jking, you might do well to notice that the paragraph in which the sentence fragment you cite below appears begins by saying "For God so loved the world..." I would think that this seems to imply something quite akin to all-belonging as an active p . . .READ MORE >
Highlights from the J Series
gilman says ::
Very thoughtful, and I will try to listen to the Archbishop. Right here I'm just putting in a shameless plug for one of the most beautiful and unusual of groups trying to create understanding between Israelis and Palestinians: "Combatants for Peac . . .READ MORE >
Young Life and the Gospel of All-Along Belonging
ByGrace says ::
Interesting article, Jon. But challenging the historic biblical understanding of hell may be getting a bit far afield from the original discussion, unless you assume that the "gospel of all along belonging" means that you are a Universalist by vir . . .READ MORE >
Young Life and the Gospel of All-Along Belonging
jstanley says ::
I've been enjoying this conversation very much but feel that it could use some 'opening up' so that it doesn't trail off into ad homnem argumentation (which really isn't argumentation at all). One way to do this is by drawing in another text tha . . .READ MORE >
Young Life and the Gospel of All-Along Belonging
ByGrace says ::
Excellent question, jking. I'd love to see a response to this. That passage sure seems to indicate that the default condition is condemnation, not acceptance.READ MORE >
O God, Where Art Thou? A Review of A Serious Man
jtotten says ::
The main reason I didn't want to discuss sin and consequences is because I didn't want to spoil the ending to the film. When it comes down to it, absolutely nothing Larry does is good. All of his trying is motivated by cowardice and his life is rid . . .READ MORE >
Friend of the Opposing Views
jennw2ns says ::
Thanks for reading and commenting. Yeah, I have definitely thought those thoughts. And I think that there is some merit to them. I also think, though, that that Relationship that marriage points to is one of the most unequal there is--God Himself sac . . .READ MORE >
O God, Where Art Thou? A Review of A Serious Man
rwsmoore says ::
nice work John. Good thoughts on a good movie. One part I was intrigued by that you didn't touch upon was the link between the morality of our actions and the effect they have in the world. The closing scene of him changing the grade & getting t . . .READ MORE >
Friend of the Opposing Views
jfo1966 says ::
I'm trying to think well, and because of an atheist friend, I doubt more, and have deeper faith. So, my comment is pretty simple: I wonder if Ockam's razor is of help: if a business relationship cannot in any way touch the depth, breadth of a relat . . .READ MORE >