I noticed that John Piper asked if the Church can grow when it has a bad name. He quoted the book of Acts "everywhere this sect is spoken against." (28:22) For those who don't know, Acts recounts the story of Christianity's explosion after the death, and resurrection of Christ. I thought this was an overly
In the wake of Adam Giambrone's recent scandal in a teapot I've been reflecting on the deeper problem surrounding his actions. He never grew up. How else do you explain his immature actions? It isn't just him. I would put myself in the same category. I believe we'll see a whole generation of men who
Too much to do today, so I'll leave Buechner's memoirs to a later date. Instead I give you my most recent graph.
The twitter hashtag is #patrobertsondoesntspeakforme. There are two things that need to be addressed. 1. Those outside of Christianity who want to dismiss us all because of Pat Robertson are a close second to him in terms of ignorance. If you ignore the work being done in Haiti, primarily by Christian organizations*, in favor of
Today in my History of Psychology class we were discussing (or perhaps being discussed to) Neitzsche. I'm fascinated by his view of the consequences of atheism on ethics. So far as I can tell from Beyond Good and Evil Neitzsche* believed that when ethics meets relativism right is decided by the most powerful. So
Gun control, gun control, gun control. It is an issue that just won't go away. I usually find myself of the mindset that says, sure, we should make people prove both their ability to use a gun without "accidents" before we let them buy one. However George Jonas makes an interesting point about gun control
And by that I mean you can stop yelling at men. I know it seems that the world is unfairly skewed our way. It actually is. However this has ceased to be mens fault. Either start yelling at the women who decide to dress like sluts. Or stop dressing like one yourself. Every time I