I Made An Icon! (Or: Recapturing Beauty In The Church)

(See below for larger images).  Yes, that’s right, I’m quickly spiraling down the path of idolatry.  Actually, this is my final project for my “Art and the Bible” class.  (I included the second picture for those of you who are particularly offended by images of Jesus).  Seriously, though, I’m with Sproul on this one.  There is nothing inherently [...]

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Christ-Like Leadership And The Gender Debate

When it comes to the gender debate, we must always keep sight of the Biblical picture of leadership.  Egalitarians frequently argue that our focus should not be on claiming our rights to authority over others, and I couldn’t agree more.  They argue that we should focus on serving one another, and again I couldn’t agree [...]

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A Two-Way Street: Free Will, Suffering & The Glory Of God

I was on facebook the other day, taking a silly quiz to see how “Reformed” I was.  As it turns out, the quiz was designed by Presbyterians, so it wasn’t very accurate. 
One person, obviously irked by Reformation theology, left a rather cynical comment on the quiz’s wall, along the lines of “child prostitution brings glory to [...]

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Question Of The Day

Why is it that those who borrow 99% of their ideas from Plato, Augustine and Aquinas are “sheep”…
 while those who borrow 99% of their ideas from Nietzsche, Marx and Freud are “free thinkers”?  

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