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What can we do to create a community that’s honest about its ecclesiology?

Over at Outside is Better, Chad Brooks is calling us to tell the truth about ecclesiology in the local church.  He opens with three Ally Bank commercials that expose the ridiculous and unfair bait-and-switch practices of banking, and then segues … Continue reading

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Being the Loyal Opposition in the Institutional Church

Thoughts after reading the preface and introduction to Frank Viola’s Reimagining Church, in which he makes a case for church life outside the institutional church Regarding Viola’s assumption, that in the institutional church the structure should not be reformed or … Continue reading

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Leaking Truth

ponderings from the Moleskine, November ’08 The truth leaked from our life together in Christ is the necessary precursor to our proclamation of God’s worth. Knowing begins in relationship with God. The triune Creator, Covenant-Maker is foundational. Our fear of … Continue reading

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How should we disagree?

How–that is, by what reasoning standards–she [an author] introduces these observations, defends them, and allows them to build into a coherent, defensible, and ultimately persuasive statement is the book’s argument… …The indispensable predicate for effective argument is command of your … Continue reading

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Kierkegaard on Knowing God

A PRECIS on Soren Kierkegaard, Concluding Unscientific Postscript: Part II, Section 2, Chp. 2 (189-224) Edited and modified January 6, 2010 SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT True knowledge of God is subjective, not objective. Subjective knowledge is true because it properly … Continue reading

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