Monthly Archives: June 2012

Extraordinary microscope photographs!

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

You’ll enjoy these extraordinary microscope photographs from the Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition, winners currently on display at the New York Hall of Science. It’s a magnificent testimony to what chance and infinite time can accomplish … or, if your … Continue reading →

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‘One thing you haven’t done’

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

As Jesus was starting out on his way to Jerusalem, a man came running up to him, knelt down, and asked, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked. “Only … Continue reading →

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Launch the counter-revolution

Posted on June 12, 2012 by

Timothy Dalrymple writes on patheos.com: There is a growing genre — call it Progressive Christian Scorn Literature — about the scorn progressive Christians have for conservative evangelicals. It seems to be celebrated on the Left as a kind of righteous … Continue reading →

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If you won’t do justice, don’t bother me

Posted on June 9, 2012 by

“I hate all your show and pretense – the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and solemn assemblies. I will not accept your burnt offerings and grain offerings. I won’t even notice all your choice peace offerings. Away with your noisy … Continue reading →

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The Gospel is about God’s justice

Posted on June 8, 2012 by

I do not pretend to be either a theologian or a scholar, so readers who are one or both are asked to be gentle in their assessment of what follows. It comes more from the heart than the head. It … Continue reading →

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‘A post-biblical lens that too often distorts crucial biblical texts’

Posted on June 7, 2012 by

A good word from Eric Hankins about the “Augustinian-Calvinist synthesis” underlying the New Calvinism: [In the context of “A Statement of the Traditional Baptist Understanding of God’s Plan of Salvation,”] there is no doubt that we are calling into question the Calvinist-Arminian … Continue reading →

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Brilliant liberals, faux conservatives

Posted on June 1, 2012 by

Gene Veith at Cranach offers a post about the defeat of a bill to ban abortion for the purpose of sex-selection in the House of Representatives. Opponents of the bill objected that because gender-selection abortions are  common in Asia, lawmakers who … Continue reading →

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