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Pro-Life Teaching for Children
Earlier today on an e-mail discussion list, someone raised some questions about the best ways to spread a pro-life message, especially to a younger audience. I e-mailed a response to part of the question, suggesting the way that I would … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ethics, Society
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‘Year of Biblical Womanhood’ Review – Part 3
Welcome to the third part of the review of Rachel Held Evans’s A Year of Biblical Womanhood, within which we engage with chapters 7-9 of the book, following on from part 1 and part 2. Listen here! Listen to the other … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Bible, Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Guest Post, My Reading, Reviews, Sex and Sexuality, Theological, What I'm Reading
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‘Year of Biblical Womanhood’ Review – Part 1
I have read several books since starting my book reviewing experiment, but this is the first review that I will be posting. Indeed, to my knowledge this is my first ever experiment with audio on this blog. I am not … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Bible, Controversies, Culture, Guest Post, My Reading, Reviews, Society, Theological
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What is Evangelicalism? – Part 4
Read the other parts of ‘What Is Evangelicalism?’ Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 This post concludes my series on the definition of evangelicalism. Evaluating Hart’s Thesis I find Hart’s iconoclastic thesis broadly persuasive. However, I want to challenge it … Continue reading
Posted in Church History, Culture, The Church, Theological
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What is Evangelicalism? – Part 3
Read the other parts of ‘What Is Evangelicalism?’ Part 1, Part 2, Part 4 In my previous post, I suggested that evangelicalism is a particular form of Protestantism marked by the marginalization of the institutional church. Within this and the post … Continue reading
Posted in Church History, Culture, The Church, Theological
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On Political Typologies and Trying to Understand the Politics of American Christians
A couple of days ago, I took the Political Compass test, something which I have done from time to time over the last few years. While my results were much as they were on previous occasions that I took the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Politics
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Why I Believe in Pre-Marital Virginity
Yesterday I came across yet another piece lamenting how screwed up the views of sex among evangelical men and women who believe in sexual abstinence outside of marriage are. I must have read at least a dozen or more such … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ethics, Sex and Sexuality
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On Triggering and the Triggered, Part 3
Within this post I will continue my analysis of the debate surrounding the words of Pastor Douglas Wilson’s that Jared Wilson posted over a week ago. I have already blogged twice on the subject – here and here. Both of … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, Culture, Theological
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On Triggering and the Triggered, Part 2
In my previous post, I dealt with the controversy that had developed around Jared Wilson’s post: ‘The Polluted Waters of 50 Shades of Grey, Etc.’ and the quoted comments from Pastor Douglas Wilson within it. Since writing that post, Jared … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, On the web, The Blogosphere, Theological
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Information Addiction and the Church
Having commented on this post on the subject of ‘infobesity’ earlier, I thought that I would post my comments here. The following post contains my original comment, followed by some further thoughts on the matter. Infobesity or a Changing Relationship … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Society, The Blogosphere, The Church
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Alastair's Adversaria 