“God is most glorified when I am most satisfied in him” is a phrase I hear in a broad range of Christian circles. It’s the main thesis of John Piper in Desiring God. It’s an interesting concept, and one which I’ve heard used to justify a variety of theological and […]
It’s an exciting and empowering time to be doing theological study. We’ve made some striking discoveries in our first semester. If you’ve never thought about doing this kind of study, now is the time! Historical criticism Some Christians have rightly been nervous of theological study. For more than a century, […]
Stand-up comedy — ‘can anything good come from there?’ Well, yesterday we discovered Eddie Izzard. He must be the student’s comedian. History, religion, language, pop culture… His fabulous (!) 1998 stand-up, Dress to Kill, is an hilarious journey through European history. We loved his bits about church history http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ope-1Zb5t-k and […]
Tonight’s Grey’s Anatomy / Private Practice double episode had a fascinating God-thread running through it. The basic plot is that Addison’s brother has what looks to be terminal brain parasites so she flies him to Seattle so that her ex-husband and best neuro-surgeon around, Derek, can treat him and there […]
Read this if you are (a) our mates and long-term supporters, (b) thinking about the future, (c) a student, (d) think Jesus is vaguely interesting. This is solid gold. Mikey Lynch http://xnreflections.blogspot.com/ of Crossroads Pressie, http://www.crossroadshobart.org/trac/wiki/About Hobart, is coming on board as campus director of University Fellowship of Christians (AFES). […]
We recently watched the 2007 debate between Richard Dawkins and John Lennox. One topic they touch on, unsurprisingly, is the argument that an ideology can be discredited by implicating it in atrocities. Christianity caused the Crusades and the Inquisition, therefore Christianity is false or evil. Atheism caused the Gulag and […]
Ariel Levy wrote Female Chauvinist Pigs in 2006 and I’ve been wanting to read it for a while. The book is a critique of one element of third wave feminism: raunch culture. She makes a fascinating argument, attributing raunch culture to the confusions of the women’s lib movement and the […]
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