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April 2013

23: Site Problems
18: Quote of the Day: Dan R. Dick on Ecumenically Challenged
10: Guest Post at AllanBevere.com
10: Speaking of Dying Churches
10: Is the UMC Dying?
06: Prayers for Rick Warren
03: The Scale of Things

March 2013

25: Energion Political Debate
24: Reaching Those in a Cult Situation
22: Theologian Pastors
21: Thumbs Down to ChristianMingle.com
20: Increasing Executive Power
11: Dividing the Essentials
09: About the Rand Paul Filibuster
09: For All Our Northern Friends
04: State of Income Inequality in the United States
04: The Most Annoying Ad on Television
04: Stuff Christians Say
04: The March of the What?
02: How Could the Holocaust Get More Shocking?

February 2013

04: Two Things that Lead Toward Christian Unity

January 2013

31: Too Sensitive?
11: Greg Boyd and Spiritual Warfare
04: In Memoriam: John William McKenzie Brady
03: The UMC and Innovation
01: Fiscal Cliff Deal Results in Abuse of Language

December 2012

13: Spying Churches
08: I Want My Canine Chauffeur
06: I Wish This Would Work
06: 10 Stupid Things Ministers Should Never Do

November 2012

October 2012

31: Bad Time of Year for a Black Cat
29: Hammering the Word SOON
24: Defining Christian
22: October 22 and Eschatology
22: Seismologists Guilty of Manslaughter
20: In the Mail: Dreams from My Real Father
20: What Dennis Venema Would Like to Hear a Young Earth Creationist Say
19: Removing Mormons from the Cult List
19: Third Party Debate
11: Is the Church Dead?
08: Earth from Space at Night
03: By the Way, It’s Not a Debate
02: What Could Be More Dangerous than Liberalism?

September 2012

29: Rachel Held Evans, Owen Strachan, and Adrian Warnock Went on a Radio Show
28: Bleeding Heart Libertarians and Austrian Economics
28: UMC Pastoral Accountability: What About Bishops?
27: No to Blasphemy Trials
27: In Reporting Polls, Please …
27: The Great Energion Political Roundtable Continues
24: How Not to Convince Me
22: Jerry Coyne on Criticizing Religion
22: 1935 Series Dollar Silver Certificate Without …
21: Media Distrust
21: Are You Preserving Holy Bricks?
20: On Deepening Progressive Theology
20: Such a Prayer – Jody’s Devotionals
20: The Advantages of Extremism (John Cleese)
18: Shoving God into a Box
15: Community vs Supporting the Organization
13: On UM Insight
11: Florida is Behind on Science Education
11: Thinking about 9-11
10: Weekly Communion
08: Kitten vs Doberman
05: Defensive Christianity
05: September 9 Christian Carnival is Coming
04: Holding the Church Hostage

August 2012

31: On Christian Fiction and Covenant
28: And Now About Church Success
28: Mother Jones on Failing Schools
25: Neil Armstrong Dies at 82
20: For Gospel Preachers
18: Trouble at My Alma Mater – Walla Walla University
18: Finding the Sound of the Bloody Cross Gospel
14: Primary and Local Voting (Ramblings)
13: A Monopoly on Healing?
10: Demonstrating Statistical Deception
09: On Moderating a Political Discussion
06: Curiosity on Mars
05: Kitten and Doberman – Cute!
04: Quote of the Day – Chicken Sandwiches or Daily Bread

July 2012

26: Scot McKnight on Dominion Theology
25: Real vs. Hypothetical Evil
18: Shades of Outrage but Comments Closed
18: Responding to TGC on Sex and Power
16: Measuring Liberal Christianity
11: The Fanatic Illustrated
10: Pundits Are Generally Wrong
09: Shifting Theology
06: On Doctrinal Distinctives
05: Glorious Stories
04: Link: Great 4th of July Story

June 2012

April 2012

March 2012

February 2012

22: Seasons of the Church Year
21: What Disastrous Situation
21: Marks of a Unified Church
21: This Does NOT Represent Family Values
20: Repelling Young People
20: Dutch Sheets and Dominionism
20: Cooperative Missions
17: February 15 Christian Carnival Posted
15: Pete Enns on the Historical Adam
10: Of Evangelism, Missions and Other Bad Words
09: February 8, 2012 Christian Carnival Posted
07: Why Certain People Tend to Polarize
07: Self-Quote of the Day
04: Beware the Cult of the Speaker
02: February 1 Christian Carnival Posted
02: On Choice, Coverage, and Contraception
01: Seventh-Day Adventist vs Methodist on Family Guy

January 2012

December 2011

30: I Can Haz – the Ontological Argument
29: Is the American Church in Prison?
29: The Problem with Stories
24: Christmas Message
20: A Note to Politicians This Election Season
18: The Problem with My Church’s Children’s Ministry
18: Worship Music Criticism Criticized
16: How Much Can We Change
16: This Will Make You Feel Better
16: Christopher Hitchens Dies
15: Of Virgin Births and Whale’s Bellies
14: Blessings!
13: Fact Checking and Opinions
13: A Great Referrer
10: On Merry Christmas from Last Year
10: On Christians Insulting Atheists
10: Controlling the Money Means Controlling the Speech
04: How Charismatic Am I?

November 2011

27: Brian Fulthorp
26: On a Soterian Gospel
25: My Desk
24: Fun (or Weird) Facts about Me
22: Atheist Holiday Ads and Christian Freedom
22: Through Difficulties to Ministry
21: The Gospel in the Sermon on the Mount
21: Polls and Headline Writing
18: Loving C. S. Lewis and Hating Rob Bell?
11: Jon Stewart Nails It on Penn State
07: My Wife is Giving Away Books
01: Scot McKnight on Academic Freedom

October 2011

September 2011

August 2011

30: When Robots Chat
20: Jon Morris at The Drowsy Poet
18: On Roman Catholics and Scholarship
17: One Reason Christian Leaders Fall – Overload
16: Part-Time Ministry Call: Disappointment or Opportunity
16: A Comedian Shall Lead Them?
14: What if Church Was Like
13: Why I Believe in a Designer but Don’t Accept Intelligence Design
13: Worship and a Broadcast Sermon
13: People Want Congress to Fight Harder
13: Corporations are People
10: Restoring Commas
09: Fences: Mending or Rending
04: Jon Stewart on the Debt Deal
02: And so We Have a Debt Deal

July 2011

27: Equipping is not Delegating
26: Renaming the Unpopular
21: First Century Church – Wanting and Doing
16: If All Else Fails, Blame the Latest Technology
12: A Sinful Job Description
12: The New Jesus
10: Book: Thank God for Evolution
10: A Narrow View of the Glory of God
07: Quote of the Day – On the Job of Pastor
07: A United Methodist Pastor on Revitalizing Dead Churches
06: Dashboards, Discernment, and Responsible Leadership
04: On Praying for My Country
04: On Putting God Before Country
02: Early Internet (or not) Experiences
02: Losing the War on Drugs

June 2011

May 2011

25: Stay Away, but If You Come Anyway
24: Repeating Adventist Mistakes
21: Might It Be Significant
21: An End-Timely Dilemma
17: The Way That Seems Right
14: Dave Black Has a Question on Ministry
13: Book Notes – Revelation: The Way It Happened
13: Link: Five Reasons to Study Barth
10: Theme Updates

April 2011

March 2011

30: Keep Prayer and Advocacy Separate
30: Smart on Crime Agenda
30: USA Fish?
29: Vegetarians and Nazis
28: On Publishing a Calvinist Book
26: Christianity and Insanity
21: Someone Else Thinks Seminaries are in Trouble
20: The Art of Not Waging War
18: Chosen?
18: Clayboy on Bell and Hell
16: Herold Weiss on Genesis 2:4b – 4:26
16: On Risk – Quote of the Day
12: Evolution and Continuous Upward Progress
12: Quote of the Day
11: Observing Lent
07: Populating Hell
07: Motorists Detained for Paying Toll with Large Bills
07: When Will Teachers Sacrifice like Wall Street Execs?
04: My Personality Type
03: Group Lists Donors to Others
03: Voter Ignorance
03: On a Virtual Seminary Education
02: Proper and Rightful Role for Iowa Caucuses?

February 2011

January 2011

30: Grow a Scriptural Faith – For Your Kids
29: The Multiple Personality Disorder of American Foreign Policy
27: How Liberal Christians Lose Credibility
23: Worship Worthy of Your Understanding of God
22: Is Civility Our Greatest Need?
22: The Bible and Abortion
22: Seeking Sinless Perfection
21: A Test to Determine if One is a Christian
19: View on Justification
18: Almost Thou Persuadest Me
18: More on Spiritual Fitness for Soldiers
17: What Makes a Person Great?
16: What is Cutting Edge?
15: On Evolutionary Christians
15: The Worship Service is Worship Too
15: Organizing Small Groups
13: Converts to Orthodox Churches
13: Making Events Fit Your Agenda
11: It’s Broken!
11: See I Can …
09: What Would Jesus Do? – Gun Edition
09: In Case of Murder, Attack Some Metaphors
08: My Wife Comments on Arizona Shooting
08: Listening to Whose Voice(s)
07: Evolutionary Links
07: William Barclay Commentaries Dangerous
06: Alden Thompson: SDAs and the Charismatic Experience
05: How Certain is Science?
05: Guns in the Home
04: New Jersey Wants to Seize Gift Cards
02: Responding to Adrian Warnock on Arminocalvinists
02: An RSS Feed for Dave Black
01: When Do You Get On Board?

December 2010

31: Spiritual Fitness in the Army
29: Father-Daughter Blogging …
29: Now THAT Would be an Interesting Presidential Race
28: Another Note on Design
27: On the Design Inference
27: Wesley’s Rules for Preachers
27: Putting up Barriers to Ministry
27: Hallelujah Chorus – Quinhagak, Alaska
26: Another Ham in the Family
24: Merry Christmas!
23: Linking the Birth of Our Nation with the Birth of Our Savior
20: Greetings from the Religious Arm of Socialism
19: A Christian Officer and DADT
13: Brueggeman on Justice
12: Am I Too Picky?
12: Nobody Recognizes Fake Doctor
12: I got goosebumps

November 2010

30: Creationism vs Anti-evolutionism
27: Wesleyan-Arminian vs Calvinist Self-Identification
26: Gordon Fee and Pentecostal Scholarship
21: Christ the King Sunday
21: Raising the Retirement Age
19: On the Myth of Adolescence
19: Ignorant of Church Domes
18: Quote of the Day on The Agitator
17: Of Olbermann, Fox, and Commentators
17: Responding to the New Atheism
15: A Prescriptive Grammarian Goofs
05: Another Political Quiz

October 2010

13: Common Ground on Genesis
07: John Meunier Provides a Hauerwas Two-fer
06: From the Top of a Sidebar
04: Dan Dick on Make-No-Wave Church

September 2010

29: Quote of the Day – Greg Boyd
28: Coloring Outside the Lines
08: Quote of the Day – On Accurate Doctrine
07: The Package They Carry

August 2010

31: Copyright Trolls
31: New Meaning to Language Police
30: Five Sites I Read Because I Disagree
27: Staying Alive in Seminary
23: Astonishingly Stupid
23: Christianity by Force or Manipulation
23: Choosing a New Church
16: On the Ground Zero Mosque
12: Word Ambiguities
06: On C. S. Lewis
05: PNJ Picks 2 for Governor
05: Boycott BP – Maybe Not!
05: Quote of the Day – Passives
02: Burned Out Pastors

July 2010

22: Finding My Way in Christianity
21: Discussing Preserving Democracy
20: What Makes a Plumber Real
19: Artistic Genius and Rape
18: The Season of Political Literature
17: On Inerrancy Again
17: A New Edition of Preserving Democracy
15: Think about How
12: Quote on Worship
10: UMC Rather than SDA – Again
05: Looking for a UMC Pastor in the West or Northwest
03: Dismissing as Wrong
02: Christian Perfection – Not So Plain to Me!

June 2010

May 2010

06: Why I Am Blogging Less
06: Somebody Needed a Dictionary

April 2010

March 2010

February 2010

January 2010

29: N. T. Wright on Hell
29: Few Knew Health Care Bill Got No Republican Support
29: Surfacing again after Server Work
24: Server Move
23: Greg Boyd Tells Mennonites to Go to Hell!
23: Server Problems with Two Blogs
21: Supreme Court Favors Free Speech
21: Yes is No and No is Yes
21: Gossip vs. Flattery
21: On Haiti Ministry
21: A Snake-Handling Baptist?
19: Managing Evidence for Evolution
19: David Ker is Bored
19: Counting the Independents
18: Martin Luther King Day 2010
16: Taking Offense Easier than Logic and Evidence
14: N. T. Wright on Genesis 1-3
13: Pat Robertson on Haiti
13: Some Mideast Churches Vote to Ordain Women
13: On Haiti
08: Parents are Key to Science Education
08: Small Offense Provokes Much Violence
07: Poor Offended People Want to Murder Someone
07: The Passion in Gold and Diamonds
07: Masculinity Crisis?
07: Is Christianity the Best Deal in the Universe?
07: Congratulations to James McGrath
04: A Good Politician
04: Mere Christians
04: David Ker – Gay Africa
01: Most Popular 10 Posts of 2009

December 2009

November 2009

27: Dan Wallace has a Complaint about Liberals
25: Seals Prosecuted for Capturing Terrorist
25: The Return of Threads
23: Mistakes Leading to Death
23: Civilian Trials for Terrorists = Good Idea
19: The Meaning of Christ the King Sunday
19: What the Bible and the U. S. Constitution Have in Common
18: I Get Mail from UM Communications
18: What About All the Spiders?
18: Incentive Bonuses Equally Divided?
17: Freaking Out About Ayn Rand
16: Progressive Orthodoxy
12: The Age of the Earth – Not a Minor Difference
12: Why Democracy Fails
07: The Real War on Christmas
05: How Not to Make Your Point
05: A Note on Independent Voters
04: Of Apportionments and Stewardship
04: Idolatry of Apologetics

October 2009

30: On Receiving Copies of Megabelt
26: Is There a Problem with this Sign?
25: Ben Witherington on Women in Ministry
22: Ed Brayton on Fox News Bashing
22: Welcome 32 New Planets to the Known Universe
17: Facing Detours
15: Blogging/Essay Contest
14: Prayer in a Public Meeting
13: Informed Bible Study and Creationism
12: FTC Disclosure Rules for Blogs
12: The Death of Good Judgment
09: President Obama and the Peace Prize
08: Private Censorship?
08: Giving Away a copy of Preserving Democracy
08: Blogs in Tenure Applications Etc
07: Saturn has a Huge Ring

September 2009

29: Jesus Paradigm Giveaway
28: Can Anyone Identify this Spider?
28: Singing Praise to President Obama?
23: Doing Something
22: Another take on Low Church Evangelicals
22: Free Copy of The Mosaic Bible
21: How to talk to ANYONE on a Journey
19: Which Way do you Listen?
18: Scot McKnight: Is Low Church Evangelicalism Protestant?
17: A Survey
14: Family Pride and Amateur Radio
11: The Problem with Revenge
11: Lord Save Us From Your Followers – The Movie
08: Preaching until you Mean It
04: Living Romans 12
01: Seventh-day Adventist Education and Evolution
01: Garage Sale? Watch out for the Feds!
01: Am I a Doubter?

August 2009

31: Is Seminary Necessary?
28: Beware Friends Bearing Manuscripts
27: The Bad Name of Evangelism
22: Disaster and Judgment
20: Church 7 Days a Week
20: Love Without Involvement
17: Left Wing Closed Mindedness
16: On End of Life Counseling
14: Jim Wallis Wishes Sarah Palin Ill
13: Exceptional, Must-Read Article – Be Farmers, not Recruiters
13: Christian Carnival CCLXXXIX Posted
13: Right to Protest – Not to Drown Out
11: The Homeschool Advantage
11: The Trouble with our Alternatives
10: Military Action – Limits of Moderation
08: Yes! Spend Less on Buildings
06: Theme Change
06: On Inerrancy – a Request for Short Definitions
06: It Was All God – Pride or Humility?
06: Could You Use This Video about YOUR Church?
04: The Espresso Book Machine
04: Media Heat or Light?
03: Reflections on Church and The Jesus Paradigm
03: Incredibly Irresponsible YouTube Video
03: Scot McKnight on Walton on Genesis 1

July 2009

31: A Different Look at Seeker Sensitivity
31: John Meunier Asks an Excellent Question
30: Congratulations to Houston Baptist University
30: On Evangelizing Atheists
23: A Science Comedian
15: A Query for my Scientifically Oriented Friends
15: Somewhat of a Calvinist?
14: Do We Live What We Believe
14: Response to Sarah Palin Post
08: A Bowdlerized Lectionary Passage
08: Not Hating Sarah Palin
07: My Country, Right or Wrong?

June 2009

26: Best Movie Review Ever
24: All Tangled Up in Solutions
21: The Privilege of Being a Father
15: Dave Black on Christians and Nationalism
15: Ministry Mistakes (or not)
12: Mistakes, Love, and Parenting
07: New Methodist Blogger – Rev. Geoffrey Lentz
03: Way to Go Omaha 1st UMC

May 2009

April 2009

March 2009

February 2009

27: What He Said
27: Moving Bright Kids Forward
25: I Don’t Understand This
23: Rewarding Incompetence
23: Speaking the Truth is News
22: Ten Beliefs of (some) Progressive Christians
22: Dan Wallace Reposts on Post Cartoon
20: The Osteens New Bible
19: The Shocking Nature of Grace?
19: Dan Wallace is Angry
19: The Value and Danger of Forensics
18: Obama Administration Opposes Fairness Doctrine
18: Christian Carnival CCLXIV Posted
14: Rachel Maddow Identifies the Religious Right
14: John Hobbins Leaves Complegalitarian
14: When in Doubt, Check it Out
12: Free Speech Means Freedom NOT to Speak
12: A: Because obviously what Jesus would do is shoot them
11: I Wanted to Post Something about the Search for the Ark
11: Commending Chuck Grassley
10: How to Keep Religion in the Public Square
10: Do Scientists Promote Darwinism?
10: 20 Things to Doubt
09: What I Want in a Stimulus Package
08: The Opening of ID Season
07: Bipartisan Dialog is Messy
06: When Strategies Change Hands
06: Debunking Flood Geology
04: The Internet Monk is Believing Stuff
03: They Really Do Believe the Earth is Stationary
02: Setting the Proper Priority for Tolerance as a Value

January 2009

31: Today at the John Webb Winter Golf Tournament
30: What Stimulus Proponents Could Learn from a Book Title
30: Annoyed at Certain Christian Labels
29: So I AM a Secular Humanist
29: Change *I* Can Believe In!
28: In Which I Pay for Following Links
28: Christian Carnival Hosting
27: Government Oversight in Action
27: A Note from my Wife
27: Free Speech and Savings Possible
26: Bad Reasons for Getting Out of a War
26: The Need for my Series on Interpreting the Bible
26: A Thousand Word Picture
25: Dr. Reich Stirs up some Hornets
24: Interpreting the Bible – Mid-Course Focus
24: A Caution to Republicans and Democrats
23: Lost Generation?
22: The Press is No More Intelligent
21: And Now for a Liberal Attack on Free Speech
21: This Should Have Happened Yesterday
21: The Freedom to be Dumb
21: Good Place to Reduce Spending
20: Keeping Women from Ministry is a Sin
20: A Few Kicks in the Rear
20: Great Days but Bad Quarters
20: Quote of the Day 1-20-09
19: Is Tomorrow a Down Payment on the Dream?
19: Some More Well-Considered(?) Legislation
19: Design Language and Evolution
19: Series on Chauvinistic Passages in the Bible
19: Before Going to Theology School
19: Quote of the Day 1-19-09
17: And Now, Prayers from Everybody
16: New Display Option for Moderate Christian Blogroll
16: Christian Carnival CCLIX Posted
16: Proving the Virgin Birth
16: Now Rick Warren is in REAL Trouble
15: Interpreting the Bible IV – Scientific Statements
14: Some Thoughts on a Methodist Experiment
14: Let Them Pray Together
12: Interpreting the Bible III – The Impact of Inerrancy
12: Cleaning Blogroll
12: Broad Category Feeds
12: Moving to Feedburner
12: First UMC ICON Service
10: Seat Roland Burris
10: And Yet Again, Rick Warren
08: Experimenting Methodists
07: My Movie Rating
07: BBC Radio Program on Evolution and Faith
06: Evangelism from an Atheist Perspective
06: The 2009 John Webb Winter Golf Tournament
06: What Can We Christians be Thinking?
04: First UMC to Launch New Worship Service
04: On Being a Liberal Charismatic Believer
04: Ken Miller v. Casey Luskin
03: Willful, Crusading Ignorance

December 2008

November 2008

28: Um, No Thanks, Not like You
28: Thinking about Business Regulation
28: Problems with WP-Supercache
26: A Double Holiday
25: New Blog – Caraleisa
25: Christianity Today Blog for Women in Leadership
24: Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Pastors
22: Not so Much with the Cabinet Surprises
20: Fulfilling Needs or Catering to Wants
19: Adrian and Dave Warnock on the Atonement
19: Idolatry of Theology and Liturgy
18: Nova: Buried Secrets
17: Coolness and Complacency
17: Theodicy and Politics
17: Quick Thoughts on the Economy
15: Headline Bias
15: Republican Role: Defend Capitalism?
13: Measuring Media Fairness
11: On Being Christian and Killing People
10: Education and Forced Labor or Public Service
09: Re: Palin – I thought it Might be This
08: What Have They Done with Jesus – Roundup
07: Scientific Study of the Supernatural
06: Chief of Staff Position is not Bipartisan
06: Dr. James White Declares me (among others) Evil
05: Reflection after the Election
03: Reflection before the Election

October 2008

31: Stupid Scam E-Mail
31: In Which God do we Trust?
31: The Advantages of Stoning False Prophets
29: Obama and the Socialism Charge
28: Value of Basic Research (even in France)
27: To Stimulate or Not to Stimulate
25: Quote of the Day
24: Suspending Free Speech in Politics
23: Somebody Should Hire Her Quick
22: Abortion as a Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card
21: Religion and God Mocked in Campaign
21: Great to Live (and Vote) in Florida
20: Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama
20: So Long to Public Campaign Financing?
17: Added Caching
17: Not About Joe the Plumber
16: Letter to Lifeway Christian Stores
16: The McCain Campaign and Comebacks
15: Trying WP-Spamfree
15: Quote of the Day – Elitism
15: Believing in Private Charity
13: Yeah, Do This!
13: Albert Mohler Steps in It on Evolution
11: But Can a CONSERVATIVE Vote for Obama?
10: How Much Pandering and to What End?
09: How a Christian can Vote for Obama
08: Explaining Suffering – or Not
08: Not Watching the Presidential Debate
06: Book Notes: God’s Problem (Ehrman)
06: Pro-Life Obama
04: Book Notes: An Old Testament Theology (Waltke)
04: Thoughts on Michael Reiss
04: New Creationist Prize
02: Book Notes: An Introduction to the New Testament (DeSilva)
02: Borrow, Spend, and Rescue

September 2008

29: Seeing What We Expect
26: Tagged – but I can Break the Rules
24: Evolution, Historical Methods, and Assumptions
23: Whither the Budget Deficit
22: Mixed Health Care Feelings
18: Health Insurance Plans
17: Book Notes: Jesus and the Eyewitnesses
17: Idiocy and Firing Michael Reiss
16: Checking on ex-Hurricane Ike
12: But the Whole Election is Out of Context!
11: Who Are We After 9-11?
10: Good Decisions on Education in California
10: Book Notes: Live to Tell
09: Boon or Doom: Is That Really the Question?
08: When Prayer is Depressing
06: The Bible Does Not Contain Science
05: I Like Sarah Palin
04: On Being Anti-Abortion and Pro-Choice
02: Book Notes: The Gospels for All Christians
01: On the Troubles of Candidates’ Children
01: How to Apologize

August 2008

31: Does God Care about 2% or 5%?
30: Bug Report
30: What Decides My Vote (or Silly Experience Arguments)
29: Culture11
28: It’s Raining Books, Hallelujah!
27: A Forest of Signs and Waving People
25: Numbers out of Context
23: Methodists and Evolution
23: He Wouldn’t Be on my Long List
20: Well-Placed Faith
19: All Comments Accidentally Closed
17: Denominationalism – The Disease
15: Georgia and Ossetia – Asking the Right Questions
15: Amateur Extra
14: Todd Bentley’s Marriage
13: How Incarnational?
13: John Hobbins on TUCC
11: Forgiving or Excusing
10: Photo and Haiku at Quiet Paths
09: Edwards: Is Marital Fidelity Strictly Personal?
08: Redistribution: Wealth and Responsibility
05: Barack Obama’s Income Redistribution Plan
02: Quick Note on The Golden Compass
02: New Creation-Evolution Site
01: An Answer for Mark: Death as a Divine Tool

July 2008

June 2008

30: In Defense of Elitism
30: Continuing Moderate Christian Blogroll Saga
30: Donny Pauling on Jesus for President
29: Looking for a Good Sermon?
27: Flip-Flopping with Integrity
24: Frank Hagan on Theistic Evolution
24: Evolution as God’s Tool
24: Moderate Christian Blogroll Feed Update
24: Good News and Bad News on Religious Tolerance
23: Example of Energy Innovation
20: More on Campaign Finance
19: Moderate Christian Blogroll Feed Problems
19: Robert Reich on Offshore Exploration
19: Public Financing, Integrity, and Mixed Emotions
18: Database Problems
15: Gray Areas
14: Going to Revival?
13: Working on Bloglines
13: New Blog – Clashing Culture
13: Louisiana Coalition for Science
12: Gitmo Detainees have Rights
06: Ordination and Impartation Questions
06: Explaining a Quiet Week
06: McCain Supports Warrantless Wiretaps
02: Dave Faulkner on Lakeland
02: Politicians, Adultery, and Integrity

May 2008

30: Periodic Diatribe on Moderation
29: Bentley and Lakeland on MSNBC
29: An Argument for Disestablishing the Major Parties
28: In Niagara Falls, NY
28: On Todd Bentley’s Angel
26: Revival, Faith Healing, and Healing Prayer
25: Misplaced Grief
25: Exceptional Church Service at 1st UMC Niagara Falls
25: In Niagara Falls, NY
23: Hillary Clinton and the Black Knight
22: Hunting Down the Holy Spirit
22: Received: For the Life of the World
21: Yes, Race Influences my Vote
21: Pelicans win 2nd Game in Series against Sports 4-0
20: Robert Reich on Gladiator Politics
20: Meditations on a Healing Service
20: 4 Posts on Scripture
20: Pelicans Back Home – Win 5-3
19: Fairness vs. Fairness
19: 4 Posts
18: Sermon Today on Genesis 1:1-2:4a
18: A Remarkable Piece of Anti-Evolutionary Logic
17: Does Science Education Lead to Atheism
16: Ouch!
16: Math Education and a Bit of Logic
16: John Webb Pitches 2nd Game
15: Link to Article on Lakeland
15: Lazarus: The Beloved Disciple
15: Now Just How Do You Do That?
14: A Review of Carson: Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church
14: Lakeland Revival Notes
14: Jason Rosenhouse on Evolution and Atheism
13: Changing Churches
13: A Teacher of Myths
13: Malpractice or Malpraxis?
12: Spirit Lite – Recommended Reading
12: Guilty of Pastoral Malpractice
12: UMC General Conference Endorses Clergy Letter Project
11: Pelicans Win 5-2
11: Ken Miller on Expelled
10: Science vs. ID Redux: Lampreys
09: Intimidation by Divine Wrath
09: Pensacola Pelicans Opening Day
08: Responding to the Evangelical Manifesto
08: John Webb Pitching on Opening Day
07: How it Happened vs. Probabilities
06: Distinguishing Freedom and Ability
05: My Advice for Florida Creationists
04: Faith and Imagination
01: HRC Panders on Oil

April 2008

March 2008

31: Also Richard Colling
30: Expelled! and the Atheism-Evolution Connection
30: Upgraded to Wordpress 2.5
29: Context for Obama and Dr. Jeremiah Wright
29: Matheson on Howard van Till
29: Suppressed and Talking about it Everywhere
28: Prayer or Medicine
28: No More -MORE-
28: Church and Health Care: Remembering My Parents
28: Christian Carnival #CCXVII Posted
27: Christian Health Care
27: On the KJV
26: -MORE- Tags: To Use or Not
26: Political Purity and Small Political Parties
25: Judas Richardson?
25: Is Anything Biblical?
24: Believing in Words and Symbols
23: Happy Easter!
22: Series on Women in Ministry
22: On Being a True Believer
22: What is a Level Playing Field?
21: Good Friday Thoughts
21: Expelled! Humor
21: NOTHING Ends on Friday
20: Convincing Yourself of Falsehood
19: Frank Schaeffer on Dr. Wright
19: Evidence that Demands a Kingdom
19: Distress, Lies, and Christlikeness
18: Obama Speech Transcript
18: Causes, Excuses, Reasons, and Justifications
18: Holy Week Devotions
18: It Looks Like Obama is Going to Educate
17: Another Jeremiah
15: A Repentance Speech Event
15: Off to Consider Christianity Week Seminars
14: Home-Grown Insurgents?
14: Troy Britain Has a New Blog
14: Race and Obama’s Success
14: Voter Ignorance about the Iraq War
13: I, I Alone, Am Left
12: Moderate Christian Blogroll Updates
12: Experiencing the (Baptism of the) Holy Spirit
12: Eliot Spitzer Should Resign
10: Why I Quit Trusting Creationist Writers
10: Back in Action
04: Florida and Academic Freedom Follies
03: Why Anti-Evolution Lies?
02: Health Care Must be Produced
02: Enabling Media Bias
01: Piper on the Baptism of the Holy Spirit
01: Respecting Elders and Adjudicating Church Property

February 2008

28: Totally Restored (I Presume!)
28: Site Restored (Mostly)
26: A Conservative Christian Republican for Obama
26: The Historical Virgin Mary – II
25: Would Jesus Do This?
25: The Historical Virgin Mary – I
25: Stump Speeches and Empty Rhetoric
24: Church Politics Good and Bad
24: Ralph Nader Running for President
24: From YEC to Theistic Evolutionist
23: Regeneration and Baptism of the Holy Spirit
23: Fordham Institute Criticizes Science Standards Compromise
23: Life of a Rumor
22: Search for the Historical Simon Peter II
22: KJV Only and Pisseth Against the Wall
21: The Search for the Historical Simon Peter
20: Of Rules and Fairness
20: On the Processes of Science
20: Florida Adopts Compromise Science Standards
19: Another Reason to be Involved with your Children
19: Florida Citizens for Science Blog on Standards
19: Panic in the Temple of Darwin?
18: What Have They Done with Jesus? – III
18: Not Keeping Hyperbole Straight
17: Gov. Bobby Jindal Interview
17: Review: The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot
17: What Have They Done with Jesus? – II
15: FAQ on Theistic Evolution
15: Science Education Problem for Florida
14: Interesting Florida County Statistics
13: Ethics of Lotteries vs Casinos
12: Al Mohler Advises on Educating Your Kids
12: On Being a Stepfather
12: Obama Campaign and Race
11: Roundup Florida Science Standards
11: Am I a Darwinian?
11: Colgate Cares Giving Child Fun Center
10: Genealogy Problems
08: Frank Schaeffer for Obama
08: Review of Evidence for the Bible
08: Not Doing Evolution Sunday
08: Dobson is Lying
08: Turn off Rush Limbaugh and read Russell Kirk
07: Romney Suspending Campaign
07: Reasons -> Intentions -> Actions
07: Energion.com Domain Problems
06: Inerrancy: Nuance or Discard?
06: Florida Science Standards Petition Comments
05: Myth of Galileo
05: Is This Pastor Going to Hell?
04: Mississippi Legislator Wants to Play Nanny
04: The Need for Church Politics
02: Book Meme
02: Florida Science Standards Petition
02: An Evangelist for Evolution
02: Republicans for Obama
01: God is not that Vulnerable

January 2008

31: Moderate Christian Blogroll Additions
30: NY NOW Groupthink
30: Numbers and Context
29: CT Interviews Barack Obama
29: Being a Christian Witness
28: Israel and United Methodist Whoredom
26: Silent Witness?
25: Witherington: What Have They Done with Jesus?
24: Abuse of Authority or Church Discipline?
23: New AmazonConnect Blog
23: Prosperity Gospel is not Good News
22: Dr. Richard Colling Comments on Random Designer Review
22: Evolution of a Moral Sense
21: Dimly in a Mirror
21: A Liberating Theology
21: Sub Ratione Dei on Scot McKnight
21: Obama at Ebenezer Baptist
21: The Bible, Christianity, and Me (Briefly)
20: Thinking about Hell
19: And Why Shouldn’t They?
19: Of Cowboy Hats and Graduations
19: Blogging Priorities
19: Belarus Jails Cartoon Publisher
18: Which Theologian Am I?
17: Apes, Lies, and Chick Tracts
17: Ross Perot Disses McCain
16: Factcheck.org Deconstructs the Democratic Debate
16: Paying People to See EXPELLED
16: Bypass the Electoral College?
15: Freedom Not to Invite
15: Politician Images Don’t Interest Me
14: Busy with the John Webb Winter Golf Tournament
13: Ezra Levant and Cartoon Publication
13: Blogroll: Quality of Christian Apologetics
13: Why do you Believe . . .
12: Updating my Bible Version Info
12: Making the World Make Itself
11: Praying for your Enemies
11: Emotions, Momentum Shifts, and Margins of Error
10: Scientists Use Random Design Principles
10: Questioning God-Given Rights
09: Christian Carnival CCIV Posted
09: Emotions and Candidates
09: The Momentum has Shifted – Not!
08: I Posted on Prescriptive Grammar
08: What I Want for Election Day: A Health Care Plan
08: Why I Don’t Like Left Behind
07: Why People Hate Hillary
06: From my Blogroll: Better Bibles, Baptists, and Brothers
05: Rounding Up My Blogs
05: J. Barton Payne on Theistic Evolution
05: Presuppositions
04: Information, Laziness, and Voting
03: Once we faced Lions . . .
03: New Christian Carnival
03: Miniposts
03: Blogroll: Geocreationism.com
03: Working the Blogroll
02: Random Designer Wrap-Up
01: New Year Blog Dressup

December 2007

29: My Theological Worldview
29: Preachers: Respecting without Idolizing
28: The Quest for Absolute Certainty
27: On Being Moderately Sheeplish
26: Random Designer VI – Take 2
22: The Joy of Being Unscientific
21: The OTHER War on Christmas
20: Florida Science Standards Debate Heats Up
16: Biblical Inerrancy and Evolution
16: Random Designer VI
14: Random Designer V
13: You Might be a Fundamentalist If . . .
13: What Do These Three Blogs have in Common?
13: Differences of Opinion, Lies, and Seeing the Other Side
13: Good Teaching or Mockery?
12: Christian Carnival #202 and My Highlights
11: Continued Database Problems
11: Inside Higher Ed on Dr. Richard Colling
11: Random Design and New Information in the Genome
10: Random Designer IV
09: Intelligent Design and Faith
08: PSA: Thoughts on Centering
08: Moderate Christian Blogroll Change
07: Random Designer III
07: Christian Carnival #201 Posted
07: Links for 12/7/07
06: Heresy Hunting with Closed Ears
06: Creation-Evolution Posts and Reading Recommendations
05: Barbara Forrest makes Statement on Firing of Chris Comer
05: Random Designer II
04: My (Alleged) Hatred of Fundamentalists
04: Heresy in the Bible?
03: Florida Science Standards go from F to High B
03: Random Designer I
03: The Gonzalez Tenure Issue
01: Of Science, Faith, and Feelings
01: 15 Days for Insulting Mohammed Not Enough for Some

November 2007

29: The Continued Saga of Science Education
29: Happenings Around Here
24: Journalism and Objectivity
22: Happy Thanksgiving!
22: The Fear of Being Wrong
21: A Note on Evolution, ID, and Ethical Behavior
20: Review of The Language of God
20: Who Cares about the Present, We have the Future!
18: MBWR #137 + My Highlights
18: PSA: An Unbalanced and Ineffective View of the Atonement
17: Christian Carnival #198
15: Keeping up with the Justification Debate
14: Bringing Textual Variant Statistics Under Control
14: A Taste of Teaching the Controversy
13: Creation-Evolution Links 11/13/2007
12: Reading 11/12/07
11: Why I am Not a Pacifist
10: A Nice Display of Sportsmanship
10: PDF of The Future of Justification
09: New Perspectives on Paul – Shifting the Paradigm
09: Friday Reading 11/9/2007
08: A Question of Ecumenism, Theology, or Exegesis
07: The Golden Compass – Two Views
07: My Highlights from Christian Carnival CXCVII
07: Christian Carnival #CXCVII
06: Legislating Morality
06: Morning Reading – 11/6/2007
05: Setting Doctrinal Priorities
05: Faith and Creation – Some Links
05: MBWR #136 Posted
05: Why My Blog Traffic is Slow
04: Why I Hate the KJV
03: A Dull, Boring, Dead Christianity
03: Against Personal Freedom on the Left
02: Am I an Evangelical?
01: Creation, Fall, and Redemption: Three Views
01: Biblical Studies Carnival XXIII Posted

October 2007

31: Lingamish Blog Boredom
31: Mid-week Links 10/31/07
31: Theological Arguments Against Evolution: Sin and Death
30: Bad Theology and ID
29: Shocker: ID is PR with Little Science
29: Of Colossal Wastes of Time
28: Methodist Blogs Weekly Roundup #135
26: The Joys and Sorrows of being ex-Seventh-day Adventist
25: Disaster Relief, Rich and Poor
25: Tracking Evolutionary Change
25: Crossway ESV Literary Study Bible
24: Medical Conspiracy?
24: Highlights from Christian Carnival CXCV
23: Different When WE Do It
23: Florida Science Standards Under Attack
23: A Reason Not to Vote for Huckabee
22: Burma/Myanmar Reminder
22: Taking Care of Veterans
21: New Florida Science Standards
21: Just What We Needed: The LOLCat Bible
21: PTSS and Military Discharges
21: MBWR #134
20: Honourable Mention for Threads and Stuff to Read
20: Lawmakers Apologize
19: God Reducing Machine
19: Interesting Response to 5 Lies the Church Tells Women
18: Agreement on Spying
17: Stupidity and Lack of Accountability in Enforcement
17: Anthropology and Military Planning
16: Any Military Connection Triggers Criticism
16: Mixed Emotions about Sweden
16: Holy Heteroclite Playing Word Games
15: Predicting Hillary Derangement Syndrome
14: Sunday Afternoon Evolution Notes and Links
14: Translation, Exposition, and Communication
13: For Thinking Women of Faith
13: The Potential of Secrecy without Accountability
13: Responding to Richard Dawkins
10: Wrap-up on the Jena 6
10: Executive Accountability Loophole
10: What I Want for Election Day – A Counter-Terror Strategy
09: George Bush and God Concepts
08: Dawkins and the Jewish Lobby
08: Race and the Legal System: A Perspective Check
05: The Human Face of Scripture
05: Random Interesting Links 10/5/07
05: Lectionary Category
05: Suggest BOTH of them Resign
04: Free Burma!
03: Free Burma Day
03: On Creationisms – Quotes Link
01: C. F. D. Moule
01: Blogrolling Blogrolls Temporarily Disabled

September 2007

30: MBWR #131 and My Highlights
29: Satellite Imagery Confirms Myanmar Atrocities
29: Culture, Translation, and Literal Meaning
29: Theisms, Creationisms, and Evolutionisms: An Exercise in Definition
29: Comments and Akismet
28: Richard Colling Letter
28: Most Obvious Baseball Quote of the Day
27: Mychal Bell out on Bail
27: Breaking Christian News and Nereus=Noah
27: Larry Craig Staying for Now
27: Religious Doctrine Trumping Science
27: Jena 6 Documents
26: Creation-Evolution Links 9/26/07
26: Grief: Finding the Candle of Light
26: Larry Craig and Accountability
26: Complegalitarian
26: Personality and Bible Translation Preference
25: Personality
25: Not Looking for a Poster Child in Jena
25: Defining my Position on ID and Creation
24: The Problem with Public School Bible Classes
24: The Common Thread in Modern Creationism
24: Creation-Evolution Links 9/24/07
23: White Supremacists and the Jena 6
22: Danger in Silence
22: Can a Liberal Learn from Mark Driscoll?
21: Afternoon Links (9/21/07)
21: Important Senate Business: Condemning Ads
20: Jena 6 Media Stories
20: Why is Jim Changing Seminaries?
20: Another Conservative View on Thompson
20: Jena – Not Racist, but . . .
20: Fred Thompson, Conservatism, and Federalism
19: Barbarians? What Barbarians?
18: On Design
17: Methodist Blogs Weekly Roundup #129
17: Empathizing with Alan Greenspan
16: Rejecting ID, but is it a priori?
16: Evangelicals and Evolution
15: Why the Creation-Evolution Controversy is Important
15: Like Us or Die
14: The Secret Diary of D. A. Carson
13: Where Teaching the Controversy is Prohibited
11: 9-11 Links
10: Just When I Think I’ve Seen Everything …
10: Prison Book Censorship
10: Of Necessity and Suffering
09: Great ID Cartoon
09: Defining Explicit Teaching
09: Arecibo Observatory
08: Christian Politics
08: MBWR Posted
07: Could You Take Your Pastor?
07: GMC not Ford
07: The FBI, Haiku, and Christine’s Garden
06: Corrupt Politicians and Shrill Partisans
06: As Long as They’re Not Saying Anything
05: The Week in Church History
04: Practical Ideas for Teacher Training
04: Not All Doctrines are Equal
03: Which Paradigm to Check
03: Stupid Actions in Church-State Cases
03: Like a Bull in a China Shop?
01: Larry Craig, Family Values, and Hypocrisy

August 2007

30: Complementarianism and Suppressing Women
30: Bible Translation and Fundamentalism from a Wesleyan Perspective
30: A Static and Authentic Christianity?
29: Is Liberal (or Moderate) Christianity Authentic
29: Pivar Suit Against PZ Myers Withdrawn
28: Reading Part 6 (On Inerrancy)
27: A Defense of Biblical Inerrancy
27: Some Things that Caught my Eye Today
26: Education as a Priority and Teacher Quality
25: Mainliners Stand Up!
25: Some Beautiful Fractals
25: Teach the Controversy about Geocentrism
23: Mother Theresa and Crises of Faith
22: Jena, LA: A Town in Turmoil
22: Campaign Finance, Enforceability, and Free Speech
22: How Not to Respond to Bad Reviews
21: A Christian Response to Wiley Drake
21: Wordpress.com Banned in Turkey
19: More on Atheism and Autism
18: Is Rudeness a Christian Value?
18: Random Mutations and God
16: Manly Dish-Doing
15: Added to my Blogroll – Thomas Durst
15: Don McLeroy and his Big Creationist Tent
15: Boys Being Boys Should be Treated as Boys
15: More Efficient Bureaucracy?
14: Are Atheists Autistic?
13: Boot Camp Accountability
13: Sneaking God into Public Schools
05: Methodist Blogs Weekly Roundup
02: The Danger of Teaching the Controversy
02: Incarnation and Women in Ministry
02: Selling Christianity
02: Biblical Studies Carnival XX Posted

July 2007

June 2007

30: Looking at Form and Genre
28: Intelligent Design and Answer All Questions
27: Government Regulated Media != Free Media
27: New Philophronos Blogroll Member
27: Great Moments of (choose your label) Hypocrisy
27: Being Other Worldly or Being Christian
26: In Memory of Dr. Brevard S. Childs
26: Information from Minnesota Newspaper on Cheri Yecke Challenged
25: John Webb, PCL Pitcher of the Week
25: Condescension on Creationism
25: Links on Biblical Inspiration
23: Quotes on Imputed Righteousness
23: Transformed Daily
23: Two Cows
22: Exclusion and Inclusion and Vague Boundaries
21: Expressing the Multifaceted Nature of the Atonement
21: Added to my Blogroll
20: Media Interviews, With Scientists or Anyone
19: Richardson Misunderstands Diplomacy
19: Salman Rushdie Knighted / Violent Reaction in Muslim World
19: Excessively Large Tent = Crash
19: Moral Absolutes
18: A Singular Lack of Imagination in ID
17: The Duke Lacrosse Players and Prejudice
16: Moderate Christian Blogroll Issue
16: Evolutionary vs. Scientific Thinking
15: Worst Worship Song
15: Mildred Loving’s Statement
13: In Which My Wife Uses the Language of PSA
13: Recognizing Literary Genre – I
13: Importance of Correct Procedure
13: Bible Curriculum in Odessa
12: Notes and Links on Atonement
12: Religion and Politics Forum
12: Good Ruling on Detainees
11: Narrowing a Doctrine: Penal Substitution and Isaiah 53
11: The Importance of Literary Genre
10: Why Talk about Evolution in Church?
09: Reactions to Behe’s New Book
09: Linking my own Stuff/Book
09: Agreeing with Piper – Twice!
09: Dino-fied Children’s Bible?
06: Interviews, Journalism, and Blogging
06: Slippery Language on the Atonement Debate
06: Voters are Real Arbiters of Ethics
05: Deciding to See *Knocked Up*
03: Taking [Part of] the Bible Literally
03: JFK Terrorist Plot
03: Behe’s New Book
02: Brownback on Faith and Science

May 2007

30: Celebrities Abusing Rehab
30: More on Bible Curriculum for Public Schools
30: Tensions of Constitutional Government
29: John Wesley Quote
29: More on Junia the Apostle
28: Rejecting a Creationist Museum Challenge
28: Honoring the Troops
27: Cubs as the Suffering Servant?
27: Distortion Not Good for Faith
26: CIA Prewar Assessments and Fallout
25: Update on the Kentucky Gubernatorial Primary
24: The Josh Hancock Family and Grief
23: Affirming Feminine Spirituality
23: ID and Probability
22: How Politicians Survive Scandal
20: More on UC Admission Policies and Creationism
19: The Dream Factor on Money
19: Homeschool Textbooks and University Admission
19: Academic Freedom and ID
17: On Churches, Drinking, and Weaker Brethren
15: ID and Theistic Evolution
15: My Latest Book (Partly)
14: Elgin Hushbeck’s New Blog
14: Brokeback Mountain for Kids
14: The Right Type of Accountability
13: Roles and Relationships Add, Not Subtract
12: Congressman Ron Paul in the Debate
12: Candidates on Technology Issues
11: Baseball Instant Replay
11: Pious Assertions About the Bible
10: Social Darwinism and the Theory of Evolution
10: WP on Blair Legacy
10: There ARE Moderate Muslims
09: Being a Passionate Moderate
06: MSNBC Article on Condaleeza Rice
05: Walking To New Orleans
04: The Gospel of Masculinity
04: Moderate Christian Blogroll Requirements
04: H. R. 1592
04: Christian Carnival CLXX
03: Penscola AUSCS and ACLU Reps on Kenneth Lamb’s Show
02: Doctrine and Reality – The Need for Balance
02: Natural Production of New Information
02: Even Better Update on Driscoll Video
02: Christian Reconciliation Blog Carnival #4
01: Update on Driscoll Video

April 2007

30: Centrist Third Party?
29: Church Planting Body Count
28: Languages of Forgiveness
28: Dave Warnock Reads PFOT
27: Anti Any War
26: Focusing the Atonement
25: Ministry and Porn
24: This I Abhor
24: God Doesn’t Forgive?
24: Moral Choices when Viewing
23: War Failings: Clear and Attainable Objective
23: Public Policy and Prophecy
22: Response to Misquoting Jesus – Summary and Conclusion
21: Response to Misquoting Jesus VII
20: Embarrassed Again
20: Response to Misquoting Jesus VI
19: Response to Misquoting Jesus V
19: Podcasts on Inspiration
17: Response to Misquoting Jesus IV
17: Is there such a thing as a theistic evolutionist?
17: No greater love . . .
16: Responding to Tragedy
16: More on the Atonement
16: What Embarrasses me About Christianity
15: Response to Misquoting Jesus – III
14: Methodist Blog Weekly Roundup 4/13/07
14: Response to Misquoting Jesus – II
14: Response to Misquoting Jesus – Ia
14: Sudan Missionary from Pensacola
13: Response to Misquoting Jesus – I
13: Dinosaur Protein
12: Freedom of Speech and People’s Feelings
10: God Delusion and The Bible
10: The Complexity of the Creator
10: Points of Agreement
10: Forced to the Extremes
10: Diversity and Raising Children
10: From the Land of the Deluded
10: I’ve Been Memed!
09: Committed Christian Seeks Secular Society
08: Easter Blogging
07: Just in time for Easter
07: Special Price on Not Ashamed of the Gospel
05: Collins on Faith and Science
05: Added John H Armstrong to my Blogroll
04: Christian Reconciliation Blog Carnival #3
02: Review: Priscilla’s Letter

March 2007

30: Unimpressed and Clueless
30: Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007
29: Learning the Answer or How to Find It
28: When Adrian is Right He’s Really Right
28: Using God as a Label for our Fears
27: Science Fiction gets Further Behind
27: A Response to The God Delusion
27: New Conservative Group Challenges Expansion of Executive Power
26: Structure and Literal Translation
25: Hearing God’s Voice Redux
24: Hearing God’s Voice
24: What Holds us Together?
24: Bibles: Turning a Blessing into a Curse
24: Protecting Rights and Fighting Terrorism
22: Consider Christianity Week
22: Philophronos Blogroll Growing
21: Enormous Possibilities for Distortion?
21: Setting Political Speech Free
19: Carl Zimmer on Genes
17: God Guided Evolution
17: Congragulations to Joe Carter and the Evangelical Outpost
16: More on the TNIV
16: Government Planning
15: The TNIV has a Blog
15: TVC is at it Again
14: American Civilization, Christian Faith, and Cultural Clashes
13: Freedom of Speech Rights Tangled
13: Laura has some Good Advice
13: Turning Point? What Turning Point?
13: Persecution Victim as a Profession
12: Only Evil People Disagree with Me
12: Example of Doing Dialogue
11: Newsweek Article on Human Evolution
09: Accuracy in Communication
09: ESV vs KJV (Better Bibles Blog)
08: On the ESV
07: Waiting for my Link
07: If True, This is Good
07: Why Force when you can Encourage?
06: ESV Endorsements
06: Time for Church Accountability
06: Libby Found Guilty
06: Two Stories about Prayer in School
05: Moderate Christian Blogroll
05: Coops Series on the Atonement
04: Theodicy and Openness Theology
04: Should a Pedophile be Welcome at Church?
04: Two New Gaps in the Fossil Record
03: Commending an Honest Apology
03: Civility in Political and Religious Debate
03: The Definition of Reasonable
03: Cassini-Huygens Pictures
02: PERFECTLY SQUARE Fun in Pensacola
02: Could I Be the Antichrist?
01: A Dangerous Precedent?
01: Why Authority Issues are Important
01: Diversity, Tent Ropes, and Tent Pegs

February 2007

28: Rosenhouse Dissects Johnson
28: Plantinga on The God Delusion
28: Abortion and Moral Good-An Illustration of Extremes
28: Why I Dislike Both Major Parties
27: Journalistic Duty and the Jesus Ossuary
26: Is it a Hoax?
26: Finding the Tomb of Jesus
26: The Balance of Outrage
25: With Reasons Like These . . .
25: Welcome Seekism to the Moderate Christian Blogroll
25: Gifts Ministry and Blaspheming the Holy Spirit
25: MBWR
24: On the Retirement of Marcus Borg
23: Book: Identifying Your Gifts and Service
23: Quick Note on Persecution
23: Women in Ministry: A Shock
22: Put Your Bible Down for a Day
22: Arrogant Reporters
22: Criminal Blogging
22: Automotive and Human Evolution
22: Logos Library Resource on Ancient Israelite History
21: Extremists and Ideologues Don’t Like Moderates
21: Memories of Robots Future
17: And Yet Christians Speak of Persecution
17: Here’s When the Democrats Annoy Me
15: Bruce Metzger Dies at 93
14: Welcome One Woman’s Search for Understanding
14: Akismet and Disappearing Comments
14: Political Battles and Teamwork
13: Hebrew Teacher Dismissed Because She’s a Woman
13: And then there was Herman Cummings . . .
13: Are Anti-Abortion and Pro-Choice Compatible?
12: Interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson
12: Jesus the Logician Project
11: Evolution Sunday Meditation
10: Was Priscilla the Author of Hebrews?
09: Space Exploration and Energy
08: Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin
08: Making Medical Decisions
08: Moderate Christian Blogroll: Thoughts from the Shower
07: Moderate Christian Blogroll: Quiet Paths
06: Great Evolution Sunday Video
06: John Webb Winter Golf Tournament 2007 – Final!
06: New Series on Word Studies
04: Bible Quiz Score
04: Religious Rights Bill in Colorado
02: Biblical Studies Carnival XIV
02: Off to the Hospital
02: Silliest KJV Only Argument?
01: Of Mercenary Troops and Scumbags
01: Family and Good Deeds News

January 2007

31: Christian Reconciliation Carnival #1
31: The Real Cost of Health Care
30: Iran and the Iraq War
30: Codex on Mesopotamian Creation Stories
30: The Difficulty of Scientific Conspiracies
29: N.T. Wright on Just War
27: Decisive Verse, Decisive Choice
25: Conservative Political Deception
25: Value of the Historical-Critical Method
24: New Carnival: Christian Reconciliation
24: Great Post on Gifting
22: The Problem with WWJD
21: Doctrinal Statements and Bible Use
21: A New Baptist Covenant
20: Ben Witherington on the Pentecostal Movement
19: A Welcome Alliance
18: Losing a Battle, Losing a War
17: Only the President Can Stretch (Break) the Law
16: National Religious Freedom Day
15: Behind Every Peaceful Protester . . .
15: Translation, Paraphrase, and Transformation
14: What Happens in the End
12: Comprehending Divine Inspiration
12: John Webb Winter Golf Tournament 2007
11: Theodicy: Taking a Stab at Natural Evil
11: A Short Note on Theistic Evolution and Frontloading
10: Translation and Inspiration
09: Being United Methodist: Identity and Purpose
08: Rick Mansfield on the ESV
08: Rounding Up the Moderate Christian Blogroll
07: Mars Hill or Planet Mars
07: The Impossibility of Verbal Plenary Translation
06: Welcome Newest Moderate Christian Blogroll Member
06: Pat Robertson and the Meaning of Prophetic
06: Back to Elections
05: Pay as You Go – But Will They Do It?
04: Swearing In on Relevant Books
03: Grand Canyon Age and National Parks Bookstores
03: What Should he Swear On?
03: Moderate Christian Blogroll/Aggregator
03: Evolution Sunday
03: A Politician’s Past

December 2006

31: I Hope This is True
31: Heat, Light, and Comments
30: Is Waking Up Always Good?
30: Indoctrination and Religious Education
30: Why I Oppose ID
30: A Dead Tyrant and Mass Murderer
29: Thinking About Hell
29: New in the Moderate Christian Blogroll
28: Moderate Christian Blog Roundup #2
28: Christian Carnival CLIV Posted
28: A Late Merry Christmas
20: Can one Like both George Bailey and Howard Roark?
20: Joe Meert in Conversation with John Baumgardner
19: New Life Church Behaving Responsibly
19: Tripoli 6 Sentenced to Death
19: Moderate Christian Blog Roundup
19: Dave Warnock on Wayne Grudem Interview
18: The Proper Bounds of Political Correctness
18: The Wayne Grudem Interview – Reflections
18: Grudem and Church Leadership
18: Grudem Interview #8 – Arguing from Numbers
18: Developments on the Plagiarism Front
17: A Practical Application of Grace Before Law
17: A Fruitful Faith
16: Inerrancy and Liberal-Conservative Dialogue
16: Critical Thinking and the Attack on Judge Jones
15: Idolatry and Male Representation
14: Agreeing with Wayne Grudem on Something
14: ID = Intense Desperation?
14: Christianity vs Paulianity
13: Response on United Methodist Apportionments
13: Pleading Guilty to Blasphemy
13: Something Weird
13: Adjusting my Attitude about Wallace and Burer on Romans 16:7
12: Two Posts on Translation
12: 1 Timothy 2:12 – Assume Authority
12: I’m the Guy Wayne Grudem Warned You About
11: Inclusivism and the Heathen
11: Deciding who is Saved
11: No Place Like Home for the Troops
10: Role of Women
09: Updating the Grudem Interview and Discussion
08: Medical Personnel Used as Scapegoats in Lybia
08: Does Gordon Fee Discard Part of the Bible?
08: The Most Annoying Theologian I’ve Never Read
07: Truth, Pluralism, and Absolutism
06: And I’m not . . .
06: Australia Moving on Stem Cells
06: Can a Translation be Completely Accurate
05: Hiding the Evidence about Human Evolution
05: Excavators in West Bank find Early Christian Church
05: Politicians Working Together
05: Polar Moon Camp
02: The Problem with the Drug War
02: Methodist Blogs Weekly Roundup #94
02: The Danger of Unchanging Truth

November 2006

30: Ignorance and Opinion Polls
30: Objecting to Obama
29: Interpreting Away what is Clearly Taught
28: Measuring the Speed of a Meme
28: We Killed Less People than They Did
25: New Methodist Blogs Weekly Roundup
24: How God Impacts Science
24: Bad Teaching and Abuse
22: Christian Carnival CXLIX
22: The Spiritual Importance of Separation of Church and State
22: Making Miracles Possible
21: Conceptual Idolatry
20: More on Evolution Conflict
20: I Thought this Before it Started
18: A Consistent and Principled Approach
17: Identifying Moderate Muslims
16: Tolerance or Homogenization
16: Environmental Skepticism Where Appropriate
16: MBWR To End
15: Avoiding Shoot-First Apologetics
14: Just What the Bible Says – Again
13: Different Standards of Evidence
13: Pseudo-Polymath Series on Genesis
13: Familiarity with God’s Voice
13: Chocolate Cat Cake
12: Methodist Blogroll Change
09: Christian Carnival CXLVII
08: Voter Turnout Higher – Wow
08: Ted Who?
08: Divided Government Again
07: Go Vote!
04: What if We’re to Blame?
04: Wisdom, Discernment, and Creation
04: Hidden Hate – Open Rebuke
02: Of Scummy Politicians and Cynics
02: Threads is Back Home
01: Christian Carnival CXLVI Posted
01: Temporary Redirection
01: Reformation with Warts

October 2006

30: Atheist-Christian Discussion
28: Assurance and Success
26: IntelligentVote.com
26: Independent Voters are Concerned
26: Philophronos Blogroll
26: Moderate Christian Blogroll Update
25: An Intelligent Designer in the Gaps
23: Who am I Trying to Please?
22: The Beautiful Gate
20: Philophronos Blogging
19: Server Problems/Lost Comments #2
14: Family Time
14: Introducing Jody Neufeld
12: Prepare, then Vote!
12: Dr. Ray Neufeld Obituary
11: Christian Carnival CXLIII Posted
08: Out of Town Again
05: Looking for Moral High Ground
05: Christian Carnival CXLII Posted
04: Understanding and Acting
03: Secondary Spirituality
02: Charisma Books Expo Reports
02: Gender Roles as Essential
02: Maturity or Masculinity
02: Denominational vs Non-Denominational
01: Gleaning from the Christian Carnival

September 2006

30: Christian Carnival CXLI
26: Out of Town – at Charisma Book Expo
25: Distinguishing Ideology and Linguistic Differences
24: Inreach and Outreach
22: The Most Wasted Piece of Architecture
21: Christian Carnival CXL
21: The Prosperity Gospel
21: Ben Witherington on the Pope’s Speech
20: Violent God
20: Revelation Before and After Jesus
18: Fareed Zakaria on Oil
18: Literary and Artistic Snobbery
18: Today on the Moderate Christian Blog Aggregator
18: Moderate Christian Blog Aggregator/Roll – Status Report
17: Criticizing Religions
15: McCain and Conscience
15: Muslim Protests of the Pope’s Remarks
15: Brief Thoughts on Hebrew Poetry
15: Nation Whose God is the LORD?
15: Wesley Blog Back/Goodbye to Wesley Daily
13: Red State Rabble on Enemy Recognition
13: More on Bible in Public Schools
12: More on Religious Battle Lines
12: As Christ Loved the Church
12: Pro-Evolution Event at University of North Florida
11: The Church that is Always Emerging
11: I’m Much Worse than That
11: Reasons for Belief
11: Don’t Judge Discipleship by Numbers
10: New Florida Citizens for Science Web Site
09: Allies for Evolution, not Everything
09: Witnessing and Proselytizing
09: Free Speech, Gay Rights, and the Bible
08: Nitpicking Translations
08: Excellent Health Article
08: Server Problem
08: The Age of the Earth
08: Other Blogging
08: Prescriptive vs. Descriptive Grammar
06: Christian Carnival CXXXVIII Posted
05: Conscience of a Christian Publisher
05: Religion and Terror, Cause and Effect
05: From Saint to Sinner
05: Squaring the Wesleyan Quadrilateral
04: Consider Christianity – part 3

August 2006

31: Red-Letter Christians
31: Lying by Format
31: Faith, Medicine, and Choice
30: Worship that Builds
30: Design, Direction, and Evolution
28: More on Walmart
28: Moderate Thinking
28: Reacting to a Gay Candidate
28: Religious Freedom and the Schools
25: Jesus is God and the Bible Is Not
25: Comic Sues Jews for Jesus
25: Uninformed Opinions
25: New Appearance and Co.mments
25: Unright Christian Blogs
24: Blog Downtime
22: An Incarnational View of Translation
22: Free Christian Apologetics Books to Selected Bloggers
22: Christian Apologetics
21: An Individual in Unity with Himself
19: Skepticism and Scholarship
18: Welcome Chris Eyre
18: What price apologetics?
18: Implementing a Doctrine
18: Consumer Reports Viruses for Testing
17: Change to Moderate Christian Blog Aggregator
16: A Poll Too Far
15: Technology is Just Technology
14: Capitalization and Translation
13: On Being a Love Preacher
13: Does Fear Favor the Republicans?
12: Don’t Cover Evidence
12: Moderate Christian Blog Aggregator
12: The Incarnation and the Two Laws
11: Security, Convenience, and Freedom
11: Is this new information in DNA?
10: Connecticut Senate Race: Good Thing
09: Non-Expert Comments
09: Missionaries and Mission
09: Incarnation Essentials
08: Evolution reversed to rebuild old gene
07: Feingold on the Elections
07: Christian Essentials: Incarnation at the Center
06: Newsweek on Billy Graham
05: Book: God After Darwin
05: Is the Trilemma about Jesus Useful?
05: Eleanor Swift on Cheney and Iraq
02: Freedom of Expression is Important
02: Francis S. Collins on Religion and Evolution
02: Another Shift in the Kansas School Board
01: Is It About Mel Gibson?

July 2006

31: How to Waste $25 Million
30: What the Greek Really Says
29: Literal Belief is not the Only Belief
28: Suzanne McCarthy on Complementarianism
27: Van Till a Freethinker?
27: Paying for Education: Class Size
27: Innovative Health Care Option
26: Fear and Human-Animal Hybrids
26: Complementarian Translation?
25: Why I Like the REB
25: Drawing the Boundaries of Translation
25: Dangers of Comparing Translations
24: Working in your Call
23: Professional Arrogance
21: Resources for Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible
20: Does KJV-Only Honor the KJV?
20: Honoring God with your Mind
19: The Search for Ideological Perfection
18: Mission and Prosperity
18: KJV Only: Anatomy of an Argument
17: KJV Nostalgia and Standards
17: The Middle East: Solving and Appearing to Solve
16: Creation and Evolution Summer Camps
16: Arguing from Authority
14: Anatomy of a KJV Only Argument
09: Nostalgia and Idolatry
09: Minimum Wage and EITC
08: It’s One Thing to Lie
07: Christian Ministries and Politics
04: Celebrating our Country
02: T4G: Salvation

June 2006

29: Interview with Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
28: Neither Male nor Female in Christ
27: Science and Religion – Can they be Allies?
24: Christian Music at Skating Rink
23: Establishment Clause Suits
21: Progressives, Minimum Wage, and Strategies
19: Public Opinion and Policy
18: Isaiah 24-27 – Interpretation
18: Episcopal Church Elects Woman as Presiding Bishop
14: T4G: Interpretation and Egalitarianism
14: CD: Leah Taylor, Faithful Friend
12: T4G Article II: Canon within Canon
12: Links to start the week
11: T4G Article I: The Bible
10: Is this the Gospel? (Overview)
10: Basis of Faith and Meaning
09: The Dog DID my Homework
08: What’s the Impact?
08: Excellent Post on Gay Marriage
08: Roy Moore (Governor) and Alabama Supreme Court Slate Lose
07: Isaiah 24-27: Basics of Criticism
04: Mixing up Symbol and Reality
04: Educating for Reality
03: Wayne Leman on Translation Errors
02: Christian Violence?
02: Unity, Diversity, and Confusion
02: Who’s Together for What?
01: Misrepresenting Science in God’s Name

May 2006

31: The Danger of Ineffective Intervention
30: In and Around God
27: Some Links for Saturday
27: Life goes better without legislation
27: Anything Can Happen in Baseball
26: Liberalism and Diversity
26: Isaiah 24-27 – Starting Form Criticism
26: Bible Translation and Literary Style
26: Dealing with White Collar Crime
26: Boycotts and Chinese Voodoo Dolls
24: First Reaction to ‘The Scriptures’ Bible Translation
23: Praying to be Seen
22: Every So Often Links
22: A Step for Abiogenesis?
21: Translating Psalm 46
19: An Evolutionary Understanding of Kinds
19: My Reaction to the Da Vinci Code
15: Adventists and Spiritual Gifts
14: Wife, Mother, and Daughters
14: Book: 52 Weeks of Ordinary People – Extraordinary God
13: Uncommon Descent and a Bad Report
13: Let Gas Prices Rise
13: Does the Explanatory Filter Explain?
11: Tee-Ball and Perspective
09: Revelation: Progressive or Continuous?
04: Priesthood, Sacrifice, and Christian Theology
04: Isaiah 24-27 – Textual Issues
01: High School Bible Classes Again
01: Is Theistic Evolution a Bad Term?
01: Wal-Mart Advertising Anyone?
01: Speaking Out on Darfur

April 2006

23: The Best Place to Teach the Bible
20: Isaiah 24-27 – Overview
19: Gleason Archer on Daniel
19: Believing Stuff is not Enough
18: Creation by Command
18: Creationist Boilerplate
17: Belshazzar Plays Pretend
17: Appeal to Numbers and Supposed Authority
17: Do you know these things?
15: Cute Bunny Rabbits, Eggs, and Resurrection
15: Transforming the Cross
13: Ernest Lucas on Daniel
13: What’s So Good About Democracy?
11: Evolution, Theology, and Respect
11: Resistance to Evolutionary Theory Confirmed!
10: Literary Criticism
10: Resistance to Evolutionary Theory
09: Witness without being a Pest
09: Does Integrity make you a Wuss?
08: Kudos to Telic Thoughts
08: New Bible Study Blog
07: Escambia County Wins in Court
07: Home and Church Education
07: Another Note on Deuteronomy 32:43
06: Textual Issue: Deuteronomy 32:43
05: The Danger of False Assumptions
05: Consider the Alternatives
04: Christians and Defamation
03: Zimmer: The Sixty-Million-Year Virus
03: Some of my Best Friends are Atheists
02: Genre and Canonical Criticism
01: God is Creator of Everything
01: AAAS on Hana and Francisco Ayala
01: Darksyde on Bill Dembski

March 2006

31: Good Theology, Bad Theology, and Demons
31: Book: Who’s Afraid of the Old Testament God?
31: New Categories
30: John Webb Winter Golf Tournament 2006
30: The Danger in Uncritical Thinking
29: A Personal and Biblical Relationship
28: Applying Divine-Human Scriptures
27: Book: Holy Smoke! Unholy Fire!
27: Slavery and the Bible Condensed
26: Case Dismissed against Afghan Christian Convert
26: Biblical Decision Making
25: Tradition Criticism
25: Does the Bible Condone Slavery?
24: Redaction Criticism
24: The Locus of Biblical Inspiration
23: Identifying Your Gifts and Service
22: Source Criticism
21: We’re Supporting What?
20: The Unforgivable Sin
20: Examples of Textual Issues in Translation
20: How the World has Changed
19: Balancing Old and New
18: Art for Fun, Faith, and Profit
18: Form Criticism
18: Policy or Feeling?
17: The Man Has No Choice?
16: Criticism Example: The Parable of the Sower
15: Prayer Training
14: Biblical Doctrine of Creation
14: Why not Intelligent Design?
13: Textual Criticism – Briefly
13: Dating the Book of Daniel
11: What Billy Graham Regrets
11: Webb Impressive
11: Not Enough to Show Up
10: Translation and Interpretation
10: Truth Value of Numbers
10: Energy: Walking and Talking
10: Grace and Choices
09: Some Creation-Evolution Reading
09: Negative Perceptions of Islam Increasing
08: Determining Date and Authorship
08: Escambia Count Option Tax Extended
07: The Kingdom of God is a Monarchy
06: The Five Minute Solution
05: Iraq:What Now for Mixed Shia – Sunni Families – MSNBC.com
04: Characteristics of a Living Church
04: Creation, Evolution, and Genesis 1-11
03: The Bible and Theistic Evolution
02: Pacesetters Bible School Newsletter
02: Cartoons: The End of Europe�s Tolerance? – Newsweek: International Editions – MSNBC.com

February 2006

28: Ruin and Restoration Creationism
28: My Wife and the Spirit of Women
28: Rev. Creech Rebukes Clergy Letter Signers
25: Translations: Getting Back to Results
21: ESV Controversy and Women
18: More on Communicating Science
18: What is Really News?
16: The Bible and Old Earth
15: Who Needs to Change?
14: Good Posts on Translation
14: Young Earth and the Bible
13: Biblical Criticism Overview – I
11: Praying Now
05: John Webb Winter Golf Tournament 2006
05: Deciding in your Heart
03: Involvement
01: New Translations in Selection Tool

January 2006

28: Marks of the Jesus Message
28: Wesley Elsberry Profile
27: Was the Bible Written to Me?
25: Choosing a Pew Bible
21: Divine Wisdom and Discernment
20: Attitude of Repentance
19: Finding an Authoritative Translation – Supplement A
18: Revision and Translation
17: Finding an Authoritative Translation
17: Martin Luther King Day: Man, Nation, and Myth
13: Suffering Little Children
11: Widespread Vision!
10: Structure and the (Actual) Book of Daniel
09: AFA Continues Campaign against The Book of Daniel (NBC)
09: In the Divine Council and Conclave
07: Testing Prophets – Godliness
06: Watching The Book of Daniel (NBC)
06: Testing Prophets
05: Community and Inspiration
05: NBC: The Book of Daniel
05: More on Military Chaplains
04: The Heart of Inspiration
04: REAL Christians and the Military
04: Inside and Outside
01: Redeeming Time

December 2005

31: Education and Funding in Escambia County
30: Child of God Living
29: Inspiration and Canon
28: Eschatological Living
27: How Inspiration Works
26: Medicine Cabinet Christianity
23: Birth to Resurrection
22: Santorum Distancing Himself From Intelligent Design Law Firm
22: Ministry of Reconciliation
21: Metaphor of Incarnation
20: YOU Teach Your Children
20: What God Gets in the Incarnation
19: The One-Ended Cord
15: Your Unforced Choice
14: Highway Memorial Crosses
13: My Current Reading
11: Reacting to the Word

November 2005

25: The Clergy Project
14: Hanging Your Interpretation
11: God’s Wrath and ID Rejecters
09: Protecting Doctrinal Turf
09: Evolution Slate Outpolls Rivals – New York Times
07: Must I Give My Life?
07: The West Wing Debate
06: The Importance of Small Actions

October 2005

22: Spiritual Warfare with a Comfy Chair
19: Making Science Standards
17: ID on West Wing
16: Worship on a Pale Horse
01: Just Your Interpretation

September 2005

19: Creationism and the KJV
19: Your Church’s Heart
19: Some People Did It (Katrina Relief)
13: Fences: Mending or Rending
13: Finger-pointing May Be Needed
12: Scale from Literal to Figurative
08: Debating Science
07: Not Taking the Bible Literally
07: Katrina’s Lessons
06: Disaster Response
05: Has the Bible been Repeatedly Translated?
05: Welcome!

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