tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:03:41 +0000http://www.fidesq.com/index.htmlsaumentBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110986614629150327Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:09:00 +00002005-09-13T14:09:27.213-05:00The Falcon Newspaper - Bringing sex out of the darkness: This is from an article in the Seattle Pacific University student newspaper about the struggles facing students who are maturing sexually earlier, marrying later, and committed to abstinance.'You're never in the heat of the moment with just your boyfriend,' she said. 'God's there, you're there, and the possibility of a child is there.' 'http://www.fidesq.com/2005/03/god-in-my-bedroom.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110987476328066447Thu, 03 Mar 2005 18:32:00 +00002005-03-03T13:19:27.160-06:00Christian Study Center of Gainesville - When Not to Refute Atheism: Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud for Christian Reflection I'm a big Merold Westphal fan. This essay highlights his work on understanding the hermeneutics of suspicion found in such thinkers as Freud, Marx, and Nietzsche as actually useful to Christians. Westphal's understanding of postmodernism dwarfs what I read from most voices in http://www.fidesq.com/2005/03/atheism-for-lent-when-not-to-refute.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110789252524906097Tue, 08 Feb 2005 19:49:00 +00002005-02-08T13:55:25.250-06:00Design for Living Michael Behe clears the fog in this NYTimes Op/Ed piece (thanks Dave).IN the wake of the recent lawsuits over the teaching of Darwinian evolution, there has been a rush to debate the merits of the rival theory of intelligent design. As one of the scientists who have proposed design as an explanation for biological systems, I have found widespread confusion about what http://www.fidesq.com/2005/02/design-for-living.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110618816025418836Thu, 20 Jan 2005 02:29:00 +00002005-01-19T20:32:03.690-06:00The movie nights that I'm leading for my church's college and singles group is starting this weekend. I have a long list of films to pull from now. We're starting friday night with The Game. Here's an interesting review of The Game from Metaphilm, in their usual daring and entertaining style.If only Walker Percy were still alive! Writers Brancato and Ferris must be two of his biggest fans. Thehttp://www.fidesq.com/2005/01/universe-next-door-film-nights-pt-2.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110618762921234934Thu, 20 Jan 2005 02:20:00 +00002005-01-19T20:20:29.213-06:00A week-and-a-half ago I dove back into school for the Spring semester. The semester started full-bore, reminding me that I must be crazy to go to seminary while working full-time, married, and attempting to maintain any semblance of ministry. I keep answering those Publisher's Clearing House emails in the hopes that I can quit my job and do school full-time, but something tells me that I'm not http://www.fidesq.com/2005/01/back-in-saddle.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110537255315882691Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:55:00 +00002005-01-10T09:55:53.156-06:00New York Daily News - Entertainment Columnists - Jim Farber: The taste of Paste Here's a nice article about Paste in the New York Daily News. Thanks Dave!The few periodicals that try to straddle all the genres - like Blender or Rolling Stone - often adopt a flip and breezy tone that's more appropriate to celebrity-driven entertainment publications than earnest music magazines. However, a http://www.fidesq.com/2005/01/new-york-daily-news-entertainment.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110531662797224474Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:23:00 +00002005-01-09T18:30:47.170-06:00NR's List of the 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the Century The National Review has compiled their list of the best 100 non-fiction books of the 20th century. Thanks again, alyoshak! It seems that every time I turn around these days somebody's trying to get me to read The Everlasting Man. I guess I'm going to have to break down and do so this semester. Get the full story here.http://www.fidesq.com/2005/01/nrs-list-of-100-best-non-fiction-books.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110516277074968870Sat, 08 Jan 2005 05:39:00 +00002005-01-07T23:44:13.303-06:00Belief.net - The Masai Creed I received this via email from alyoshak. His only comment was "This is so edifying." I can do no better than that. What a blessing to have a faith that transcends culture and at the same time inheres in each culture. What a gift to be able to see that faith through the eyes of the believers in those cultures rather than being trapped in the illusion that 21st http://www.fidesq.com/2005/01/masai-creed.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110503046135375893Thu, 06 Jan 2005 16:54:00 +00002005-01-06T10:55:00.376-06:00Poynter Online - Help Wanted on the Religion Beat. With concern about values registering high in exit polls last election, the question was raised as to why journalists didn't shed more light on such concerns and the people who hold them. It's the hiring, stupid. Get the full story here.http://www.fidesq.com/2005/01/poynter-online-help-wanted-on-religion.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110460890559543489Sat, 01 Jan 2005 19:48:00 +00002005-01-01T14:03:31.523-06:00Guardian Unlimited | Arts features | Beyond belief: I ran across this article in The Guardian today in which Ian Jack dismisses the spirituality of William Carey while ruminating on the conflict between religion and free speech. I thought the section which I quote here was a good picture of the thinking of many westerners today. They aren't hostile to religious faith as such, just http://www.fidesq.com/2005/01/beyond-belief.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110454738893649270Sat, 01 Jan 2005 02:08:00 +00002004-12-31T21:45:13.823-06:00The blog's gone stale while we were away visiting family and friends for Christmas, but I'm back now and sick (thanks Dave). While my wife is next door at her parents' house I (both because I feel crummy and in an effort to avoid infecting the rest of the family) am doing a little browsing and blogging after which I will return to my winter break reading. I'm finishing up Merold Westphal's http://www.fidesq.com/2004/12/happy-new-year.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110330720404435097Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:24:00 +00002004-12-31T21:18:27.543-06:00Note: This review focuses on two components of Bresson's film, which are relevant to ecclesiology. There is much more that could be said about Bresson's film as well as his entire body of work. For those interested in delving deeper I recommend Paul Schrader's Transcendental Style in Film. Robert Bresson's 1951 Journal D'un Curé De Campagne (Diary of a Country Priest), is the story of a young http://www.fidesq.com/2004/12/journal-dun-cur-de-campagne.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110454846320714542Sat, 01 Jan 2005 02:51:00 +00002004-12-31T21:08:00.396-06:00As we keep those affected by the Asian tsunami in our prayers amazon.com has provided an easy way for to also be answers to prayer. Click below to donate to the American Red Cross to help those impacted by this disaster. As I write this the death toll passes 121,000 with millions left homeless and without clean water. Please pray, but please give what you can. <!-- Begin Amazon Honor System http://www.fidesq.com/2004/12/tsunami-disaster-relief.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110378897633200180Thu, 23 Dec 2004 08:02:00 +00002004-12-23T14:13:02.446-06:00This Spring I'm taking a group of college students from my church through James Sire's The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog. Each bi-weekly discussion will be followed by a film that exemplifies the worldview dealt with in the chapter discussed. That film will be followed by an optional second film. The first film should be something fairly accessible. The worldview should be http://www.fidesq.com/2004/12/universe-next-door-film-nights.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110382220713570321Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:16:00 +00002004-12-23T12:14:25.990-06:00I'm listening to The Sickle & the Sheaves this morning and had to post a link immediately. It's also availably digitally. This is a cd that stops me in my tracks every time I listen to it. Doug Burr is a friend of ours from Denton. Doug's a monster songwriter and this is what explicitly spiritual songwriting should always sound like. One of the songs on this cd won the International Songwriting http://www.fidesq.com/2004/12/doug-burr-sickle-sheaves.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110376164551529091Thu, 23 Dec 2004 00:27:00 +00002004-12-22T18:28:26.443-06:00Open Theism continues to be a hot issue in American Evangelicalism, and is likely to contine to be in the year to come. John Sanders and Clark Pinnock had their Evangelical Theological Society memberships challenged at the society's annual meeting last year. Now, Sanders appears to be on the way out of his current teaching position, not because he holds to Open Theism, but because he is so http://www.fidesq.com/2004/12/open-or-closed-case.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110366163675443807Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:39:00 +00002004-12-21T14:40:36.753-06:00 Be sure the check out the Video Exchange Community. My friend Bear runs this site. Set up an online community with your friends and borrow one another's movies. It's cool and it's free! Video Exchange Community - share your movieshttp://www.fidesq.com/2004/12/video-exchange-community-share-your.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110271661485379145Fri, 10 Dec 2004 22:10:00 +00002004-12-19T00:41:52.383-06:00TheologicalStudies.org is polling it's readers to determine who is (in the readers' opinions, anyway) the greatest theologian of all time. No doubt, the results will be skewed by the demographics of their readership (of whom I no absolutely nothing). Choices include:   Augustine   Aquinus   Luther   Calvin   Edwards   Schleiermacher   Barth   Other Cast your vote today!http://www.fidesq.com/2004/12/greatest-theologian-of-all-time.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110314310820304684Wed, 15 Dec 2004 20:28:00 +00002004-12-15T16:11:51.583-06:00If you're having trouble falling asleep tonight, you might want to read my first ever textual criticism paper. I wrote this over the weekend for my NT103: Intermediate Greek class. In spite of how dry this paper might appear to you this class has been a blast. It's definitely been the most work of any of my DTS classes so far, but Dr. Johnston keeps class interesting. He's a funny guy. I just http://www.fidesq.com/2004/12/textual-problem-in-ephesians-221.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110304165709719225Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:27:00 +00002004-12-14T10:44:25.680-06:00 Matt Fink talked with David Eugene Edwards about his latest Woven Hand project, Consider the Birds for the upcoming issue of Paste. Why couldn't you get this one, Dave? :^) The gothic-folk master sees himself as doing a pre-evangelistic apologetic work, reminiscent of Flannery O'Conner's take on violence which is worth quoting at length here: “My own feeling is that writers who see by http://www.fidesq.com/2004/12/uncomfortable-faith-of-david-eugene.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110271756222231712Tue, 14 Dec 2004 14:30:00 +00002004-12-14T08:43:22.006-06:00Why are Evangelicals Converting to Roman Catholicism? This seems relevant to the worship discussion, at least in a peripheral manner, see also this post. Evangelicals have been running to the open arms of Roman Catholocism in record numbers. The article cites four reasons: certainty, history, unity, and authority. I would add aesthetics to this list. (NOTE: I don't say aesthetics to be http://www.fidesq.com/2004/12/why-are-evangelicals-converting-to.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110295438707161595Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:13:00 +00002004-12-13T10:31:23.676-06:00Found these nice insights on John DePoe's blog this morning. Fides Quaerens Intellectum: Theology of Worship from Exodus 32 As an occasional worship pastor I am deeply concerned about this issue. Specifically, I'm concerned as to what a fully-formed, holistic Christian life looks like in this an other contexts. To take this discussion to the level of form is a huge step in the right directionhttp://www.fidesq.com/2004/12/reforming-worship.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110280233055567954Sat, 11 Dec 2004 21:58:00 +00002004-12-13T01:26:15.016-06:00The rebound from secularity to spirituality continues in America as young adults seek out Christian orthodoxy and integrated lives of faith in contrast to their more secularly-minded Boomer parents. What are the watchwords of this quest? Authenticity, integrity, art, culture, and especially community. "Josh Butler, 27, had a similar experience. He grew up in Salem-Keizer, Ore., with a mom http://www.fidesq.com/2004/12/not-your-folks-faith.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110291550782217597Mon, 13 Dec 2004 05:25:00 +00002004-12-12T23:25:07.823-06:00While taking a break from my Textual Criticism paper this evening I found this interesting piece on Intellegent Design. It is from the perspective of a non-ID friendly science teacher in Seattle. It does a good job of spelling out some of the major fears of people regarding the ID movement. Heavy attention is paid to the agenda of the Discovery Institute in particular and social, cultural, andhttp://www.fidesq.com/2004/12/one-nation-under-designer.htmlsaumenttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438848.post-110280374590517036Sat, 11 Dec 2004 22:22:00 +00002004-12-11T23:52:35.796-06:00I'm not even sure what to say about this at this point. I'm stunned by those who take The DaVinci Code and turn it into the basis for Marian devotion - no, not that Mary - Mary Magdalene. Did these people do the same thing with each episode of the X-Files? Listen, this book is a great ride and will be a very watchable movie, but it's a work of fiction. Even the scholarship it's based on is prettyhttp://www.fidesq.com/2004/12/two-marys.htmlsaument