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• Deus absconditus

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  drybarrenmy heart a desertmy soul a wilderness filled with wild beastsfearsorrowangerdoubtwhere is the God of my salvationDeus absconditus.
  I seek but do not findI am in Sheolbut You are not thereforsakenI cry out for your presencebut hear only the echoes of my anguish in replyI need your loveI need your Spiritelse [...]

  October 5th, 2007

• The Forgiveness of Sin

  The iMonk  (Michael Spencer) has an interesting article on “unconfessed sin,” in which he encourages his readers to download a podcast and reflect upon what they hear.  He writes:
  The August 19th edition of the White Horse Inn contains a large segment of interviews asking people at a Christian conference what happens to a person if they [...]

  August 21st, 2007

• Collapsing Bridges, Repentance, Judgment, and God as the Divine Punisher

  Turbulent Cleric, in an interesting post from yesterday, wrote that he found this article by John Piper concerning the recent bridge collapse in Minnesota notably unhelpful. TC (if I can use the initials), says that the paragraph that caused him to struggle in particular was this one:
  The meaning of the collapse of this bridge is that John Piper is [...]

  August 7th, 2007

• The Lord of Silence - A Sermon for Pentecost 4, Proper 7C, Ordinary 12C

  My sermon for Sunday, June 24, 2007  was based on the following scriptures:  1 Kings 19:1-18, Psalms 42, Isaiah 65:1-9, Galatians 3:23-29, and Luke 8:26-39.  These can be read in full by clicking here.
  My thanks to my colleagues on Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary E-mail Discussion List: Jim McCrea, Beth Johnston, and especially Frank Fisher (to whom I [...]

  June 28th, 2007

• The "Out of the Closet" Meme

  This has nothing to do with homosexuality (except for item two), but has to do with coming out of the closet theologically speaking (except for items 3 and 4).  No one tagged me, but I have read it on several blogs (Kyle, Rob, Ben, and Kim)    and decided to do it myself.

  I confess that when it [...]

  June 28th, 2007