Recent religion

• Hello, Angry Christians

  I am, as many of you may have noticed, going through a fallow period when it comes to my blog.  Too many things going on, or not going on as the case may be, in my life and in the life of the church I serve, and so I am feeling a little down.
  Anyway . [...]

  September 27th, 2007

• Those Seeking Reincarnation Must First Get China’s Permission

  This news item defies categorization.  From Newsweek:
  In one of history’s more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the procedures by which [...]

  August 25th, 2007

• Buffy, Angel, and Theology

  Anyone who knows me at all, knows that I believe two of the best television shows of all time are Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.   Of course, I get get a lot of grief at times because of this opinion from those who don’t know any better, but that’s just the price one [...]

  August 18th, 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

• Christians, Hate, Nakedness, and Namecalling

  Hate is a powerful and destructive force, and though I am sure I don’t need to tell anyone that, I think it bears repeating from time to time.  This last weekend, one of my blogging friends, David Hayward, of nakedpastor, was “fortunate” to have his blog and his person reviewed by one of the watchdogs of blogging’s [...]

  August 6th, 2007