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Why I'm a Happy Calvinist: A Response to "Why We Fear Calvinisim"

My response to Revelife's recent post "Why We Fear Calvinism, the Doctrine of Hope." Please note: This is written from the perspective of a Christian, one who is saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. God has…
Trends I Don't Get: Letting Directors of Bad Movies Dictate Our Eschatology

By Justin at Faith and Geekery You can stop panicking now. Put the sandbags away, drain the tub filled with bleach-purified water, and start eating those MREs you bought from a sketchy-looking online site. NASA’s on th…
Why We Fear Calvinism, the Doctrine of Hope

[Note: originally posted on the R8 College Fellowship Blog.] We grow accustomed to the smallness of things because we dwell in small places: a particular dorm room, a specific job, a well-defined family and a reason…
Christ: All or Nothing

One of the most common reasons people give me for not wanting to exclusively embrace the Christian faith is tied to ideas of pluralism. The argument I encounter usually sounds something like this: if there is a God, …
Correspondence to God: Examples from Johnny Cash and Eberhard Jungel

By Lauren at The Mockingbird Blog I've spent a lot of time lately thinking about ontology and ethics as a topic for the thesis requirement of my master's degree. An essay by Eberhard Jungel, "Humanity in Corresponden…
Learning to Trust God, and My Husband

By Sharon at She Worships This weekend marked 3 months since Ike and I got married. And an awesome 3 months it has been! We’ve had a ton of fun together, but we’ve also learned a lot about one another and ourselves i…
God is For Us, But is He on Our Side?

Though I have often heard people confidently assert, or at least strongly imply that God was on ‘their’ side; Is He, really?!? My smug heart has secretly treasured such an attitude from time to time, especially when I f…
The Triune God

The doctrine of the Trinity — that God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are each equally and eternally the one true God — is admittedly difficult to comprehend, and yet is the very foundation of Christi…
God At the Speed of Light

This past weekend, I went to National Youth Workers Convention in Cincinnati, OH. It was awesome, and I learned a lot, but Tony Campolo's talk really stuck out. Tony is one of the best speakers I've ever heard. The …
I Believe In God: Is That Enough?

Religion isn't an easy topic to discuss; therefore this is my disclaimer that I do not mean any offense whatsoever. These are my personal experiences and struggles I've had with my faith. I'm sorry if my train of tho…