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I am far too just
From Helmut Thielicke.The Waiting Father. trans. John Doberstein. 1959: Harper & Row. p.112. “This business of forgiving is by no means a simple thing. It is not so hard because we are opposed to it on principle. Oh, no, we’re … Continue reading
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From Outer Space to Inner Space
Here are two truly phenomenal videos. The first asks two basic questions about the universe, and can only say, “we don’t know.” The best take-away quote from the video for me was this: “We just might be undergoing the biggest … Continue reading
What Can We Learn From Schleiermacher?
It is tautological in many confessional Lutheran circles that Schleiermacher is the source of all that is wrong in modern theology. Few incur the invective of late 19th and early 20th century confessional Lutheran theologians as Schleiermacher does. His emphasis on the … Continue reading
The Second Palm Sunday
Although each of the four gospels record Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey days before his death, only John records the “palm branches” that give this Sunday its distinctive name. Yet few liturgical churches can … Continue reading
How To Think About God
Adler, Mortimer Jerome. How to Think about God: A Guide for the 20th-century Pagan* ; *one Who Does Not Worship the God of Christians, Jews, or Muslims ; Irreligious Persons. New York: Collier, 1991. Print. In this seminal work by Adler, … Continue reading
Eberhard Jungel on Natural Revelation
Eberhard Jungel once quipped that natural theology cannot distinguish between God and the Devil, since it places God in partnership with the world, where the Devil is, also. The trouble with natural theology is that “it is always trying to … Continue reading
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Some Prominent Figures in Design History
Murray Eden (MIT) and Marcel P. Schutzenberger (F.A.S.) Both were mathematicians who, at the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology in Philadelphia in 1966 argued that mathematical difficulties with neodarwinism. They were not convinced that a random shuffling of a … Continue reading
Texts for 3rd Week of Epiphany
Jonah 3:1-5 God is not dependent on our persistence. Rather we are dependent on God’s. Jonah is called to Nineveh, determines not to go, and is “rerouted” by God. Now He calls the prophet “the second time.” The only message … Continue reading
You Can’t ‘Prove’ God
An interesting quote from Dean L. Overman’s Evidence for the Existence of God (Rowman and Littlefield: 2009): There are real limits to any formal reasoning system attempting something in the nature of a mathematical proof. Science and faith share a … Continue reading
Quantum Physics: Illusion or Reality?
What is it about quantum mechanics that has drawn the attention of so many normally not interested in hard science? Physics professor Alastair Rae explains in this short book. Rae describes, first, the experiments which have verified the essentials of … Continue reading
