Monthly Archives: February 2011

Church and affinity networks

To what extent is a congregation or parish just an affinity network and how is it related to various social computing resources? Richard Beck has several interesting posts on the topic. If Beck is correct, this will have more influence … Continue reading

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Freedom and the Trinity

From an article by Paul Molnar: There is then a thread that runs through the theologians we have briefly canvassed in this article. That commonality suggests there is a tendency to allow experience rather than the Word of God revealed … Continue reading

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Polonius Got What He Deserved

Polonius got what he deserved when, hiding behind the curtain in the queen’s bedchamber, he is stabbed by Hamlet. After all, while “this above all, To Thy Own Self Be True” maybe be natural for a sixteen year old seeking … Continue reading

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Putting John Calvin to Use

Over at Called to Communion, David Anders writes about How John Calvin Made me a Catholic: … Calvin shocked me by rejecting key elements of my Evangelical tradition. Born-again spirituality, private interpretation of Scripture, a broad-minded approach to denominations – … Continue reading

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