Thursday, July 31, 2008

Just Peacemaking

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“My subtheme is that the call for Just Peacemaking practices and Jesus’ teaching of peacemaking practices are not merely about ideals; they ...
Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Peace for Israel

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“It is not Christian to block a process that can provide peace for Israel. It is not Christian to teach that Israel will possess the land re...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Quotation for Tuesday

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“People in power must return to just cause and recognize that, however unreasonable the cause may seem, there is often a valid underlying gr...

It's officially summer

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Yes, I know that it was a month ago according to the calendar, but my official method is when I can pick a ripe tomato from the garden. And ...
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Monday, July 28, 2008

Are we breeding more terrorists?

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Maybe, no probably: “History shows that it is rare that increasingly repressive measures by the regime in power have the desired effect of a...
Friday, July 25, 2008

Terrorism and War

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“It is important to recognize that it [terrorism] is not an ideology (such as communism); it is an instrument, not a movement. Questions ari...
Thursday, July 24, 2008

War in the Bible, continued

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“A state cannot rationally fight evil by committing it. Thus when political and military leaders ask themselves the question, “What should w...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Making disciples by war?

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“How should the ethics of Jesus and our being in Christ shape our view of war? I suggest that they lead to a stance of nonviolence and love ...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

War in the Bible, resumed quotations

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“Whenever violence was perpetrated in the name of the cross, the cross was depleted of its “thick” meaning within the larger story of Jesus ...
Monday, July 21, 2008

Felt-needs

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OK, it's over a week old now, but I finally had a chance to read it over the weekend... There is a good post over at Out of Ur about “...
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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Quote from a new book

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From a book that arrived yesterday; In more sentimental books on music from the past, one sometimes encounters the romantic claim that a cer...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Help!

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OK, I need the help of all of you here. Carta has changed the name of the Ahituv volume and they are asking for help on where to price it....
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

How old is my house?

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<idle musing> In a post yesterday , I mentioned that we removed the overhang from the north side of the house. It changed the appearan...
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Absolute Hospitality?

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“'Absolute hospitality' seems generous and peaceful, until one remembers that unrepentant perpetrators and their unhealed victims wo...
Monday, July 14, 2008

Is Christianity violent by nature?

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OK, let's go back to the first chapter and pick up the quotes from there that I missed... “As applied to Christianity, the victory of th...

Timberrr!!

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OK, not really, but a loud crash would do. Last Monday, Debbie and I noticed that the overhang above the north side door was a bit more croo...
Friday, July 11, 2008

Yahweh will save

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“The question that needs to be asked is not “what should This country take from Isaiah?” but instead “what should Christians learn about f...
Thursday, July 10, 2008

The joys of reading

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This wonderful little article flew through my inbox today. The pile is waiting. The pile is getting higher. The pile looks impressive, pro...
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Vengeance is whose?

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“Based on these two images of God as king (sovereign) and warrior (victor over evil), several ethical conclusions follow, only one of which ...
Wednesday, July 09, 2008

God as warrior

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“Following God the warrior fully in faith does not have the effect of grooming warlike followers. That God is a warrior means the opposite—t...
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