Philosophy, Religion | Comments (12)
I have been wondering of late, where does reason end and faith begin? Or perhaps, depending on your starting point, you could reverse the question. If we were all completely rational beings, it would be assumed that we would rely entirely upon reason, apart from faith, to support our beliefs or worldview. Accordingly, in addition […]
Adam @ July 26, 2008
I heard a bold sermon preached a week ago, about Psalm 89. The psalmist, here, spends verses 1-18 exclaiming the might, glory and power of the living God. Verses 7 and 11 read thusly:
In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awsome than all who surround him…The heavens are […]
Simon @ July 22, 2008
Current Affairs, Religion, Reviews | Comments (2)
I should note that is not a response to Adam’s previous entry on the same topic. This is simply, as the title suggests, a second opinion of this document. “An Evangelical Manifesto” was penned earlier this year, with a two-fold purpose;
[T]o first address the confusions and corruptions that attend the term Evangelical in the United […]
Simon @ June 28, 2008
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An Evangelical Manifesto is a recently published article by a group of professing evangelicals which seeks to redefine and reform evangelicalism in the face of its popular (mis)conceptions in the secular world.
It’s so refreshing to read a well-considered and balanced article from a group of evangelicals. I was expecting to read a bible-bashing self-righteous […]
Adam @ May 12, 2008
Religion, Theology | Comments (2)
Ulrich Beck, in his book The Cosmopolitan Vision, discusses universalism and cosmopolitanism as social theories. According to Beck there are two different types of universalism; universal difference, and universal sameness. Universal sameness, Beck says, suppresses the individual to make them conform to what is usually the dominant ethnicity or social group of the time. Universal […]
Simon @ May 4, 2008
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I first came across Tim Keller when I heard an mp3 of him speaking at the 2006 Desiring God National Conference. The subject was ‘The Supremacy of Christ and the Gospel in a Post-modern World”. Keller struck me as highly intelligent, well read, and an excellent thinker in general. His foundation and argument for an […]
Simon @ April 22, 2008
Philosophy, Religion | Comments (5)
An interesting question Adam, a very interesting question indeed.
I am currently completing an essay comparing similar doctrines contained in both Hinduism and Buddhism. Doctrines such as karma and reincarnation are rather central to both religions. The aim of both religions is to liberate oneself from cyclic-existence, known as samsara. Very briefly, it is due […]
Adam @ April 14, 2008