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Archive for July, 2008

The Miseducation of Ras Kass

July 30, 2008

The following video is explicit and is an inside look at what many Blacks around my neighborhood and in low income communities in general think about when it comes to Christianity.
My comments are below:

Allow me to address Ras’ assertion that the cross and the symbol of a fish are craven images [...]

Bitter Sweet Choice: Peter Enns Resigns from WTS

July 23, 2008

Read about it here
Enns’ choice is bitter tastingĀ  because it reveals where WTS’ heart is at (reformed dogma) and Christianity, the Bible and people, are more than theories and ideologies birthed out of the experiences of dead white men.
It is also bitter because it is a big loss to the student body at WTS. Evangelical [...]

God and “soon”

July 23, 2008

Something is definitely wrong and right in the following statement made in a debate between fellow Christians Kerry and King Neb.
Kerry:
“Neb mentioned earlier about how the mockers ‘understood’ that there was a time limit of sorts on the text. I disagree – in fact, their MISunderstanding of the text is part and parcel of why [...]

What Set You Claiming? Reformed Gangstas!!

July 22, 2008

Here is a satire by my friend Jason. Pretty funny yet sad because it is sooo true.

Be careful walking down Sesame Street!

July 21, 2008

This had be laughing!!!

Fallacious Redundancy

July 21, 2008

Christian message forums need rules to keep things under control and maintain decency and order among people who may strongly disagree with one another. Out of all the rules of conduct there is usually one that is omitted that needs to be implemented fast–the rules of argument. In other words, if people are not going [...]

Prophetic Quotable

July 21, 2008

A newspaper burns in the sand
And the headlines say ‘Man Destroys Man’
Extra extra, read all the bad news
On the war for peace that everybody would lose
The rise and fall, the last great empire
The sound of the whole world caught on fire
The ruthless struggle, the desperate gamble
The game that left the whole [...]

Cretiquing Enns Through Manmade Theological Frameworks

July 18, 2008

Lets play a game, see if you can point out the criteria in the following statement,
“Just for the record, Dr. Gaffin has produced what is, in my opinion, the best critique of Inspiration and Incarnation. Gaffin confronts Enns’ conclusions from a historic, Covenant Theology perspective that places the canon in the covenantal sphere. This is [...]