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Theological Eschatology 4 – New Creation

This is the fourth (and penultimate) article in this series on theological eschatology. To read the other installments, you can find the introduction here, the second here and third here ~ Mark McDowell, editor “I believe in the resurrection of the…

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Theological Eschatology 4 – New Creation

This is the fourth (and penultimate) article in this series on theological eschatology. To read the other installments, you can find the introduction here, the second here and third here ~ Mark McDowell, editor “I believe in the resurrection of the…

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Why Should We Come to Church?

“And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers” (Acts 2:42). One of the greatest needs of our dark times is for the Christian church to regain her true identity…

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Hard Time Killing Floor Blues

It is obvious to me from nature that killing children (born or unborn) is unambiguously a Bad Thing. At the same time, the foregoing has not historically been taken as obvious–or, at least, human beings often have not acted in…

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Hard Time Killing Floor Blues

It is obvious to me from nature that killing children (born or unborn) is unambiguously a Bad Thing. At the same time, the foregoing has not historically been taken as obvious–or, at least, human beings often have not acted in…

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Scarcity and Abundance

In recent decades, Western culture has developed what the business analysts might call a ‘scarcity mindset’.  There are good reasons for this of course. For a long time, we’ve been behaving like a teenager in a bedroom, consuming non-renewable energy…

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Christian Reconstruction

Michael J. McVicar, Christian Reconstruction: R. J. Rushdoony and American Religious Conservatism. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2015. xiii + 309 pp. As with many others, I suspect my first exposure to Christian Reconstruction was through…

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The Importance of Friendship for Theology

“In this world two things are essential: a healthy life and friendship…” – Augustine How do we develop our theology as Christians who take seriously the call to “grow in the grace and knowledge of our savior, Jesus Christ”?  I’ve…