Posted in Ethics, music, technology on July 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I don’t steal music.
I bought this CD, but learned that it had copy-protection software installed on it–a “root kit” which would attempt to infect my computer and install a device driver to prevent me from copying the music to my hard drive.
The idea is so that people can’t rip mp3s and pirate them all over [...]
Posted in Faith & Reason, Reformed Theology, Theology and Discipleship, philosophy on July 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
THOMAS AQUINAS. SUMMA THEOLOGICA, FIRST PART, QUESTION 105, ARTICLE 4. “WHETHER GOD CAN MOVE THE CREATED WILL?”
Objection 1. It would seem that God cannot move the created will. For whatever is moved from without, is forced. But the will cannot be forced. Therefore it is not moved from without; and therefore cannot be moved [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
“Pagan morality is tidy and respectable; Christianity is a wild comedy with a horrible enigma at its center.”
Posted in Uncategorized on July 15, 2007 | No Comments »
Today I somehow slept past church, so I ended up listening to one of the sermon CDs I had gotten when I was teaching Sunday School. It was a good sermon. Since I typed out my notes I thought I might as well put them up here. Note: Some of these notes may be abbreviated [...]
Posted in Current Events, Evangelism and Apologetics, Theology and Discipleship, philosophy, political theory on July 12, 2007 | No Comments »
How excellent are your works, O God!
Your people see them and rejoice,
those who you have called from every nation, from every time;
the poor and the rich, the unknown and the great.
Out of the east you called Abraham,
and made of him a nation, Israel, your holy people;
From slavery in Egypt you delivered them.
You saw the horror [...]
Posted in Evangelism and Apologetics, Reformed Theology, Theology and Discipleship on July 11, 2007 | No Comments »
(Since the last post wasn’t controversial enough)
Obviously the first churches were held in people’s houses. There really wasn’t anywhere else to meet. So really, “house churches” is not quite what I’m talking about. But then, you know what I’m talking about, don’t you?
Here are a list of some of the problems I worry about with [...]
Posted in Faith & Reason, Reformed Theology, Theology and Discipleship on July 3, 2007 | No Comments »
Well, lately I’ve been attempting to discern the will of God for my life. In other words, I’ve been attempting to understand the future in order to control it myself. In other words, I don’t think God’s been doing a real good job as God, and I’d like to take over for him. At the [...]
Posted in Evangelism and Apologetics, Reformed Theology, Theology and Discipleship on July 2, 2007 | No Comments »
WorldMagBlog featured a post today about how infants begin to practice deception at an earlier age than previously supposed. [Link to referenced Telegraph UK article]
According to researcher Dr. Vasudevi Reddy:
“Fake crying is one of the earliest forms of deception to emerge, and infants use it to get attention even though nothing is wrong. You can [...]
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