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Daniel: Notes for Bible Study Groups, Part 4

October 2, 2016 by Kathy Cooper 1 Comment

Drawing from her own study of Daniel, the knowledge gained while serving as a teaching assistant  for Prof.  Iain Provan's Regent College course on Daniel, and the insights gained through talks Carl Ellis gave at an InterVarsity conference, Kathy Cooper has compiled study notes for InterVarsity groups exploring Daniel. These notes are designed to be “plug and play.” While we'll make some further study suggestions for those with extra time, these notes are designed to  provide  the basis for  leading  a thoughtful … [Read more...] about Daniel: Notes for Bible Study Groups, Part 4

Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice, Daniel, Life in the Academy, The University Tagged With: character, culture, Daniel, Daniel Bible Study, ethics, exile, God, idolatry, Image, judgment, King Nebuchadnezzar, power, Pride, vision, wisdom, worship

Daniel: Notes for Bible Study Groups, Part 3

September 25, 2016 by Kathy Cooper Leave a Comment

Drawing from her own study of Daniel, the knowledge gained while serving as a teaching assistant  for Prof.  Iain Provan's Regent College course on Daniel, and the insights gained through talks Carl Ellis gave at an InterVarsity conference, Kathy Cooper has compiled study notes for InterVarsity groups exploring Daniel. These notes are designed to be “plug and play.” While we'll make some further study suggestions for those with extra time, these notes are designed to  provide  the basis for  leading  a thoughtful … [Read more...] about Daniel: Notes for Bible Study Groups, Part 3

Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice, Daniel, Life in the Academy, The University Tagged With: character, culture, Daniel, Daniel Bible Study, ethics, exile, God, idolatry, Image, power, vision, wisdom, worship

Book Review: Playing God, by Andy Crouch

April 22, 2016 by Bob Trube Leave a Comment

Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power by Andy Crouch (InterVarsity Press, 2013). I think many of us have developed our understanding of power from Lord Acton's axiom: Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. For most of us, that is the end of story and this accounts, at least among many Christians I know, for a deep aversion to anything like the exercise of power. … [Read more...] about Book Review: Playing God, by Andy Crouch

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion Tagged With: andy crouch, Book Review, human flourishing, idolatry, institutions, intervarsity press, Playing God, power

Book Review: Gods That Fail, by Vinoth Ramachandra

April 1, 2016 by Bob Trube Leave a Comment

Gods That Fail: Modern Idolatry and Christian Mission  (revised edition).  Vinoth Ramachandra. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2016. Summary: A  consideration  of how the false gods of late modernity both undermine human flourishing in a globalizing world and render ineffectual the witness of the church in that world, set in contrast with the biblical narratives of creation, the nature of evil, and the unique, transformative power of the cross. … [Read more...] about Book Review: Gods That Fail, by Vinoth Ramachandra

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion Tagged With: Book Review, Christian mission, cultural analysis, idolatry, modernity, postmodernity, Vinoth Ramachandra

Kuyper’s View of Creation

September 19, 2014 by Dan Jesse Leave a Comment

The third  post in a series drawing from and interacting with Richard Mouw's  Abraham Kuyper: A Short and Personal Introduction  (Eerdmans, 2011).   If Christ's concern, and therefore our concern is the redemption of the whole of Creation, how do we go about this? “How are we as Christians to work at redeemed cultural activity?” (Mouw, 15) The simple answer is that we dwell in the love of Christ and share His will. Before we get into the nuances of this answer, we need to look at the nature of Creation. … [Read more...] about Kuyper’s View of Creation

Filed Under: Abraham Kuyper by Richard Mouw, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: Abraham Kuyper, Abraham Kuyper: A Short and Personal Introduction, Christ, creation, culture, hypocrisy, idolatry, individualism, many-ness, pluriformity, redemption, Richard Mouw, sameness

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