Unresolved Issues
In the first day of my Doctrine of the Church class, which is taught by a Lutheran, this exchange occurred when we were discussing our denominational tradition: Student: I grew up as a Mennonite, which means that your people used to burn my people. Professor: Well, only for political reasons; it would be inappropriate to [...]
Pro-Life, Pro-Capital Punishment, Part II
Well, I seem to have wandered into opinionated territory on my last post, a place that I am glad to be. Rather than respond to all the comments in the comment section of my last post, I thought that it would be easier to address the different questions in new posts. Also, I am grouping [...]
Pro-Life, Pro-Capital Punishment
I have been thinking more and more about capital punishment lately, especially after a discussion that I had with a friend through comments on his blog (first post, second post). Today, the Daily Nebraskan published an editorial called “Pro-life philosophy applies to many issues,” where Luke Fischer wrote: …being pro-life demands opposition to capital punishment. [...]
Hodge on Sacraments
A. A. Hodge on the sacraments as “seals” of the covenant. I found it helpful: The sacraments were designed to ‘apply’—i.e., actually to convey—to believers the benefits of the new covenant. If they are ‘seals’ of the covenant, they must of course, as a legal form of investiture, actually convey the grace represented to those [...]
Update Post
I haven’t blogged for a little while, and some significant things have happened in my life. Most importantly, I became engaged on November 20th to the love of my life and my best friend, Allison. She and I have so far had a wonderful time planning our wedding, which will be for December 27, 2008. [...]
Grey’s Derek
If you haven’t heard, Derek Webb produced a song with Caedmon’s Call which will be (was?) featured on Grey’s Anatomy. (I don’t watch the show, so I have no idea when it may or may not have come on the show.) You can listen to “Ten Thousand Angels” on his MySpace page, and I really, [...]
