July 27, 2007
by Julian Freeman
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In the previous post we saw that the ancient church’s view of a historical phenomenon (namely, the Roman Empire) shifted dramatically within the space of a few generations, on account of their particular experiences with that empire. I would suggest … Continue reading
January 29, 2007
by Julian Freeman
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I’ve often come across (and myself even flirted with) several forms of the notion that language is entirely ‘inadequate’ to describe God. In fact, I still in many ways find this to be true. No language can exhaustively declare the … Continue reading
July 31, 2006
by Julian Freeman
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I’ve gone back and forth a bit on this issue, so if you’ve thought about it, I’d love some input. Here’s the question: How much value is there in other world religions? How much time should we spend studying them? … Continue reading
June 20, 2006
by Julian Freeman
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Christians never cease to amaze me. In our contemporary ‘conversation’ we find people rejecting the idea of penal substitution, the imputation of righteousness, justification by grace alone, through faith alone, etc., etc., etc. The thing that really bothers me about … Continue reading
June 12, 2006
by Julian Freeman
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I don’t believe in homophobia. I know there are people who don’t like homosexuals. I know there are people who are incredibly uncomfortable with the thought of being “hit on” by a gay person. I know there are people with … Continue reading
May 30, 2006
by Julian Freeman
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Much has been made in other places about the cheesy PoMo quasi-evangelical catchphrases such as ‘dialogue’, ‘story’, ‘journey’, ‘romance’, etc. I would like to comment here on the term ‘conversation.’ A ‘conversation’ is apparently when more than one PoMo gathers, … Continue reading
April 28, 2006
by Julian Freeman
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God is big… infinite, in fact. It only makes sense, then, that a finite being like me can’t understand everything about God. One thing the emergent *cough*neo-orthodoxy*cough* crew likes to point out is that we can’t put God in a … Continue reading