The Doctor Is In

Fourth in an ongoing series on grace in Christianity:

On Purpose
Justification, Sanctification, & Grace
The Sword of Grace

 
We’ve spent some time recently on relatively heavy-duty topics — like justification, sanctification, and grace — as we’ve explored Christianity as a faith founded on grace and mercy rather than obligation and judgment. Most non-Christians — and far too many […]

Been mind-numbingly busy the past few weeks, so I’ve gotten quite behind on posting.
But here’s a little tidbit you may enjoy: It’s a little game called, “Let’s poke the bear!”
Now, this sort of satire is not really my style, but I must say: ridicule is one of the best weapons we have against the tyranny […]

Third in an ongoing series on grace in Christianity:

On Purpose
Justification, Sanctification, & Grace

 
We struggled through some intimidating “God-words” — justification and sanctification – in my previous post, and in the process I lost both of my regular readers, leaving but a few wandering insomniacs whose Ambien prescription had just run short. For those now drifting […]

If you’re browsing along, and see the topic of this post, chances are good you’ve already clicked the next link on your blogroll, especially if you’re not a Christian. You probably don’t realize this isn’t really a theological discourse — well, in a way it is, I suppose, as all discussions of the spiritual life […]

Remember the Lancet study? You know, the one which came out days before the 2006 election, reporting that the Iraq war had caused about 655,000 excess civilian deaths — a number about 20 times larger than most other estimates? It was widely reported in the mainstream media, echoed by politicians and pundits who were quick […]

Rick over at Brutally Honest hooked me with a post on, of all things, zombies:
I question consistently whether I’m living a worthy life. Hence the reference to that ending scene where Private Ryan, now an old man kneeling at the grave of the Captain who saved his life, turns to his wife and pleads […]