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Here is my article that surveys the emerging movement/church. It was ready to a few months back, but Katrina was more important and then we had Christmas. I’m grateful to Bob Smietana and the fine staff at Covenant Companion. I’m happy to interact about this piece. This piece is now linked in the sidebar under…

This marks the end of our series on Douglas Jacobsen’s and Rodney Sawatsky’s fine book, Gracious Christianity, and tomorrow I’ll resume looking at Peterson’s Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places — one day later than I hoped. Overall, Gracious Christianity adds a note of pervasive grace to classical theological questions. Not the least of which…

Hello! Today is Sunday, Feb. 12. I spoke to Linda [Bob’s wife] this evening. Bob is still very critical. His oxygen levels seem to be improving, but there are other things they are measuring that are still higher than they’d like, including his blood pressure.

Rock-bottom motivations for moral decisions tend to revolve around these views. First, altruism: I help my neighbor, regardless of what I think of the person, because helping others is a good. Second, the alternative to altruism is ethical egoism: I help my neighbor because it makes me feel good or somehow will help me down…
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