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Science, Faith, and Vern Poythress
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xscot mcknight
I received a copy of a book that I could not review intelligently. It is by Vern Poythress and it is on science and faith, so I asked my friend, RJS (a science professor at a research institution), if she’d like to review it. Here is her first installment. She’s got some good questions at…
Forgotten Missional Ways 4
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xscot mcknight
Anyone who begins a chp with this quotation from TS Eliot has my attention: “The greatest proof of Christianity for others is not how far a man can logically analyze his reasons for believing, but how far in practice he will stake his life on his belief.” So Alan Hirsch quotes Eliot to open chp…
Friday is for Friends
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xscot mcknight
Emptying — not a word often heard these days — is the first “discipline” Darryl Tippens discusses in his excellent study of the sorts of spiritual disciplines that we need to develop in community. Remember, this is a book about spiritual disciplines that shape community. His book is called Pilgrim Heart.
Friday is for Friends
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xscot mcknight
When English teachers turn to writing — turn away that is from their mounds of grading — I tend to find something to read. Why? Because they know what they are doing when putting pen to paper (or finger to key). I find this true in Darryl Tippens, now Provost at Pepperdine, in his book…
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