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Advising Atheists (Loser Letters) 7
By
Scot McKnight
What about abortion? Is there an atheist view on abortion? Mary Eberstadt’s new book, The Loser Letters , examines this question among the new atheists and she probes into how best to convert people to atheism with the issue of abortion. Again, the book is a collection of fictional satirical letters by a recent convert from belief in…
On Preaching Theology: A Preacher’s Suggestion
By
Scot McKnight
The (re)founder of the Iona Community was George Macleod, someone who was known in his day as a great preacher. One of his books is about preaching and is called Speaking the Truth – in Love. The Modern Preacher’s Task. . It’s a collection of Cambridge lectures on preaching. I found this in his book in his plea…
Our Common Prayerbook: Psalm 3 – 2
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Scot McKnight
Praying can lead the one praying into trust; prayer itself is an exploration of our faith in God. Psalm 3 is much along this line. John Goldingay (Psalms, Vol. 1: Psalms 1-41 ) explores this in his commentary on Psalm 3 [text after the jump]. In the midst of despair and denunciation by one’s enemies,…
Two Kinds of Atheists, One of them Christian
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Scot McKnight
It is common to say an atheist is someone who believes there is no god, or someone who doesn’t believe in God (the latter might suggest there is a God but the person doesn’t believe in that God). The true atheists believes there is no god. But some who say they are Christians live as…
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