Archive for the 'Issues' Category

Let’s Talk About… Alcohol

Zach Nielson (Fb|Twitter) recently posted an excellent series about alcohol. Each one is worth reading and I encourage you to click on the links to each of Zach’s posts:
Part 1
In the next few days I want to interact with what Pastor [James] MacDonald presents here. I care little about resurrecting a tired debate about alcohol [...]

Scripture and the Theory of Evolution

This is a guest post by Edgar de Blieck, who blogs at Sincere Ignorance and Conscientious Stupidity
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   If you look at the bible passages which deal with creation (not just Genesis, by the way) then it is clear that the bible says that God made and directed the making of everything. In other words, from [...]

Rob Bell – “Jesus Wants to Save Christians”

To be honest, I have tried to like Rob Bell’s work many times without much luck.  That’s probably a bad way to start a review.
I’m not a Bell-basher, but I’m not a fan either; I understand his appeal, but it doesn’t appeal to me; I have been to his church, I know some people there, [...]

Are Isa and Jesus the Same Person? The Rick Warren-Inaugural Prayer Redux

When I wrote about Rick Warren including Isa as an equivalent name for Jesus in a previous post, a decent discussion erupted. What a learned from this discussion is that there are regional variances in the use of the word. My point was (from speaking to a Muslim co-worker) that Isa is the name used [...]

“Pansy” Re-enters the Lexicon (pansification)

Here is the clip from tonight’s broadcast of CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada (HNIC) where Ron MacLean interviews Helen Kennedy of Egale Canada over the use of the word “pansification” – a term used by HNIC commentator Mike Milbury, who coined the term to describe how the NHL would be softened should the league heed [...]

Do Christians Believe in Global Warming?

I was asked the following question by a friend this morning: “In your experience do Christians believe in global warming?”
In the interest of a lively discussion, I’ll throw the question out here.
Go ahead, have at it. The guy who asked the question will be taking part in the discussion so feel free to ask [...]