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• Dallas Willard Passed Away This Week

  By CSF on May 10, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  Dallas Willard, best known for his book The Divine Conspiracy, passed away on Wednesday morning, he had pancreatic cancer. To me he was best known as a profound thinker in the area of spiritual formation and discipleship.…

• Oh, the Logic that betrays a lack of understanding about Christianity!

  By CSF on April 30, 2013 • ( 6 )

  If you are not familiar with what happened earlier this week when Jason Collins, an NBA player, who stated publicly that he was gay (apparently the first such participant in a major men’s professional sport to do so), click on… Read More ›

• Coming Up at ccithink . . .

  By CSF on April 21, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  The Tickle Chronicles Recently, I made an effort to contact Phyllis Tickle. In case you don’t know who she is, she is the founding editor of the Religion Department of Publishers Weekly, the author of several…

• The Sinking Ship of Evangelicalism, Part I: The problem

  By CSF on April 8, 2013 • ( 1 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  The Evening Descends (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Scott Fowler Behind the Times According to Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Willimon (Resident Aliens), Christendom, having begun with Constantine in 313 AD, ended in 1963.1 I can still…

• George Washington Rolling Over in His Grave!

  By Scott Fowler on April 4, 2013 • ( 2 )

  Ok, not that big of a surprize when a Democratic Senator endorses gay marriage, but you gotta love the brilliant reasoning behind his decision. He said, “Simply put, if The Lord made homosexuals as well as heterosexuals, why should I… Read More ›

• And Another One Bites The Dust!

  By Scott Fowler on April 3, 2013 • ( 2 )

  Another GOP Senator, citing personal emotional reasons, has come out in favor of same-sex marriage (see link to article below).   Our leaders–in and out of the Church–are mired in subjectivity, willing to allow their emotions to influence the future… Read More ›

• Christian Youth Face Backlash after Marriage Hearings – US – CBN News – Christian News 24-7 – CBN.com

  By Scott Fowler on April 3, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Christian Youth Face Backlash after Marriage Hearings – US – CBN News – Christian News 24-7 – CBN.com.  

• The Bible on The History Channel: Final

  By Scott Fowler on April 1, 2013 • ( 2 )

  So here’s a question: Would you watch The Bible on The History Channel again? I can definitely say I would not. As far as I am concerned it missed its mark–at least the mark I set for it as a… Read More ›

• By Scott Fowler on March 31, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  By Scott Fowler I am frequently asked if all sins are equally bad or if some sins are worse than others. Sometimes I just hear the statement being made in passing, “Well, we know that all…

• The Paschal César Chavez | The American Conservative

  By Scott Fowler on March 31, 2013 • ( 0 )

  The Paschal César Chavez | The American Conservative.

• By Scott Fowler on March 28, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  March 28, 2013   By Scott Fowler I would love to hear your thoughts on the questions below! “Are all sins equal in the sight of God?”  Put another way, “Is one sin worse than another?”…

• And another thing about Sunday night’s “The Bible”

  By Scott Fowler on March 26, 2013 • ( 2 )

  There was another portrayal from the fourth part of The Bible on the History Channel that was potentially the most explosive insinuation of the entire series thus far. It wasn’t Peter walking on the water, although Burnett and Downey’s depiction of that… Read More ›

• “Messing with the Barbecue!” The Bible on the History Channel, Part 4

  By Scott Fowler on March 25, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Don’t Mess with the Barbecue! I’m from Texas and one of the things I miss here in New York is good-ol’ Texas barbecue. I have really only had barbecue at one particular New York establishment that I thought made passing… Read More ›

• By CSF on March 22, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  By Roger Erdvig “Boys will be boys,” the old saying goes. But did you know that boys in Massachusetts’ schools who consider themselves to be girls have the protected right to use the girl’s bathroom, and…

• By CSF on March 22, 2013 • ( 2 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  By Roger Erdvig Remember “Bill Nye the Science Guy”? Bill Nye starred in a series of science videos that have been used to make science fun in homes and classrooms for years. I always had my…

• By CSF on March 20, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  By Scott Fowler This, of course, is not a surprise. If you can believe it, the logic Bell uses is the bigger problem. Essentially he is saying, “What we have currently believed in the evangelical church…

• The Bible on the History Channel, Part 3

  By CSF on March 18, 2013 • ( 9 )

  Ok. Here’s my problem: there is simply too much to write about that is wrong with the History Channel’s presentation of The Bible! I can’t do it, I tell you!! But let me summarize some recurring themes and then get… Read More ›

• By Scott Fowler on March 15, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  Rob Portman – Caricature (Photo credit: DonkeyHotey) By Scott Fowler In  a blog entry not yet published called The Sinking Ship of Evangelicalism . . .  , I wrote: Some are abandoning evangelicalism for political reasons.…

• A Question from CCI . . .

  By Scott Fowler on March 14, 2013 • ( 0 )

  A Question from CCI . . . What do you think?

• Christian Stay Home!

  By Scott Fowler on March 13, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Check it out! Christian Stay Home!.

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