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  • Daniel 11A yrotsiH

    Questions: Does God know what is going to happen in the future? Does it matter? Why would He tell us? Should we care? What would we do differently? How would we pray differently? Would we endure? “Read More” to pursue answers from the Prophet Daniel.

  • Daniel 10 Message Latency

    Questions: Why do we mourn? Do we expect God to care? Are we grateful if He does? Do we really want to see God? Is it a blessing to be beloved of God? Can we handle it? Will we wait for it? Why does it matter? Do we need help…

  • Daniel 9 Prayer, Time

    Questions: Does God hear our prayers? When? Is there a proper time for repentance? Will God fulfill His promises? Even if we get what we want, does it matter? What — if anything — truly endures? Can we ultimately count on God’s love for us? How? Why? “Read More” to…

  • DiaBlogue: SPOM, spom, Spom, SPoM

    Metric: The best theory is one which most elegantly explains all past results while enabling precise predictions for the widest range of future experimentsThis doesn’t mean it is impossible to question these assumptions, but it does mean that by doing so you are going outside “normal science” into a realm…

  • Transformation: A Unifying Vision of the Church’s Mission

    Last week I was privileged to finally see an early draft copy of the book on Transformation I helped Luis Bush with a couple years ago, based on the Transformational Covenant they developed in Indonesia. This version came out of the second Transform World Conference (India 2006), and it mentions…

  • Daniel 8 Ram? Tough!

    Questions: If God is in control, why do His enemies appear to triumph? For how long? Does He ever explain Himself? Does it help? Will it? “Read More” to pursue answers from the Prophet Daniel.

  • Daniel 7 Four Legend Animals

    Questions: Why would God give us visions? Do we really want to know the future? Even if it involves great suffering? Does God know or care than the unjust are reigning over the just? Will it ever end? How? “Read More” to pursue answers from the Prophet Daniel.

  • Daniel 6 Lion ‘n’ Wait

    Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask [a petition] of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?As does the…

  • Daniel 5 Hand: Out!

    Questions: Is self-indulgence a sin? Do we ever rob God’s temple to satisfy our flesh? Does God’s patience ever run out? What about our obligation to warn our enemies? If we were weighed in the balance, would we be found wanting? Is our time at an end? Will we know?…

  • DiaBlogue: Of Anger, Hatred, and Love

    Dear Alan, In addition to the “obvious” confusions identified in my last post, your last post touched on another topic that has long puzzled me: I have, for instance, described universal utilitarianism (or at least my understanding of it) as being incomplete since it “does not reflect our intuitions about…

  • DiaBlogue: Obviously (not)

    [emphasis mine] My question was instead whether you agreed that we could derive something comparable to the MSSB starting from the deistic hypothesis; the last paragraph of your comment hints that you might, but I’d like to know for sure.Given all that, I would be happy to reformulate our first…

  • Daniel 4 Feeling Sheepish

    Questions: To what is the heart of Nebuchadnezzar turned? Where is Daniel’s heart? What about God’s? Why does it matter who rules in the kingdoms of men — and whether we know it? Are we grateful that God humbles the proud? Should we be? Why? “Read More” to pursue answers…

  • Daniel 3 Fire Drill

    Questions: To what do we bow? Why or why not? Is God really able to deliver us? Is He worth serving even if He doesn’t? Are we willing to believe the evidence of our own eyes? Even it makes us look foolish? “Read More” to pursue answers from the Prophet…

  • Daniel 2 Chaldean Dreaming

    Questions: How can we find the answer when we don’t know the question? Does God speak to us through dreams? Can impossible demands lead to miraculous deliverance? Does it matter who gets the glory? Will it help to know the future? “Read More” to pursue answers from the Prophet Daniel.

  • Dr. Ernie: A Brief Biblio-Professional Biographical Blurb

    I am very excited about being invited to speak next month at the InterVaristy Christian Fellowship in Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. They’ve asked for my “spiritual/professional” background, which is something I’ve never pulled together before. As long as I’m writing one up, I figured I may as well blog…

  • Daniel 1 Board-ing School

    Questions: Why should we trust God when everything has gone wrong? How do we remain faithful when it doesn’t seem to make sense? Where do we draw the line? Should we submit to other’s expectations? Will God take care of us? “Read More” to pursue answers from the Prophet Daniel.

  • DiaBlogue: A Minimal Set of Shared Beliefs

    Dear Alan, On the whole, I was probably more relieved than surprised to discover that you responded to my bet with affirmation (given my past failures to accurately identify shared beliefs :-). For the most part, I am pleased that — for the first time since our Epistemology — we…

  • Ecclesiastes 11-12 The End of the Matter

    Questions: In an uncertain world, how should we live? Is it foolish to enjoy youth? Is it wise to ignore death? Is life still worth living when all we’ve lived for passes away? Does it still make sense to trust God? To fear Him? “Read More” to pursue answers from…

  • Ecclesiastes 10 The Wisdom Blog

    Questions: Why was Ecclesiastes written? What purpose was the author trying to accomplish? Why did he include so many different genres? How do all these proverbs help advance the “plot” (if any)? “Read More” to pursue answers from Ecclesiastes.

  • Ecclesiastes 9 Grave Injustice

    Questions: Does God love the righteous and the wise? Does that mean he’ll spare them from evil and hate? Does it even improve our odds? If not, what difference does anything make? What advantage, if any, is there in being alive? In being wise? “Read More” to pursue answers from…