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  • Psalm 32 Cover Up

    Questions: What do we hide from? Why? Where are we trying to go? How do we expect to get there? What price will we ultimately pay? What reward do we ultimately seek? “Read More” to pursue answers in the Psalms.

  • DiaBlogue: What I Hate About Christianity (As We Know It)

    I have finally concluded that my primary DiaBlogue strategy — trying to invent a “common ground” of shared understand — is unlikely to succeed. Virtually none of the various proposals for ontology and divinity I floated have met with Alan’s approval. Worse, even though we managed to agree on a…

  • ToLD: The Theory of Love’s Dominion

    In Theology and Political Science, the term Dominion Theory — which seems to cover both Dominion Theology and Dominionism — refer to a cluster of related ideologies that start from the assumption that God has explicitly granted humanity Dominion over nature; and usually some people Dominion over others! Historically, this…

  • DiaBlogue: Orthodoxy, Generously

    While I’ve been busy with various projects on my other blog, Alan replied to my quest for Enlightenment? and Truth and Trust with discussions of: * Enlightening Bug * On the Evolution of Religion [not formally part of the series] * Practical Truth * (In)coherent Mumbling I was particularly encouraged…

  • Psalm 31 What, Ashamed?

    Questions: What is our God? Whom do we trust to take away our shame? “Read More” to pursue answers in the Psalms.

  • FLOD: The Fountain of Love’s Overflowing Dominion

    The following was partly inspired by a dream I had, sort of a cross between Cars and the Amazing Race, where I pulled into a gas station whose pump handle was like a can opener (the old kind that punched holes instead of removing the top). I sensed that God…

  • Psalm 30 Just Praise

    Questions: Does God ever want our foes to win? Should He? Should we? What’s really most important? What’s the price of failing to seek it? Can we know? If we know, what must we do? “Read More” to pursue answers in the Psalms.

  • Psalm 29 Voice Lessons

    Questions: Why should we “give it up” for God? How powerful is his voice? What does this say about God? How does He relate to us? “Read More” to pursue answers in the Psalms .

  • DiaBlogue: Of Truth and Trust

    Alan was kind enough to send me a short email saying he was 1) busy, and 2) confused by my last post about the “love connection” and suggested I might want to go ahead and answer his other questions. That may take a while, though, so I did want to…

  • Boston Consulting Group, on Charity Transformation

    Every time I’m tempted to get cynical about my former life as a management consultant, my alma mater BCG goes and does something thoughtful — and transformational! — like this (Read More).

  • DiaBlogue: Enlightenment?

    Moreover, I am asserting (admittedly without proof, at this point) that my paradigm is actually more robust than yours, in that it can explain: why your paradigm works at all where it breaks down what happens beyond your realm of validityThis hearkens back to a point I made earlier, that…

  • Psalm 28 Pit? Stop!

    Questions: Is God silent? Rather, is He ever not silent? When — if ever — will he answer? Why? And why would He answer me, and not the “wicked” — Is that fair? Does it work? “Read More” to pursue answers in the Psalms.

  • Psalm 27 No Fear

    Questions: Whom do we fear? Whom should we fear? Where are we safe? With whom are we safe? When? Why? How? Click “Read More” to pursue answers in the Psalms.

  • Psalm 26 The Vindicator

    Questions: Do we want God to judge us? Should we? On what basis? To what end? Do we walk in integrity? Can we? How can we know for sure? What does it allow us to ask of God? “Read More” to pursue answers in the Psalms.

  • DiaBlogue: My Standard Model of Christianity

    Or — as I suspect Alan is thinking but is too polite to say — “What the Hell Does Ernie Believe?” I concur with Alan’s opinion in The Weight of Justice that “our meta-discussion … seems to be making some progress”, rather than merely going Round and Round. However, while…

  • Psalm 25 Uplifting

    Questions: In what do we trust? In what can we trust? Why? Who do we turn to in our distress? Will He turn to us? “Read More” to pursue answers in the Psalms.

  • Da Vinci Codswallop

    Think the Da Vinci Code reflects real historical research? Think again. My friend Todd Rider, one of the smartest people I know, has written a delightful yet thoroughly documented expose of the real facts behind the Da Vinci Code. [Read more] for a summary of the key points.

  • DiaBlogue: Round and Round

    I think Alan hits the nail on the head when he asks, Where Did We Put Those Goalposts? We do appear to have converged on a reasonable definition of “Round One”, but as he points out, ‘this is not a one round “fight” ‘. Specifically: The overall goal that I…

  • DiaBlogue: Convergent Elocution

    While Alan wonders whether or not I am finally Reaching Escape Velocity by Reviving the Classics, I worry whether the yolk may be on me after reading my friend Seth Godin’s cautionary tale about miscommunication: I realized that every single time I used an analogy, he didn’t “get it.” Instead,…

  • Interlude: 2 Timothy 4(a) End Game

    Today’s blog entry is more of a “practice devotional.” My friend Vince Andrada is running a Boy’s Upward Basketball League hosted by our sister church, Capital Christian Center. While mostly it is just a way to connect with and serve the community — plus have fun! — they do have…