Announcements:

WordPress junkies: I have a problem. See, when someone on 800 x 600 stops by – the center block is chopped off by the right sidebar. How do I fix this?

Yes, my brother’s graphics rock. Just saying.

Vox Apologia II was a BLAST. Thanks everyone, for your entries, and thank you, everyone who read it. I hope it was edifying, encouraging, and exhortational. (Yay for alliteration!)

Pastors:

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Discovered:

Thinking Christian. Read this blog. It rocks.

Welcomes:

To the Aggregator:

The Minor Prophet

Ryan Wentzel

Wittenberg Gate

Adrian Warnock

21st Century Reformation

Apologetics roundup:

Eric from Evangelical Underground discusses Finding A Niche Within A Niche – he gives us his take on “dos and don’ts” of Evangelical blogging. It’s a good read. I picked up a good perspective on what I’m doing, and not doing from it.

Every Thought Captive reviews Love God With All YourMind, by J.P. Moreland. Also, he is addressing the New Atlantis Stem Cell Symposium, here, and here.

Dory, from Wittenberg Gate issues a challenge, in her This and That post: “Go visit a non-Christian blog today and sprinkle some salt in their comments section.” So… what are you waiting for?

She also examines the issue of Broken Leaders and Second Chances” in a post today.

AllThings2All has a really cool feature called “SideBlog” – she’s using it for announcements, and such. Cool ‘lil tool. I’ll use it myself – once I find some time 😀

EXCELLENT discourse concerning the “challenge” issued by Andrew, of Weapons of Warfare, in the comments of that entry. Funky Dung did, indeed, meet the challenge, as I had suggested, and superbly. Kudos to both of you for such a wonderfully rich discussion of the topics at hand. THAT was what I was envisioning between us, when I was thinking about putting the Aggregator together. Thank you very much for brightening my evening.

The Minor Prophet discusses whether we should give to “beggars” on the side of the road. Interesting entry.

Updates:

Miscellany:

Parableman reviews the Philosopher’s Carnival

Top ten reasons to read Christian History. (HT: Smart Christian

21st Century Reformation discusses a Radical Change in our Christian Practice

Letters From Babylon muses on Massachusetts.

A Slice of the Neighborhood:

I’d like to mention “Blogcorner Preacher“. He consistently has thoughtful, scriptural pieces up – and they’re pretty deep stuff.

His name is John Luke Rich, a self-described “struggling” Christian. He calls his blog a way of “evangelizing on the internet”. Well, if anyone stops by, they are sure to stop and read – and think some deep thoughts. I encourage you to check out his blog.

A Challenge:

“Funky Dung”, of Ales Rarus (heh. That is SUCH a name.) has a challenge for us.

Write about how we are “Not to consume one another” – a reference from Galatians 5:15.

I now humbly request my fellow Godbloggers to write about this serious issue from their own perspectives. My readership is loyal, but small. This issue must be dealt with by all bloggers who call themselves Christians. The more voices denouncing enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit, envy, and the like and enouraging love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control, the better.

So – who’s going to take it up? I’ve seen a bit of it this week, actually. I wholeheartedly agree with his assessment. Look for something from me soon.

An Inspiration:

Read this post.

Do it now.

The mind of Christ is expressed in this small, poignant scene from a red light district outreach.

It made me tear up. Thank you Catez, for sharing it with us.

Updates:

The answer to yesterday’s Trivia:

RazorsKiss is a name I created for Elite Plus, when I was 8-9 years old. I’m a huge space sim fan, by the by. (Check my main website out, if you want to see how much I like gaming 😀 I’ve kept it since that time, and it’s been my consistent “online handle” since there _was_ an internet. Not for any particular reason, to begin with – but it has become a statement, in several ways. So, that’s the origin.

Symbology:

RazorsKiss conjures up images of sharp edges, dark places, a hint of “warmth” in an otherwise hard-edged, gothic atmosphere. It is two diametrically opposed objects, juxtaposed in one composite word. It is blood-red, shining, glinting light, off of a sinister object. It is a indictment of the gothic culture, by using their symbology, and turning it around from a Christian perspective. It is the sort of name that “gets you in” to the youth culture – but carries connotations that put you just a bit ill-at-ease.

Ideologically:

Razors are some of the sharpest bladed objects we’ve created. They are small, they are subtle – and they can draw blood with even the smallest cut. They can split hairs, cut hairs – and yet, create the smoothest of skin – with the sharpest of blades. The sharper the razor, the better the shave, and the smoother the result is. You need a very sharp razor, to have a very good shave.

In logic, in debates, and in apologetics, things work the same way. You logic has to be very concise, your explanations clear, your mind sharp, and your attention must be very focused. People tell me that I stare daggers, when I’m concentrating. I’m an incredibly focused person – when I want to be. I’m also very lazy at times – perhaps as a counter to the focused part of me. There IS some element to the “Occam’s Razor” reference that Ed mentioned. That’s one of the reasons I’ve kept it, actually.

Otherwise:

It’s a cool name, it’s very distinctive, I love black and red (favorite colors), the name is an old and virtually unused “trademark”. The only other people who use it are a German Xanga goth – and an old German metal band. My selection predates both. A Super Star Destroyer is named “Razor Kiss”, in a Star Wars book (Warlord Zsinj’s second) – but my name predates that as well.

So, basically… I made it up at 9 (Why? How? I have no idea. It popped into my head. I’m a huge reader – and have been since the age of 3. I read truly INSANE amounts every week – so who knows where I picked it up. ) – and I’ve kept it, because it’s “edgy” (oh… is that a theme? :D), and because it’s unique, and distinctive.

So, anyway. Yeah. I like the name. (Thanks for reminding me (with your Razor Ramon comment… NOOOOO!) to add this, Eric. (and I’m a 26 year old male, in case anyone is wondering :D)

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Welcomes:

To the Aggregator:

Ales Rarus, a Catholic apologist. It helps, sometimes, to get a different perspective on things.

Alex Forrest – he’s doing Doctoral work in apologetics. Welcome to the community!

Blogma, a very sharp looking blog, with a nice post on “Injustice vs Non-Justice” up right now.

Noticed:

Unscrewing the Inscrutable has come up with another Carnival. This carnival, however, is called the Carnival of the Godless. So, yeah. Now, here’s an interesting note I found:

“From a godless perspective” does NOT mean that you must be an atheist to send in a submission. There are plenty of theists who blog from a godless perspective. We welcome their posts. We will even consider posts criticizing godlessness in general, or atheism in particular. We recognize that there are some interesting theists out there who will have written relevant posts. We only ask that you do not submit a post that is just a short linking post, but rather something that shows off yours or someone else’s writing ability.

So, there’s an “outreach” opportunity if you want to take it.

Ales Rarus directs us to a post criticizing C.S. Lewis. He also wonders if anyone would be willing to do an apologetic for an apologist – namely, C.S. Lewis.

Blind Mind’s Eye disagrees with my comments about Poliblogs. He has more to say in the comments, after I reply.

I disagree – but it was kinda interesting to have someone actually disagree with me. Blogs, as I’ve noticed, have a tendency to either applaud wildly, or disagree vehemently. An actualy, reasonable disagreement was interesting 😀

Too many people are talking about Spongebob. I don’t care. So, yeah.

Christian Carnival #53 is up, and stuff. I might read it – I read really, really fast (like, neighborhood of 1,800 wpm fast) – but that would take a considerable chunk of time. I may work through it as the week progresses.

BlogClicker looks interesting.

Smart Christian is doing a one-day series on “Evangelical Identity”. (Just noticed – Joe found it before me… bleh.)

Classical Values posts about Israeli Arabs. Very interesting – go read it.

Blog of the Week:

Weapons of Warfare – some truly prodigious output, and very, very sharp blogging on apologetics.

Discovered:

Mr. Standfast, via Jollyblogger. I like.

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If I see anything else, I’ll add it in updates to the top.

A Slice of Apologetics:

Every Thought Captive has a couple good ones today.

#5 in his “Is Apologetics Necessary” series.

Many are proclaiming that the idea of truth, as it has been understood for centuries, has been successfully pulled apart by various forces in the postmodern world. I, however, read things differently.

He also points us toward a New Atlantis symposium piece – “Acorns and Embryos”. He says “The New Atlantis is a great and relatively new resource on the web. The latest edition contains this article on embryos and personhood as part of a symposium on the issue. I would encourage you to read through these essays thoughtfully if you have the interest to do so.”

Indeed.

(I know. I couldn’t resist.)

Evangelical Underground has a couple good ones also.

They inform us of Rolling Stone’s Anti-Religious policy here.

They repost an older entry, entitled “Did Jesus Teach Tolerance or Love?”

The answer of course, is “love.” Now you may be scratching your head, curious as to what the difference is between the two.

Well let me begin by saying that I’ve been conversing with a self-proclaimed “mainline” Christian who subscribes only to the teachings of Jesus, and nothing else. Just Jesus. The rest of the Bible he considers “tainted” and he calls fundamentalists like myself, “followers of Paul.” (keep in mind he refuses to this day answer my query as to which books Jesus wrote, and who does he think wrote down what Jesus said.)

Anyway, on with the story.

So… go read it. All of it.

He also celebrates (as do I, as I live one state over, in Mississippi) that Louisiana’s Supreme Court “unanimously reinstated the anti-gay marriage amendment to the state constitution that was overwhelmingly approved by voters in September.

The high court reversed a state district judge’s ruling in October striking down the amendment on the grounds that it violated a provision of the state constitution requiring that an amendment cover only one subject.”

Good news is music. Good music. I’ll agree with Andrew’s comment to it… “It’s good to see the courts actually upholding the will of the people for once…”

You got that right.

firstPete315 has a nice “rewind” post, highlighting some of their posts from the last year. Go check them out.

They also gave the Apologetics Aggregator a nice flog.

AllThings2All has a new series called “Scene and Heard“, spotlighting what she’s seen and heard around the ‘sphere.

She speculates on what my name means in the first one – and points out a bunch of (other :D) notable female bloggers in the god-blogosphere in the second.

She also added an entry to the Jesus the Logician Project.

Weapons of Warfare (I dub thee “Andrew the Lionhearted!” – and you can quote me!) defends the Faith in a response to “The Angry Agnostic“s post concerning Jesus’ “so-called Divinity“, in a post of his own, entitled “Was Jesus Divine”?

As a side note: This was EXACTLY what I was talking about, when I say “engaging the culture”. Andrew pointed this out to me yesterday, and I didn’t catch it. Make up assignment complete!

He also has a slightly different take on AllThings2All’s “Pascal’s Wager” posts

He also has a JTL project entry…

He looks at The Mystery of the Goodness of God:

One classic paradox presented by atheists to theists, presumably to disprove the existence of God, or more likely to show that even if he did exist, he’s not much of a God, is a discussion about God’s moral directives to humanity. This discussion doesn’t do much for the atheist in the end, but I, as a theist, think that it’s well worth giving considerable thought to.
The question is presented thusly: “On basis does God declare what is good?” There are two answers, says the stater of the paradox.

(1): God declares what is good because he knows it to be good.
(2): God declares what is good simply because he declares it so.

The formulations I’ve given here are somewhat cryptic, because this paradox isn’t usually stated so formally, but the following discussion will serve to show what is meant by each stance, and what the consequences of each are.

Take some notes, apologists.

He also (He’s on fiiiiiire!) takes on Evolution, Neodarwinism, and the Establishment Clause, in response to a post on A Physicist’s Perspective discussing a Washington Post article.

He ALSO posts an excerpt from Tractatus Logico-Theologicus. Which, as it happens, Every Thought Captive also comments on.

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So, there’s your Daily Cut – apologetics style. By the way, Catez – what do you think my name means, anyway? 😀 (It wasn’t conceived in a very profound way, though. I’ll let you all guess – and wait with bated breath (laugh…) until I tell you tomorrow…

Also, don’t forget that Vox Apologia II is coming up fast. For the curious, look up, and to the right. Subject, host, and date for current, upcoming (and, starting Monday, PAST) Vox Apologias are all conveniently listed for you. Finally, there’s a short explanation of the Vox Apologia now posted.

Updates:

Wheat and Chaff takes on DarkSyde (~DS~, from EO commenting), concerning his Dare to Dream – primarily concerning his use of “self-evident” as a faith statement – when he’s an avowed atheist.

(HT: Evangelical Outpost, New Covenant)

Apologetics:

AllThings2All weighs in on Pascal’s Wager. Intelligent read, and a timely reminder.

Welcomes:

Weapons of Warfare, to the Apologetics scene. He should be asking to be added to the aggregator right about… now.

Now.

Now.

Well… whenever he’s ready. 😀

Thank you’s:

Evangelical Outpost, for the flood of traffic, and kind words, he’s been shooting my way. Thank you very much Joe. Want a fan club? I’ll do it!

Jollyblogger, for the very nice multi-flog.

View from the Pew, for the paragraph-long adulation! I’m not worthy. Seriously 😀

Mr. Dumpling, for his flog.

(Note, however, that I WILL take whatever nice things people say about me… lol.)

Around the ‘sphere:
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Announcements
Don’t forget about Vox Apologia.
Every Thought Captive, the first host of VA, has his post announcing it up, as well.

Welcomes
The Undoctored Past
Dad’s Coins

Hat tips
Spare Change, for their nice Flog.

News and Commentary
Newdow gets the smackdown.

Nigeria: The Mature and Holy Hope of a Nation

Did you know Terrorists are like our Founding Fathers? They are to this guy.

Around the blogosphere
A commenter at Diplomad really has no clue.

Another post about the SBL. And the sequel. Yet another. A slightly different view. But a good point.

However… the SBL has to be off their rocker, if they don’t recognize that the wording they use is a major dig at conservative evangelicals.

Oh, and here’s a somewhat… “interesting” take on the SBL letter.

To say the least. Let’s say he won’t make it on my blogroll. He makes some interesting discussion though – and, he’s most likely good at what he does. He’s just… a bit… liberal… for my tastes – shall we say. Just so you can see what the “other side” is saying. So to speak.

Al Gore… hah. Priceless.

Very interesting point about “fundraisers”

Whoa… Biblical “Virtual reality” sites. Cool.

On Joan of Arcadia.
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Isn’t it a beautiful day in the neighborhood? It IS a beautiful day in the neighborhood.

Won’t you be my neighbor?

I crack myself up, sometimes.

Back to surfing my blogroll. Have a good night. Comment often, comment early, and comment well.

Or something.

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Updated:

Oooooh!!! More fun stuff just arrived.

This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have not yet met. I have to say that I have no intentions of causing you any pains so i decided to contact you through this medium .As you read this, I don’t want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe everyone will die someday.

My name is AZIZZ JAFAR, a merchant in Dubai, in the U.A.E. I have been diagnosed with prostate and esophageal Cancer that was discovered very late due to my laxity in caring for my health. It has defiled all form of medicine and right now, I have only about a few months to live according to medical experts. I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone not even myself but my business.

Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile to people and only focus on my business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world. I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a different way from how I have lived it. Now that I know my time is near, I have willed and given most of my properties and assets to my immediate and extended family members and as well as a few close friends and Schools in the UAE. I have decided to give alms to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E, London and Ireland. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this my self any more. I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and donate the money, which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria; they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for them. The last of my money which is the huge cash deposit that I have with Financial Firm Abroad .I will want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to charity organizations and let them know that it is I AZIZZ JAFAR that is making this generous donation.
I am writing this from my laptop computer in my hospital bed where I wait for my time to come. I pray that God uses you to support and assist me with good heart

God be with you.
AZIZZ JAFAR

Hrmm. I have a strange suspicion that this is full of crap.

Oh, wait. I know it is.

I want to see what they try to scam me with, though. I’m a glutton for messing with scammers.

I wonder if I’ll be asked to send 4,000 dollars, so I can pick up all of his assets…

I’ll keep you posted!

Welcomes
New Testament Resources Blog – from the makers of AKMA

Cults
Kabbalah is in the news.

New details about life inside the sect favoured by Madonna and Guy Ritchie are revealed today. An undercover investigation into the controversial Kabbalah Centre movement found a series of questionable claims by its leaders.

“Healing” spring water sold to followers for nearly £4 a bottle comes from a Canadian bottling plant.
One cancer sufferer was told Kabbalah water would help to cure his disease and was advised to buy a batch worth £550.

Cash raised by donors for the Asian tsunami victims is being spent on distributing Kabbalah Centre products in the devastated region.

A leading figure at the centre believes Jews killed in the Holocaust brought their downfall on themselves.

Ouch. Reminds me of a conversation I had with a Kabbalist, where they blew up at me about Kabbalism NOT being a cult. Heh.

Interesting
Joe Carter is talking about Intelligent Design.

Paul – the Musical?

Charles Myricks Jr. estimates it has taken him five years to write the songs for Paul, the musical that premieres in Akron this week.

Accumulating the personal and industry experience to take this ambitious stab at popular success has taken his whole life.

Just spend a few minutes in Myricks’ orbit one night at the Arlington Church of God, watching as the versatile songwriter/producer sings a line to demonstrate, then takes his place at the piano with the rest of the band. Talk with him and it’s quickly apparent that his experience in sales, marketing and management plays as important a role in this show as his musical expertise and his theological degree.

Myricks hopes that Paul, running at Greystone Hall from Friday through Sunday, will move out into a national market. “Jesus Christ Superstar has been out for 30-odd years and nothing’s come up behind it in the same way. I think Paul can come up behind it. You take the same production values of Superstar and put those production values with Paul and, bang! Paul is like Superstar, if it had been written now, in an African-American idiom.”

Just as a tip, Mr. Myricks – using “Jesus Christ, Superstar” as your “lead-in” wasn’t entirely bright.

Interesting? Yes. Smart? We’ll see.

News and Commentary
It seems that The Society of Biblical Literature just called “values voters” “homophobic”. How’s that for a shocker?

The Society of Biblical Literature, which is the largest international, professional association of teachers and scholars of the Bible, calls attention to the fact that the values so prominently and divisively raised in this 2004 U.S. election are not major concerns in the Bible, and in fact are not even directly addressed in the Bible. Rather, they tend to reflect the underlying problems of homophobia, misogyny, control of reproductive rights, and restraint of expression (including scientific research) in U.S. society today.

Ralph takes them to the woodshed. (Good job!)

(Just for the curious… here’s a little taste of the “mood” over there.)

Conservatives had their historical fantasy last spring in the theaters. Mel Gibson’s Passion of the Christ was a great example of the same mesmerizing formula, the other side of this two-headed coin. Remember how he looked Diane Sawyer in the eye and told her, “I know how it really went down.” Here, the ideology — anti-Semitism — achieves its transcendent status in the age-old weave of Jewish recalcitrance in the face of God’s offer of eternal salvation. But here was Gibson’s genius: Aramaic. Just a little pinch of history to make it all really real. “It was just like you were there, seeing the events as they really happened!” a young viewer gushes. “But Mel, you’re making this up. These things aren’t even in the Bible!” Artistic license. But, “I know how it really went down.” Wink.

Link to the full article.
Barf. I’m not very surprised at the survey Ralph mentions, now. Double friggin barf. THIS is the largest example of Biblical scholars and teachers of the Bible?

See, friends – THIS is why I’m so “on fire” about Apologetics. We need apologetics – to counter CRAP like the spew above. Yes, Virginia – I do have my name for a reason. I tend to be… cutting.

Or, for the following reason:

according to a 1997 poll, only one out of three U.S. citizens is able to name the most basic of Christian texts, the four Gospels, and 12% think Noah’s wife was Joan of Arc. That paints a picture of a nation that believes God speaks in Scripture but that can’t be bothered to read what he has to say.

HT: Biblical Theology – from an LA times article.

Found Today
A blog called Hypotyposeis. Interesting blog.

Announcements
Joe Carter, from Evangelical Outpost has begun another project: Jesus, The Logician, designed to engage the Evangelical blogosphere, and to demonstrate the positive aspects of blog cooperation – which has mostly only been seen in destructive ways thus far. I encourage EVbloggers to check it out, and contribute.

Hat tips
Sounding the Trumpet, for their hat tip concerning my “logic” links in EO’s comments.

Apologetics
Every Thought Captive has the third installment in “Are Apologetics Necessary” up on his blog.
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Be sure to check this out: I sorta buried it by being a post hog yesterday. Basically, I’m looking into 3 things:

1. An “Apologetics Symphony”
2. An “Apologetics Aggregator”
3. An “Apologetics Alliance”

This needs to be more formally represented in the blogosphere, as an answer to the secular humanists, Bible-bashers, and atheist consortiums out there. We need to defend the Word, and our Lord.

Update:
1. I ran into some problems with atom feeds – so, I’m using my blogroll to host the infant aggregator, currently. Still – email me at: rk AT razorskiss DOT net , if you’d like to be added. I’ll add a section with more information, as interest increases (as I hope it will).

2. Pastor Phil has agreed to host the first (tentatively named) Apologetics symphony. Stand by for further news!

3. (Joe, I hope you know, you’re responsible for this…)
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On the Other Side is today’s “Slice of Infinity”, from RZIM.

When we forget how far we have come—or rather, how far we have been brought—we become arrogant, callous healers. The temptation arises to practice a sledgehammer apologetic that obliterates your ideological enemies rather than wins them over. We must not give in to this temptation; we must speak the truth in love. Love for other sinners flows out of the awareness that on your own you are no better off than they are.

Excellent article. Go check it out.

News
Don’t forget the Philadelphia Four!

They were there with plain old homophobia, hiding behind the Bible, hiding behind the First Amendment,” said Fanny Price, executive director of Philly Pride Presents. “I really think a couple of them are a danger to society… . They’re trying to make themselves look like martyrs.”

Mmmhmm.
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Hey, Totem to Temple, THIS is who you should be worrying about – not Focus on the Family.

“It’s not a law against riding in a Cadillac if you don’t want to ride in a Volkswagen,” said Abraham Kennard in his opening remarks as he began defending himself against 132 criminal counts brought against him by the United States government.

The 46-year-old charismatic preacher is charged with swindling more than 1,600 churches out of more than $8.7 million. The criminal charges include mail fraud, income tax evasion and money laundering.

Reads
Blog, by Hugh Hewitt. An excellent book detailing the history, importance, and future role the blogosphere will play. I highly recommend it.
(Just finished.)

Persecution: How Liberals are Waging War on Christianity, by David Limbaugh.
(Reading)
Very, very well done thus far.

Welcomes
Ed “What the” Heckman, and his blog, Greatest Pursuits. Welcome to the blogosphere – and keep writing stuff like this!

In thinking long and hard about whether or not to start this blog, there has been one concept which has been driving my thinking more than any other; the pursuit of Truth. In nearly every serious debate I see on the internet and in the media there is always at least one side, and sometimes even all sides, where Belief is considered more important than Truth. Reversing these two concepts like this is a sure fire recipe for disaster. Over the past year the pursuit for truth and showing others the truth has become one of the driving passions of my life.

News
James Dobson, of Focus on the Family fame, is featured in a US News and World Report article.

“My purpose in living is not to take a good reputation to the grave,” he says. “I want to do what I think God wants me to do, and I want to do it as wisely and judiciously as possible and let the chips fall where they may.”

(HT: Hugh Hewitt)

Apologetics
Moving Beyond If is today’s “Slice of Infinity” article, from RZIM.

But who can navigate through such a mess of ifs and conditions? If I work harder, if I trust more fully, if I repent more somberly or seek more fervently, then I will find Him. Still for others, the conditions we set before our relationship with God are a matter of hiding: If He really knew me, if I sat before Him without this mask, He wouldn’t want anything to do with me.

In our mess of conditions it is often the simplest logic that escapes us. I am most confronted about the “ifs and thens” I carry when I sit before the “ifs and thens” of Scripture.

Go read the rest. It’s good…

Cults
The Gentle Wind Project lost it’s suit against Rick Ross, a specialist on cult activity. The suit alleged “defamation”. However, there are other defendants – notably, James Bergin and his wife, Judy Garvey.

Gentle Wind’s focus is on “Healing Instruments.” The suit, not surprisingly, focuses on Mr. Ross’ statements that TGWP is a “a rather odd group” and a “purported ‘cult.’ ” However, Mr. Ross is an interesting study himself.
(No endorsement of either of the above groups. However – Apologetics Index is an excellent resource.)

Outrage of the day
The Dutch Soccer club Ajax is reporting that they are trying to “discard their image” as a Jewish club (as they aren’t Jewish), to discourage anti-Semitic behavior from opponents.

Many anti-Ajax chants refer to the Holocaust. Rival fans chant “Hamas, Hamas, Jews to the gas” and make hissing sounds to imitate the sound of gas flowing.

Despicable.