Posted in Podcasting, SFF: People, Theology on Jun 9th, 2009
Item IV.D of the preceding philosophy of education gives the rationale for what, in the American evangelical church, is commonly called “servant leadership.” It’s the idea that true leadership has less to do with someone’s outward signs of rank than with that person’s willingness to serve others. Put more crudely, it’s based not on what [...]
Posted in Theology on Jun 5th, 2009
Clerk’s Log, MJDate 54987.52: Applications for faculty positions usually ask you to state your “personal philosophy of teaching.” Here’s mine.
Posted in SFF: Writings, Theology, Theology & SFF on Jan 3rd, 2007
Clerk’s log, MJDate 54103.3: What follows is a companion piece to “The Soul of the 7th Son.”
SPOILER WARNING: Unlike “The Soul of the 7th Son,” which dealt with material appearing in the early chapters of Book One, “Descent,” of J.C. Hutchins’s thriller 7th Son, what follows refers to the later chapters of “Descent” and the [...]
Posted in General, Theology, Theology & SFF on Dec 22nd, 2006
Clerk’s log, MJDate 54091.7: Book One of J.C. Hutchins’s thriller 7th Son, “Descent,” is now complete, and it’s available for download in audio form at http://www.jchutchins.net (book plus extra material) and http://www.podiobooks.com (book only). If you haven’t yet heard it, and don’t mind a bit of strong language and violence, I recommend it. Book Two, [...]
Posted in SFF: Writings, Theology, Theology & SFF on Jul 19th, 2006
[Continued from Part Aleph. You can find the podcast thriller 7th Son, read by author J. C. Hutchins, at www.jchutchins.net and Podiobooks.com — and I can assure you that it moves a heckuva lot faster than what you'll read below. But don't stop now …]
The first question is obvious: What is a soul, anyway? We [...]
Posted in Theology on Apr 16th, 2006
He is risen indeed!”
And you can bet the farm on it.
In fact, you already have. But is your money on “True” or “False”?
John Teevan, guest contributor
Clerk’s Log, MJD 53817.9: Continuing our discussion on naturalistic evolution and Intelligent Design, we present the following letter by John Teevan (who graciously agreed to share it with us), a condensed version of which was published in the 5 April 2006 Princeton Alumni Weekly. It addresses Princeton University president and molecular biologist [...]
Posted in Theology on Jan 5th, 2006
Today’s quotation from A.Word.A.Day:
The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can’t change your mind, because God sure isn’t going to change His.
— Roger Ebert, film-critic (1942– )
I’ll give that an Amen! and a thumbs-up. ’Tis far safer to enlist on his side, rather than vice versa.
Here’s to a [...]
Clerk’s Log, MJDate 55179.26: They say, “Don’t mess with success,” and it’s true that this is the most heavily commented article at the Scriptorium. But I’ve made some revisions anyway, for reasons I’ll report shortly. In the meantime, enjoy — and applaud scientists who search for the truth.
It’s like watching one of those sitcoms where [...]
Posted in Theology on Sep 27th, 2005
So here you are. You’re getting older, and what’s happened to your life? Precious little, that’s what.
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