Church and State
Trevin Wax at Kingdom People talks about the pros and cons of some newer gospel presentations that go beyond the penal substitution theory of atonement.
When I evaluate a gospel presentation, I try to imagine what kind of disciple the presentation will produce. The gospel presentations of past generations have given us individualistic Christians without an understanding of the missio Dei and the nature of the church. They need to be fixed… But I hope we don’t trade the inadequate presentations from the past with other inadequate presentations.
Some perspective on the Iraq War
A candidate for Idaho Senator legally changes name to Pro-Life
There’s not enough people running red-lights (commentary on this to follow on Monday)
Faith of our Fathers: “The Founding Faith [of America] was not Christianity, and it was not secularism. It was religious liberty - a revolutionary formula for promoting faith by leaving it alone.”
Gender and Family
NY Times article about bad baby names: does a name really make a difference?Are stay at home mom’s to blame for the downturn in eating out?
Career Mom vs. Stay at Home Mom, Are there really any winners?
Canadian Military recruiting Stay at Home Moms
The Stay At Home Dad as Rolemodel, should men be held to the same standards?
I’m the author of the book Bad Baby Names that the NYT article is about. Thanks for picking up on this. If you or your readers want to know more, check out my blog, www.badbabynames.net. Thanks again!
When I lived overseas we worked in an economically undeveloped area, but one where the Christian church had been in evidence for many years. You could tell which branch of Christianity the children were from by their given names (as opposed to their “home” names which were in the vernacular): the Roman Catholic families named their children after popes, like Aloysius; the Anglican’s named their children good British names, like Robert; and the Evangelicals named their children obscure OT names like Kenaz.
Their home names were often something significant like “Fufusi” which literally means ‘ant’ for a small baby; or “Labatania” which literally means “spoiled” for a baby born from a rape.