Author: Kyle
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Live Blogging Ted Peters Address at Christian Scholars’ Conference
[Cross-posted at Into All The WWWorld] The final plenary session speaker at the Christian Scholars’ Conference is Ted Peters. Peters is a systematic theology professor at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s task force on genetics, and author of Sacred Cells?: Why Christians Should Support Stem Cell Research. 20.13…
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Live Blogging Simran Sethi Address at Christian Scholars’ Conference
[Cross-posted at Into All The WWWorld] This morning’s plenary speaker at the Christian Scholars Conference is Simran Sethi, a prominent environmental journalist who got her start at MTV News. I know much less about Sethi than the other speakers here, practically nothing in fact. But she’s got an impressive CV and should be an engaging…
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Live Blogging Francis Collins Address at Christian Scholars’ Conference
[Cross-posted at Into All The WWWorld] I really dug the live blogging thing this morning and am going to keep it going for this afternoon’s Francis Collins address. You probably know that Francis Collins was the director of the Human Genome Project and is now the director of NIH. He is also an Evangelical Christian…
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Live Blogging John Polkinhorne Address at Christian Scholars’ Conference
[Cross-posted at Into All The WWWorld] I’m going to live blog the John Polkinghorne address at the Christian Scholars Conference. Two notes: (1) Read from the bottom, obviously. (2) Forgive my EDT time stamp; the talk began at 11 a.m. PDT. 15.15 Now an organizer is reminding me that I won’t be able to go…
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“It would seem…” from the traditional Judeo-Christian perspective that the universe was created by God “[i]n the beginning” and consists, fundamentally, of “the heavens and the earth” (see Genesis 1:1). You may be surprised to learn how difficult it is to say much more than that without stepping into highly contested theological territory. Below we’ll…
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“It would seem…” from the traditional Judeo-Christian perspective that the universe was created by God “[i]n the beginning” and consists, fundamentally, of “the heavens and the earth” (see Genesis 1:1). You may be surprised to learn how difficult it is to say much more than that without stepping into highly contested theological territory. Below we’ll…
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New, Temporary Haven
I’ve not made it a secret that I don’t much like Northern Virginia. Mostly because one almost has to drive to get anywhere, and the traffic is as bad as any place I’ve traveled stateside except maybe Chicago. So it feels very good to be in new, albeit temporary, environs after my second year of…
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“The resurrection of the body…”
My systematic theology professor recently made a comment about the preaching Christians hear this time of year, to the effect that it was a kind of a shame that few Easter sermons share the power and specificity of your average Good Friday sermon. She continued, that, rather, “Easter needs to be this great truth, and…
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VTS Forum Event Next Week
I don’t write much here about my job as coordinator of the VTS Forum Hour, but we’ve got a big event next week that I’m trying to promote as widely as possible. Plus I’m genuinely excited and wanted to share the news! Tell your friends! Special Guest Next Week Next week, 4/4-4/6, the Rev. Stephanie…