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“The Lord is My Light” — Alister McGrath

12 December 2010 Biblical Studies

Last night I had the pleasure of seeing Alister McGrath lecture at the Lanier Theological Library in northwest Houston. McGrath, a professor at Oxford with a doctorate in both molecular biophysics and divinity, is a scholar of the highest order and it was a real pleasure to see him in action.

Tagged as: alister mcgrath, apologetics, c.s. lewis, Christianity, lanier theological library, lecture, lewis, mcgrath, theology

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Two GoogleDocs Education Usage Scenarios

31 October 2010 Education

Occasionally, I like to post on a tool that has been useful for me, either in teaching or research. Today, I’d like to talk about a tool that’s useful for both: GoogleDocs.

By now, most folks are aware of the existence of GoogleDocs. It should come as no surprise that I, being a rabid Google fan, would be a user. Let me take you through two ways that I use GoogleDocs. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in the comments.

Tagged as: Education, environmentalism, google, googledocs, green, paperless, teaching

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Accidental Publication

13 October 2010 Uncategorized

Howdy all — Yesterday, I accidentally published (rather than saved as draft) a post about non-literal interpretations of Genesis. That post was not meant to appear on the site, yet. It still needs some scholarly love. Thanks for reading!

Tagged as: oops

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Report from “Corinth in Contrast: Studies in Inequality”

1 October 2010 Biblical Studies

As I type this, I’m laughing at Ronald Stroud, an older gentleman and professor of Classics at UC Berkeley, who has a knack for asking insightful questions with lovely (and humorous) rhetorical flourish.

Dr. Stroud is just one of the presenters at “Corinth in Contrast: Studies in Equality”, a conference hosted by the departments of Classics, Religious Studies, and the Institute for the Study of Antiquity and Christian Origins (ISAC) at the University of Texas at Austin.

Tagged as: academia, archaeology, classics, conference, corinth, corinth in contrast, inequality, l. michael white, literary analysis, michael white, religious studies, ronald stroud, scholarship, steve friesen

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Ecclesiastes, Heraclitus, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

20 August 2010 Biblical Studies

In Plato’s dialogue Cratylus, Socrates gives us one of Heraclitus’s most important ideas: You cannot step twice into the same stream. For Heraclitus, this idea epitomized his doctrine of flux — everything is constantly changing. Though it may seem as if you are stepping into the same stream a second time, so much has changed since you have stepped into it — you are feeling different water molecules, there are microscopic shifts in sediment, the temperature has changed by a thousandth of a degree, etc.

Tagged as: bible, cratylus, entropy, god, greek philosophy, hebrew bible, heraclitus, old testament, philosophy, physics, plato, second law of thermodynamics, socrates, theology, thermodynamics

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All Truth is God’s Truth — Even in a Christian School

17 August 2010 Education

During our teacher in-service last week, Dr. Stephen Livingston, our Head of School, asked the faculty this question: “Why are Christian schools afraid of academic greatness?”

Tagged as: academic, all truth is god's truth, augustine, Christian Education, christian schools, truth

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New School Year Draws Near

15 August 2010 Education

The 2010-2011 academic year begins tomorrow for Houston Christian High School (HCHS), which means that I’ll be fairly busy teaching classes. During the course of the school year, I hope to blog quite a bit about my experience for two reasons: new courses and new methods.

Tagged as: Christian Education, Christian School, Christianity, discussion, Education, From Achilles to Christ, harkness, Louis Markos, student-centered discussion, teaching, worldview

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Rethinking the Golden Rule

9 August 2010 Ministry

Most of us here this, and consider what Christ is commanding you to do in Matthew 7:12 (aka “The Golden Rule). However, in considering Thomas Merton’s meditations on the nature of hatred in chapter 10 of New Seeds of Contemplation (“A Body of Broken Bones”), a new way of interpreting the Golden Rule strikes me.

Tagged as: false self, golden rule, gospel, human nature, jesus, law, matthew, merton, psychology, self-image, thomas merton, true identity

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I AM ∴ i am – Selfish Ambition – Deadly Reason

5 August 2010 Ministry

I’m re-reading Thomas Merton’s New Seeds of Contemplation, and, to be quite frank, I am blown away by my own lack of spiritual life and understanding. Allow me to make three brief points inspired by Merton…

Tagged as: contemplation, merton, mysticism

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Traveling to Joma

2 August 2010 Ministry

Houston Christian High School, under the auspices of a program called Project 20/20, is working towards developing a relationship with a school on each continent. At the moment, our first school is Joma Methodist Primary School in the village of Joma not far from Accra, the capital of Ghana. On July 21st, 2010, nine members of the HCHS community (three teachers, the chaplain, and five students) traveled to Joma to work with students and teachers there.

Tagged as: africa, Education, ghana, joma, mission, school

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