Category: ramblings
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Mumford & Sons
It’s been just about 15 years since I bought a new album that blew me away. It’s been more than a decade since I bought an album, and stopped listening to all other music just so I could just listen to it over an over. It’s been a long time since I’ve enjoyed the lyrics…
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A Good Coach is Hard to Find
For as long as I can remember living in Minnesota, my dad has had season tickets to the Gopher’s basketball games. I’ve cheered for the gophers for about two decades. Going to “The Barn,” the home court of the Gophers, is my favorite sports viewing activity. I love the intensity of college basketball. I love…
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Better Bibles, Better People?
I just watched a couple of the promotional videos for the recently released ESV Study Bible. Everyone is raving about the book, and it looks to me like a lot of work has gone into this project. There are extensive notes, cross-references, maps, and other resources on almost every page. It is truly and impressive…
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God forsakes God
“In the night before his arrest, Jesus went into the garden of Gethsemance. He took three disciples with him and ‘began to be greatly distressed and troubled’, writes Mark (14.33). ‘He began to be sorrowful and fearful [troubled]’ writes Matthew….Then he throws himself on the ground in horror and fear (Mark 14.35). Earlier too, he…
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Self-Love or Self-Hate?
Self-hatred plagues our culture. So many people at our church, school, and even the elite in pop-culture exude a drive for perfection that betrays a deep-seeded self-loathing. After reading the paragraph quoted below, I think this self-hatred that I feel and I perceive in others is rooted in misguided self-love. A love that seeks repeated…
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Traditional Reasoning
I’m reminded that there is no part of my thinking that takes place outside of tradition; there is no reasoning that I do in an objective sense. The way that I engage in critical thinking is traditional–meaning, it is a method of critical thinking unique to the cultures in which I have been taught. I…