http://www.canisaureus.org/wordpress Save the Jackals! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:00:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Author Dan Brennan takes a closer look at the oft-neglected and sometimes controversial topic of intimate Christian friendship between men and women in this unique book. With an approach that thoughtfully combines a learned survey of material on the subject with a contagious enthusiasm for what is ultimately a beautiful ... http://www.canisaureus.org/wordpress/2010/09/book-review-sacred-unions-sacred-passions.html The other day I saw the clouds. I 'see' them just about every day, but usually they don't register. They're just there, an insignificant part of the landscape. Why should I be concerned with them? I know weather as something to be owned and controlled. I can look at the ... http://www.canisaureus.org/wordpress/2010/05/forgotten-things.html A Maundy Thursday Reflection Two thousand years ago, Jesus celebrated the Passover with his disciples. It was then that He instituted the Eucharist. During the meal, He got up and washed his disciples feet. It was a very improper and upsetting thing for him to do. He, the Son of God, got ... http://www.canisaureus.org/wordpress/2010/04/why-is-this-night-different-from-all-other-nights.html I've had a lot on my mind lately. I've been doing a bit of writing. But for various reasons, not writing I can share here. But I'd like to share some of my thoughts. I've been wondering about Christianity and morality. I've been thinking about Euthyphro and Socrates. Does God love Good ... http://www.canisaureus.org/wordpress/2010/03/stuff-on-my-mind.html I occasionally get Visa gift cards. Here is a list of the ways they suck: There's a front end fee.  It costs a few dollars to buy a Visa gift card. Checks are virtually free. The buyer is essentially entering into a financial contract (which they haven't read cause it's folded up ... http://www.canisaureus.org/wordpress/2009/12/reasons-why-visa-gift-cards-suck.html It's Advent. All of Christendom waits for the coming of the Saviour. They wait for a little Baby born two thousand years ago, and they wait for a King coming in glory to judge the quick and the dead, establishing with unequivocal finality His Kingdom. And I wonder if it's really ... http://www.canisaureus.org/wordpress/2009/12/the-mystery-of-the-incarnation.html He never demands that we follow the rules. He asks, in a whisper, if we will surrender again and again to Him, until in Him we are conformed to a Way of Love to which the rules bear only the meanest resemblance. http://www.canisaureus.org/wordpress/2009/11/rules.html I have to admit I was a bit puzzled this morning when I heard the news that President Barak Obama had received the Nobel Peace prize. I like the guy a lot, but, let's be honest. He's been in office less than a year. Even if he'd accomplished some grand ... http://www.canisaureus.org/wordpress/2009/10/obama-nobel-laureate.html (Or, Why I Don't Believe in the Rapture) Heilsgeschicte, or salvation history, is a theological term describing the history of God's interaction with humanity, beginning with Adam and Eve, throughout time. Dispensationalism is a particular understanding of salvation history, which divides it into epochs called dispensations. These dispensations are framed by ... http://www.canisaureus.org/wordpress/2009/04/why-im-not-a-premillenial-dispensationalist.html Open Theism addresses a number of problems with attributes popularly ascribed to God. Hellenistic influence has, throughout Church history, been a source of error. It is no surprise, then, that the immutability, impassibility, omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence of God should be put on trial. Unfortunately, this opens five cans of ... http://www.canisaureus.org/wordpress/2009/02/why-im-not-an-open-theist.html