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Leaking Truth

ponderings from the Moleskine, November ’08 The truth leaked from our life together in Christ is the necessary precursor to our proclamation of God’s worth. Knowing begins in relationship with God. The triune Creator, Covenant-Maker is foundational. Our fear of … Continue reading

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Learning to Learn

Reading this week Learning to Learn: Toward a Philosophy of Education Jerry H. Gill 262 pages Publisher: Humanity Books (August 2000) Referenced Persons Michael Polanyi Maurice Merleau-Ponty Ludwig Wittgenstein Jacques Derrida Richard Rorty Hans-Georg Gadamer Key Thinkers John Dewey Alfred … Continue reading

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How should we disagree?

How–that is, by what reasoning standards–she [an author] introduces these observations, defends them, and allows them to build into a coherent, defensible, and ultimately persuasive statement is the book’s argument… …The indispensable predicate for effective argument is command of your … Continue reading

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Unpacking the Dance–Dykstra and Bass on a theology of Christian practice

Idea for Dancing on the Monkey Bars: The dance is lived theology, the indivisible intermixing of theoria and poiesis that is summed up in praxis (reflective action). Theoria informs poiesis and poiesis informs theoria. In the living of it, the … Continue reading

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Rubric for the Theological Evaluation of an Ecclesiology

The rubric below was created on a matrix consisting of a protestant understanding of the four marks of the church in the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed and my own three-part ecclesiological perspective. This rubric is an evaluative tool that can be used … Continue reading

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