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Calvin has received some “bad press” … I wonder why?

I have come across this story before, and it has always made me stop and think, so when John Piper (another of my favorite authors) told the story again, I wanted to share it with all of you also.

I love words ....  I love language, stories, myths, poetry ..... so it will be no surprise when I admit to having spent a great deal of my life reading.  In fact, thinking back I cannot remember a time when I didn't read, though of course that has to be the case.

One of my favorite blogs is Internetmonk ….  Michael generally tells it as it is … a quality which I appreciate, as the “ostrich” syndrome is downright dangerous.  Recently Michael posted the following on a subject which a blot on our

I like to visit blogs to see what other Christians are thinking. One of my favorites is Internet Monk because while I do not agree with everything he has to say, yet he makes me think. 

Christians in the Western world can no longer take their faith for granted,  we must understand both what we believe and why we believe what we believe because Christianity is more and more coming under attack.

theresurgence.com/gospel_coalition_2009_keller_notes

 Our concern is the Word of life whom we have “seen with our eyes … and touched with our hands” (1 John 1:1 my own free translation).

This quote from Dallas Willard expresses a very important truth.   Some time ago I wrote this, when I was struggling with the emphasis on 'doing' ....  and the lack of interest in 'being' .... and the really sad thing of not being able to see that one necessarily flows from the other ... what we do flows out of what we are ... from the heart!

The Offensive, Attractive Cross

Posted: 21 Sep 2008 08:11 AM CDT

Mark Driscoll writes,