Posted in SFF: Writings, Theology, Theology & SFF on Jan 3rd, 2007
[Clerk's log, mJDate 54103.3: What follows is a companion piece to "The Soul of the 7th Son."
SPOILER WARNING: Unlike "The Soul of the 7th Son," which dealt with material appearing in the early chapters of Book One, "Descent," of J.C. Hutchins's thriller 7th Son, what follows refers to the later chapters of "Descent" and the [...]
Posted in General, Theology, Theology & SFF on Dec 22nd, 2006
Clerk’s log, mJDate 54091.7: Book One of J.C. Hutchins’s thriller 7th Son, “Descent,” is now complete, and it’s available for download in audio form at http://www.jchutchins.net (book plus extra material) and http://www.podiobooks.com (book only). If you haven’t yet heard it, and don’t mind a bit of strong language and violence, I recommend it. Book Two, [...]
Posted in SFF: Writings, Theology, Theology & SFF on Jul 19th, 2006
[Continued from Part Aleph. You can find the podcast thriller 7th Son, read by author J. C. Hutchins, at www.jchutchins.net and Podiobooks.com — and I can assure you that it moves a heckuva lot faster than what you'll read below. But don't stop now …]
he first question is obvious: What is a soul, anyway? We [...]
Posted in Theology on Apr 16th, 2006
e is risen indeed!”
And you can bet the farm on it.
In fact, you already have. But is your money on “True” or “False”?
John Teevan, guest contributor
Note: Continuing our discussion on naturalistic evolution and Intelligent Design, we present the following letter by John Teevan (who graciously agreed to share it with us), a condensed version of which was published in the 5 April 2006 Princeton Alumni Weekly. It addresses Princeton University president and molecular biologist Shirley M. Tilghman’s [...]
Posted in Theology on Jan 5th, 2006
oday’s quotation from A.Word.A.Day:
The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can’t change your mind, because God sure isn’t going to change His.
— Roger Ebert, film-critic (1942– )
I’ll give that an Amen! and a thumbs-up. ’Tis far safer to enlist on his side, rather than vice versa.
Here’s to a [...]
t’s like watching one of those sitcoms where the lead buffoon is running around making lives miserable because he/she is working from a false premise. Frustration is sure to ensue, for him/her because a facial egging is inevitable, and for the viewer because you really hate to see someone screw up so badly, especially when [...]
Posted in Theology on Sep 27th, 2005
o here you are. You’re getting older, and what’s happened to your life? Precious little, that’s what.
Posted in Theology on Sep 12th, 2005
y boss returned yesterday from Shreveport, Louisiana, where he helped to organize relief operations in Hurricane Katrina’s wake. (See the banner above for ways in which you can participate; more information about what’s happening in that area can be found at http://www.fgbc.org/katrina and Terry White’s blog.) Like other experiences of extreme conditions, the aftermath of [...]
Posted in Theology on Apr 18th, 2005
bservation on the preceding article: What I’ve called “assigned value” shows up all the time in the pricing of merchandise. How much is commodity X worth? Answer: Not what the maker thinks it’s worth, not the cost of the materials and labor that went into it, but what people will pay for it. They’ve assigned [...]
