From the CCblogs Network Posts for December, 2012

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What fundamentalists worship

Dec 18, 2012 by James F. McGrath

Quite a number of people are discussing t-shirts like this one (or the wider use of the sentiment expressed on it) in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. I am glad that fundamentalists are finally being a bit more honest about what they mean by “God.”

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Sing us a lullaby

Dec 17, 2012 by Rachel Hackenberg
Sing us a lullaby, Rachel, the kind of lullaby that you’ve been singing across a lifetime.
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Pray and put up a (nonviolent) fight

Dec 17, 2012 by Rachel Stone

It hasn’t even been six months since I quaked irrationally with fear as my husband went off with a friend to a sleepy little cinema in western Pennsylvania, weeks after the Aurora shooting. If my kids went to elementary school, I’d be quaking with fear this morning.

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Does the Bible prove open theology?

Dec 14, 2012 by Thomas Jay Oord

I’ve been working with my graduate theological students lately on issues pertaining to open theism. A few biblical passages have played key roles in the discussion.

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The scars of loss

Dec 13, 2012 by Gail Irwin

I casually asked a parishioner the other day how he lost his hand. I knew it happened when he was a young man, so I didn’t expect him to get emotional. But as he told the story, his demeanor began to change.

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Reading Job

Dec 12, 2012 by Nancy Janisch

Who or what is the book of Job about? Many of us would say the book is the story of Job and about the problem of suffering. When in the past I read Job as the Bible’s discussion of why bad things happen to good people, I found it a frustrating book. While the question of suffering is discussed for chapter after chapter, the question of why people suffer isn’t ever answered--even when God shows up and speaks to Job. God doesn’t answer Job’s and my question.

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Young adults and stewardship: What gives?

Dec 11, 2012 by Adam J. Copeland

Does Christian stewardship look different for millennials who grew up in our increasingly post-Christian world replete with Facebook, Justin Bieber, and legalized marijuana? Is the sky blue? Is North Dakota cold in winter?

The good folks at Luther Seminary’s Center for Stewardship Leadership and I have been in some conversations recently about young adults and stewardship.

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What makes it worthwhile

Dec 07, 2012 by Diane Roth

Recently I went home early, coming down with a cold, feeling low, sore throat, all those things. I'd been calling people for a community meeting, and a lot of people were not able to come, for a variety of good reasons. But you know what? It's discouraging, especially when you have a cold and are feeling sorry for yourself already.

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Creflo Dollar, Cindy Crawford and salvation

Dec 06, 2012 by Joanna Harader

At the gym recently, I found myself on the elliptical machine with two television options in front of me. To my left was evangelist Creflo Dollar telling his congregation that they could escape the prison of sin by being born again. To my right was supermodel Cindy Crawford telling viewers that for $39.95 a month they could use her miraculous skin care products to look years younger.