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The “Wheat,” The “Tares,” and Church “Purity”
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Kristina Robb-Dover
Apparently conservative theologian and proponent of “masculine Christianity” John Piper is at it again. (Whatever happened to “Christian hedonism,” to borrow Piper’s own term, anyway? This Piper seemed like a guy I could have a beer with.) Today Piper tweeted this quote from Wolfhart Pannenberg: “The church that approves of homosexual relations has by that…
“Leaders Who Last”: A Review of Dave Kraft’s Book, for Feedback
By
Kristina Robb-Dover
I mentioned that fellow saint and sinner Tammy Perlutter’s review of Dave Kraft’s book, Leaders Who Last, was one inspiration for my last post. Here it is for your feedback. You can find more of Tammy’s musings at her blog, “Raggle-Taggle.” (Thanks for sharing, Tammy!) Have any of you read Kraft’s book? If so, would you…
The Heresy of Masculine Christianity: A Response to John Piper
By
Kristina Robb-Dover
The other day my son’s pre-K teacher commended him for continuing with his work when the other kids around him were goofing off. My son had gone on dutifully coloring away with his crayons when he could have been lured away from the task at hand. I was proud of my son, with one corrective:…
“Primate Crisis”
By
Kristina Robb-Dover
Primatology is on my mind today. Why? Because within only a few hours of having met a young woman who studies monkeys for a living, friend Paul Dominiak sent me this cartoon featuring an ersatz David Attenborough on the “Primate Crisis.” (Paul is the chaplain of Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge University and you can find…
The Online Priesthood of All Unbelievers
By
Kristina Robb-Dover
The other day I was asked to be the back-up wedding officiant for someone who had obtained their certificate of ordination off the Internet. Another person in the conversation had chimed in that she had once officiated at a wedding, thanks to this same booming online trade in ministerial credentials- at which point, an “Ooh,…
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
By
Kristina Robb-Dover
“The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body- whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free- and we were all given the one Spirit to…
“SLOW CHURCH ZONE”
By
Kristina Robb-Dover
“Speak softly and carry a big stick,” goes the African proverb. I think of it every time I jog past this sign near my house. Because if there were ever a place where many of us have felt like we must “speak softly” and “carry a big stick,” it is in of all places “church.”…
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