Looks like the Vatican is leading out in ecclesiastical environmentalism. This NYTimes article documents the Vatican’s attempt to justify its carbon output by planting trees in on the Tiza River in Hungary. The Vatican climate forest will allow the small city/country in Italy to be the first carbon-free state.
Will Evangelicals jump on board?!
Despite the surge in success of Richard Florida’s work The Rise of the Creative Class, there are some reasons to rethink his work. The trouble with Florida’s thesis is not in the accessibly or cogency of his argument–that urban economies are fueled by creative people–but rather in some of his assertions and applications of the creative thesis.
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First we must recognize that the church growth school’s designation of a receptive people group is based upon actual, observable social occurrences. Societal change is occurring due to the presence of the gospel. People are leaving their old beliefs and accepting the gospel. Persons of peace are converting to Christ and spreading the gospel through their social networks. Groups of new believers are forming new social structures called churches. These churches are reproducing and multiplying.
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Here are some of my reflections on Keller’s assertions about secularism.
Though I found the former title, Doubting Doubt, much more compelling, Keller’s name will sell The Reason of God for many. Tim Keller’s son, Michael, has posted the table of contents of the book:
Introduction – All doubts are leaps of faith
1. There can’t be just one true religion.
2. A good God could not allow suffering.
3. Christianity is a straitjacket.
4. The church is responsible for so much injustice.
5. A loving God would not send people to hell.
6. Science has disproved Christianity.
7. You can’t take the Bible literally.
Intermission
