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Tropical storm Gustav swept through Haiti yesterday and did some major damage:
Gustav Claims 67 Lives…

Tropical Storm Gustav Kills Nearly 60…
Pray for Haiti today. It sounds like this has definitely affected Daniel’s two orphanages; a few days ago he was headed to Cayes to see if the kids and the building there are ok. I’ll update [...]

BAM.

Time for new product and new stoke. Check Burton.com. Got some boards in mind. Thinking possibly an AK jacket.
But…I have to say I’m most excited about the new Holden stuff…website coming soon. Wait…what’s that? A preview? Ahhhhh yeeeaaah.

The trailer for Driscoll’s newest, Death By Love:

Not sure when this audio was recorded, but I’ve been looking for something like this for a long time…
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Part 3:

This will be the last installment in this series, and probably the most concise.
Among the many mottos of the Reformation, one stands out as particularly poignant.
Semper reformanda: always reforming.
While no doubt liberal theologians and even atheists have hijacked this phrase to denote some kind of general cultural progress, the meaning of it stands at the [...]

Rejection
So far this series has dealt with the rejection side of being post-Reformed; we reject an emphasis on systematic theology and the resultant tendency to shun community with other-minded believers. We reject preaching that takes a side instead of finding the greater truth, the middle way. We reject the idea that right theology is the [...]

From Scot McKnight’s A Community Called Atonement:
“Several texts bring home the fundamental reality that, without the resurrection, atonement is incomplete. We need to begin with this: the point of the resurection is more than hope for those who fear death, for those who are on the verge of death, or even for those who long [...]

Taking a turn
So far we have looked intently at the idea of division between Reformed and non-Reformed people - especially the division over the 5 points of Calvinism, or as we simplified it, RPF vs. RFF. Regeneration and conversion are the hot-button points of debate between Reformed and non-Reformed people, and that is a good [...]

Something More
The “something more” I mentioned last time is really at the heart of what I mean by “post-Reformed.” In the incessant debates over 5 points and 3 words and 1 variant and various -isms, there are a couple of possible outcomes that maintain general Christian unity. One is for the two sides to retain [...]