Let me first say: I was impressed by Bell in Love Wins. Having no knowledge of Bell’s previous works, I expected him to defend some pluralistic vision of universalism that was afraid of declaring that Jesus is the way and the truth and the life. Nothing could be farther than the truth. Bell is
03.15.2011| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
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This is my third reflection on my debates with my atheist uncle over Christianity. One of this favorite things to say was something like "Wouldn't a just/loving/powerful God do x differently?" Wouldn't a loving God make the world without suffering? Wouldn't a powerful God make people so that they
08.3.2010| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
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Last week, my mom invited my uncle over for dinner so that he and I could continue our four-part debate on God, Christ, and the Bible. One of the more frustrating aspects of our debate was that he would conflate many issues. We would start out discussing free will and foreknowledge, and suddenly my
07.27.2010| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
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The following is a brief (and decently accurate) reconstruction of the conversation between my minister and my friend: Minister: Don’t you want to go to heaven? Friend: Not particularly. Minister: How could you not want to go to heaven? Friend: I could care less about heaven, so long as I lo
07.6.2010| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
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When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire...Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD, and because of these detestable practices
07.2.2010| The Fish Tank | Judith Huang
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My dear Wigglesworm, It's been sweltering down here in the Lower Regions - you would think you were in the high summer of Boston, but no, it's just hell. Anyhow, outbreaks of gonorrhea and florescent mosquitoes aside, things plod along as usual. But enough about the weather. I note with some c
06.1.2010| The Fish Tank | Judith Huang
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One of the luxuries of winter break is having time to go to museums. Yesterday, I saw an exhibit of masterpieces borrowed from the Louvre. The two works that stood out to me in particular almost accidentally faced each other. Both were moving, but for very different reasons—one as stark expressi
01.8.2010| The Fish Tank | Anne L. Goetz
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