Quite often, Christianity presents us with many questions as well as answers. Some of these questions arise from our actions in the past and their result on the future. One prevalent question deals with the effect of lying on our redemption and how to cope when others lie to us and when we ourse
09.28.2011| The Fish Tank | Christopher Hopper
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In my atheist days, when I was dating a Christian, I found the idea of "fleeing from temptation" rather silly. "Won't you only prove that you're strong if you face temptation?" I asked. A rather adorable psych study proved me wrong. A marshmallow was set in front of a young child, who was then told
09.20.2011| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
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Paul's warning in 1 Corinthians 6:18 often strikes me as a mystifying exaltation of sexual sin above other sorts of moral failures [note: I do not find persuasive the suggestions of some scholars that this statement actually reflects a Corinthian slogan rather than Paul’s own viewpoint; we're no
05.31.2011| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
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Both abstinence-only and comprehensive sex education programs have failed to seriously change the sexual behavior of adolescents. There is an effective alternative: the sex education of Jesus Christ. I know what you're thinking - isn't abstinence the Christian teaching? Hasn't this method alrea
02.22.2011| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
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To start, we'd like to apologize for taking a while to get to the third installment of this series. As you can imagine, the last weeks of the semester are very stressful and busy, particularly for those geniuses who are writing theses like C. Marshall. C. Marshall: I take no issue with one way
12.7.2010| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
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Next week I plan to begin a series of posts on the thorny process of making ethical decisions in the gray areas as a Christian. For now, here's an oldie but a goodie from one of the leading British evangelical pastors and theologians of the 20th century, John Stott: “God must ‘satisfy himself
11.8.2010| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
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Last week I promised a response to C. Marshall's excellent question, but I'm afraid that I could not come up with a fully satisfying answer within such a short period of time (particularly during a week when I have midterms). So in lieu of a response, I'd like to post some quick thoughts on a recent
11.2.2010| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
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