The Problem of Hell
By Aaron Lord
I just read the chapter on hell in C. S. Lewis’s The Problem of Pain, having been persuaded by Bidwell Presbyterian pastor, Greg Cootsona.
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Life More Abundantly
By Aaron LordI came that they may have life and have it abundantly. (Jn 10:10b, ESV) As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide... [Read More] -
Public transit #fail
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Public transportation is good for your health
By Aaron LordSo, gas is expensive because Gaddafi won’t leave. I think the liberty of the Libyan people is worth it, however, and I generally get annoyed when the bulk of the media coverage is about money paid for fuel rather than lives paid for liberty. But I was listening to NPR yesterday... [Read More] -
Single-Issue Politics
By Aaron LordI have become a single-issue Republican. It turns out I disagree with the party rank and file about every other issue, however. I support the labor movement. I want home schooling to be outlawed. I want my children to learn about evolution and the Big Bang. I want PBS and... [Read More] -
No man is indispensable
By Aaron Lord”No man is indispensable.” —French proverb“If I resign today there will be chaos.” —Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak [Read More] -
Essential iPhone Apps
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What Happened to the Fertile in Fertile Crescent?
By Aaron LordIn ancient times [...] much of the Fertile Crescent and eastern Mediterranean region, including Greece, was covered with forest. The region's transformation from fertile woodland to eroded scrub or desert has been elucidated by paleobotanists and archaeologists. Its woodlands were cleared for agriculture, or cut to obtain construction timber, or... [Read More] -
Pete Enns on the Dark Night of the Soul
By Aaron LordThere is a benefit of doubt. Doubt is a gift of God to move us from trusting ourselves to trusting him.Doubt forces us to examine what we believe about God—and this can be unsettling. What we thought was our “faith in God” sometimes winds up being little more than faith... [Read More] -
"God Lisps": Calvin on the Incarnational Nature of God’s Word
By Aaron LordThe Anthropomorphites also, who imagined God to be corporeal, because the Scripture frequently ascribes to him a mouth, ears, eyes, hands, and feet, are easily refuted. (For who, even of the meanest capacity, understands not, that God lisps, as it were, with us, just as nurses are accustomed to speak... [Read More]