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    Collin Brendemuehl

    Website: http://evangelicalperspective.blogspot.com/

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    Lotus R4 PCLP AppDev & CLP SysAdmin, R8 AppDev B.S., Bible/Christian Education, Grace. Currently in graduate studies @ TEDS. Member, Evangelical Theological Society Member, Society of Christian Philosphers Member, Evangelical Philosophical Society Passtimes: Job hunting, Mornings @ Panera, Getting through TEDS, Reading mass amounts of everything, large format film photography[1] [2],amateur radio (KC8TKA), blogging (too much), really too much to list.Maybe I should slow down.

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    Posts:

    Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 4:54 PM

    The Left does not know what the word “economy” means. (more…)


    Wednesday, August 4, 2010, 6:11 PM

    When I go and stick my neck out (more…)


    Monday, August 2, 2010, 4:44 PM

    Yes, another frivolous post.  I’ll get to something serious next week. (more…)


    Sunday, August 1, 2010, 8:44 PM

    1. The difference between knickers and capris. (more…)


    Thursday, July 29, 2010, 9:08 PM

    Who wins?
    Jane has the natural talent.
    But Lightman never gets flustered.
    Jane is often faster.
    But Lightman seems to cover the bases more thoroughly.


    Sunday, July 18, 2010, 7:57 PM

    The question of the existence of truth has been in debate for centuries and the subject will not be answered to everyone’s satisfaction. Of course there is an answer, and reformed theologians all know what the answer is. That’s why we don’t argue too much about it. But I digress. (more…)


    Friday, July 16, 2010, 6:02 PM

    Misrepresentation is an apologists greatest ally. (more…)


    Thursday, July 15, 2010, 7:04 PM

    That’s the opinion of Bruce Wilson of American’s United for the Separation of Church and State. His opinion is formed from two components. (more…)


    Tuesday, July 6, 2010, 7:28 PM

    This weekend we went camping out toward eastern Ohio, in a little state park just south of Zanesville. A nice quiet place, it allowed us a chance to get away and relax, and also to engage in one of our favorite hobbies – thrift and antique shops. So on Saturday we drove up into Zanesville and hit a couple of stores and a thrift shop. (more…)


    Monday, June 28, 2010, 7:19 PM

    From Christianity Today:

    In a 5-4 decision this morning, the Supreme Court said that a California law school can require a Christian group to open its leadership positions to all students, including those who disagree with the group’s statement of faith. (more…)


    Saturday, June 26, 2010, 3:49 PM

    This weekend the wife and I are in the area of Pittsburgh, PA.  We haven’t had a private get-away for several years now, and this came up as a good weekend to relax.   So we went to some thrift and antique shops.   Got a few trinkets for our sons, but nothing for ourselves.  The time away was adequate in itself. (more…)


    Saturday, June 26, 2010, 9:29 AM

    Science itself is not our opponent or otherwise the enemy of God. Naturalism, however, is. Naturalism, the believe that the physical universe of time, space, matter, and energy is all that exists, sets itself as the opponent of the Eternal. It serves as the fundamental presupposition and working assumption of a great deal of the scientific community. But not all. (more…)


    Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 8:04 PM

    Oh … Bird is the word.

    So much could be said.  But there some times that leaving people to speak for themselves seems quite enough.

    Enjoy.


    Sunday, June 20, 2010, 8:05 PM

    Imagine a world where humanity becomes better. Better in social context and better in biological content. That was and is the promise of the progressive movement. The social context is where we usually spend our time as we deal with progressives. (more…)


    Sunday, June 20, 2010, 2:18 PM

    1. BP is responsible for the gulf oil problem. No doubt. (more…)


    Sunday, June 20, 2010, 7:36 AM

    Some good things, but mostly bad. I hate to say that about a Will Smith (co-producer) movie. But that’s the way it is. (more…)


    Saturday, June 12, 2010, 10:57 AM

    In April, 2009, a draft report from NVAC raised the question of whether the apparent cause of autism coming from vaccinations was not due to the presence of mercury but instead might be due to the presence of, and an interaction with, the aborted fetus (human) DNA in the vaccine. Teresa Deisher reported: (more…)


    Sunday, June 6, 2010, 7:44 PM

    In part 1 we briefly examined the theological persuasion of the dispensational evangelical. Now in part two we look into some of current attitudes that exist in the world outside of dispensational evangelicalism. (more…)


    Sunday, May 30, 2010, 8:33 PM

    A notable characteristic of dispensationalism, one which distinguishes it from both amillennial eschatology and even from historic premillennialism, is how the dispensationalist views the Jewish people and the nation Israel. The following are some quite brief notes on the subject, followed by a response to some nonsense (though relatively popular) criticism of this theological persuasion. (more…)


    Thursday, May 27, 2010, 8:46 PM

    All this talk about Lost has bored me. So much silly philosophizing and mixed up theology makes for interesting viewing for the average audience, but not so much for me any more. And John Locke did not wake up with Suzanne Pleshette to end the series (as I had hoped). All this for a story that never happened.  (And Hugo, imnsho, was the real hero.)  But instead of arguing about all this, I propose we get down to a real controversy. Here is the question: Who is the greater spy — Chuck or Sydney? (more…)


    Saturday, May 22, 2010, 5:27 PM

    Hebrews 11:1-6 is probably my favorite short passage in the NT.

    Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the men of old gained approval.
    By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible. By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through faith, though he is dead, he still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; AND HE WAS NOT FOUND BECAUSE GOD TOOK HIM UP; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God. And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

    (more…)


    Monday, May 17, 2010, 5:42 PM

    Book Preview

    What Darwin Got Wrong

    By Jerry Fodor and Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini

    The premise of the book is a simple one: Natural selection does not work. As it come to be a functional system it found its practical incarnation in the efforts of B. F. Skinner. But the failings of Skinner’s system – that is has exogenic requirements – evidences the failure of the natural selection model. (more…)


    Monday, May 10, 2010, 8:37 PM

    The beginning of Lewis’ Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold includes this scenario about the absolute authority that a man might have over life and death. (more…)


    Monday, May 3, 2010, 6:48 PM

    We begin with the axiom that all things are interpreted. We interpret the world around us according to our personal framework — our world view and our presumed method(s) for arriving at an accurate conclusion. We may learn these frameworks from others and subsequently tailor them as needed to satisfy a variety of motivations. (more…)


    Sunday, April 25, 2010, 2:49 PM

    Jonathan Rowe has provided a couple of interesting discussions (one, two) regarding the founding of the United States and the problem of slavery.  (more…)

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