Posted on November 21, 2009 by Celucien Joseph
Lamentations do not belong only to biblical prophets and writers. Modern poets, too, lament. Many poets of African descent could be just called ”mourning poets.” They lament over social injustice, poverty, racism, discrimination, lyching, suffering, in particular mourn over a pre-colonial African culture and heritage which they never knew and experienced, before the tragic imposition of [...]
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Posted on July 3, 2009 by Celucien Joseph
Can you Guess It?
Last month we started a questions series called “Can you Guess It “? Since we don’t have a winner, below are the questions we asked followed by their answers:
Can you guess the world’s first published autobiography?
What is the world’s first published philosophy of history?
The answers are :
Confessions (Click here to read the full text [...]
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Posted on June 26, 2009 by Celucien Joseph
A short review of William Hasker’s The Triumph of God over Evil (2008) (Thanks to Heather Mascarello of IVP for the review copy)
As I’m working my way through William Hasker’s thought provoking book, The Triumph of God over Evil, I thought I would do a brief review of chapter 3, which I think is one of the most important [...]
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Posted on June 21, 2009 by Celucien Joseph
“What had been forbidden was not [Adam and Eve's] access to wisdom but knowledge of evil by union–an independent wisdom.”
- Lilian Calles Barger, Chasing Sophia: Reclaiming the Lost Wisdom of Jesus, 2007
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Posted on June 11, 2009 by Celucien Joseph
Why Does God Allow Evil, Injustice?
By Billy Graham
Christian Post Guest Columnist
Thu, Jun. 11 2009 10:09 AM EDT
“Q. How can some people ignore God and yet have an easy life, while others – including some of the finest people I know – are weighed down with all sorts of problems? This doesn’t seem fair. Why does [...]
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Posted on June 7, 2009 by Celucien Joseph
Posted on May 4, 2009 by Celucien Joseph
Greg Boyd wrote an interesting piece on the subject of the Patriot’s Bible and Justified Torture. Give it a read if you can. Let me give you a sneak preview. Boyd writes,
“The Patriot’s Bible consists of hundreds of commentaries on various patriotic themes, ranging in length from one sentence to four pages, inserted at various points [...]
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