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My dear friend Michele slipped into eternity on Wednesday, February 1. She was a remarkable woman who left a legacy of faith, determination, and love. For three years she courageously battled the ovarian cancer that eventually robbed her of her life. A few days before she died, one of her docto
posted 8:43:41pm Feb. 10, 2012 |
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The rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated
My husband told me that there are rumors that I've died. I'm happy to report that I'm still very much alive. My cancer has gone to stage four but we are controlling it with chemo, the cancer numbers are currently in the normal range. I've stopped blogging to concentrate on my daughters and writing a
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An update and a prayer request
Several people have asked about Michele's condition, and have promised to pray for her. On her behalf, I thank you for that. I spoke with her a little while ago, and she asked that I come here and tell you what's going on, and to ask you to pray for her. She isn't able to post here herself right
posted 4:55:36pm Apr. 06, 2010 |
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Rest in peace, Internet Monk.
A man known in the cyber world as The Internet Monk, has died. Michael Spencer lost his battle with cancer tonight.
My prayers go out for his family and for all those who loved and will miss him. :(
posted 11:52:00pm Apr. 05, 2010 |
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The peace that passes all understanding, pt. 1
I'm coming out of my normal hiding place to make a few comments.
The internet is a strange place. It is often a wonderful place, a helpful place, a unifying place. But it is also alienating, cold, and is the perfect medium in which to depersonalize others.
Through it, I have seen people reach out
posted 4:39:08pm Mar. 25, 2010 |
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posted March 28, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Here’s a hostile book review. http://www.opc.org/review.html?review_id=40
posted March 28, 2008 at 3:29 pm
First, sorry for the double post earlier.
Second, WTS has been through this before with Norman Shepherd. Shepherd was one of my teachers. The Board and Faculty gave him ample opportunity to clarify his position, but the end result was a parting of the ways. I wonder if the same is true with Enns. Dr. Jack White, the Board Chairman, is a sound man and for a Reformed guy (past President of Geneva College and past official (pres?)with the National Association of Evangelicals. I’ve know Jack for 35 years and he is not one to make a knee jerk response. There may be more here than meets the eye.
That’s my take on it from Arizona.
T.T.
posted March 28, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Right, if they can’t reconcile, he’ll teach elsewhere and the school goes on.
posted March 28, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Anytime the Ortho-dogs are unleashed, everyone looses. I do not know this book or the author, but I expect that in the interest of uniformity of thought and conformity of theology the students and those church they may serve in the future will be the ultimate losers in this episode. I wonder if these Ortho-dogs may wind up from the chihuahua breed.
posted March 28, 2008 at 8:39 pm
If the example of Shepherd is any indication, Enns may continue to publish, etc., and be an influence.
http://www.trinityrcus.com/Articles/reportshepherd1.htm
posted March 29, 2008 at 8:09 am
Yeah, Tom but you’ll admit that there is still much pain over the Shepherd controversy. You can see it when the professors talk about it (which is rarely). And yeah, I don’t necessarily blame Dr. White or the other board members for doing what they think is right and the fact that you had a split in the vote by the faculty leads me to believe that there is some validity to the charges. It wasn’t just politics (a covering their tushie so we don’t lose donors move), there were real issues as stake.
The whole thing leaves me wondering what happens to those professors who also see problems in the OT (he wasn’t the only one) are they going to have to leave if they teach something similar to Enns?
posted March 29, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Michele, I’ve not read Enns’ work so I cannot comment on ‘problems in the OT,’ care to enlighten me? Certainly he is free to continue to teach, just not at WTS. But, the issue is that the Board believed his teachings fell outside the bounds on acceptable scholarship at WTS.
The recent controversy regarding Federal Vision, NPP and “Shepherdism” within the PCA shows that the church as a whole wants to maintain pure doctrine, as painful as that might be.
When Norm Shepherd was my Systematics professor (@1970-71) he was questioning covenantal obedience and the place of good works within the structure of the covenant. Certainly theological inquiry is to be encouraged, but at what point does one move from orthodoxy to heterodoxy?
Regards,
Tom
posted March 30, 2008 at 1:30 am
I’m a student at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and I’ve been reading all I can on the Enns controversy. I am praying for the faculty, students, trustees, and Enns in all this. If there are reasons to be worried, I hope that they can be dealt with for the Good of the Church, in a way that is pleasing to the Lord and leaves room for reconciliation and unity for all parties.
Another link for those not familiar with **some** of the issues is at Kingdom People blog. It’s also a former SBTS student.
http://trevinwax.com/2008/03/29/the-peter-enns-controversy/
You are a daily read for me. Keep up the good blogwork.
posted March 30, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Thanks, Ron!
posted March 31, 2008 at 9:26 am
Tom, I don’t have time to list some of the issues he raised but I say problems I mean issues like the similarities between other Near East creation narratives and the Bible as well as the similarities between the Code of Hammurabi of the law given to Israel. These are issues that many Christians don’t realize exist. As well the differences between Kings and Chronicles.
I think that if you go to his website and go to the reviews of his books that he links to and then read his response, you’ll get a good idea of the issues he raises.
posted March 31, 2008 at 10:23 am
Those things don’t hang me up.
But, if God was sorry he made man and wanted to blot out “man and animals and creeping things and birds,” (Gen. 6:6-7) why preserve those very things in the ark? (Gen. 6:19-20) How does that clean the slate? (It doesn’t … and didn’t.)
posted April 3, 2008 at 3:25 pm
the most disturbing thing about this announcement was that it seems to be the result of peer pressure. I’m hoping that the board releases some of their problems and that it has more to do with the Bible than with money.
http://www.bloglongisland.com
posted February 5, 2011 at 8:50 am
All people deserve wealthy life time and personal loans or student loan will make it better. Just because people’s freedom relies on money.