May 2005

Art, Culture and Church

May 19, 2005

[Clockwise from bottom left: Me, Steve, Chris, Nicole, little Isaac Joseph, Jen, Jason, "peek-a-boo" Jeff, and Julie] Last night a few of us gathered at The Claddagh for our Theology Pub to hang out and discuss Steve’s clown ministry art and its relationship to the church. It was a good conversation rooted in the idea [...]

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Blog Update

May 16, 2005

Though there is still a little construction going on here, things are operational. If you use a syndication feed to keep track of what’s going on at my blog, please update that link. The feed is now here [normally found in the right column under Information]. Yes, I will be putting up “Recent Comments” again [...]

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Theology Pub

May 15, 2005

Some of us are gathering at the Claddagh Irish Pub this Wednesday at 7PM in Geneva. We’ll be discussing practical theology (all theology properly understood is practical) and choosing a topic to discuss next month. Feel free to join us, or contact me for more information.

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Evils of War

May 15, 2005

I wound up leafing through Archibald Alexander’s Practical Truths last week and came across a short article titled, “Evils of War.” I find it sad that words like these seem to be seldom heard today among conservative and reformed Christian leaders in the midst of war. His opening sentance is, “No man in his senses [...]

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Bearing and Being

May 14, 2005

If no one preaches the Gospel how can anyone be saved? In some circles the problem is in the verbal preaching. Bad doctrine, or a bad approach can do some damage. In other circles where the verbal mission is emphasized we can wind up with a problem in a different kind of preaching. I’m reading [...]

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New Digs

May 14, 2005

Sorry for the confusion this weekend. I have switched my blogging tool to Word Press, and had to get things set up at www.joethorn.net before I could switch www.joethorn.com and make them one. Both domain names and your old links will bring you here. Please be patient while I work on an original design for [...]

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Bonhoeffer

May 10, 2005

Last night I watched Bonhoeffer, a documentary on the German pastor who believed the presence of Christ in the world was to be found in the church, and experienced via the church’s mission. I first read his Cost of Discipleship while visiting my girlfriend (now my wife) in Germany back in 1994. I have decided [...]

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