Category Archives: Other Blogs

A Darn Funny Post about the Trinity

Posted on 2009/04/26 by ngilmour

3 Pithy Remarks on Handling the Doctrine of the Trinity | The Scriptorium Daily: Middlebrow. Alright, Scriptorium.? You’re slowly turning me into a fanboy. I’m just waiting for the next post about Rush Limbaugh to snap me back to reality.

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Paul Spears on Ability and Work

Posted on 2009/04/24 by ngilmour

Gifted or Determined? I always enjoy stories of late bloomers not named Michael Jordan, and this one from Scriptorium Daily is worth repeating: Intellectual pursuit demands diligence and responsibility. A couple of years ago world class pediatric neurosurgeon Fred J. … Continue reading →

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Nothing to Hide

Posted on 2009/04/20 by ngilmour

The ultimate reaping of what one sows: right-wing edition – Glenn Greenwald – Salon.com. I have to admit laughing out loud when I read this.? I know that four-year amnesia is common among the noisy class, but these complaints about … Continue reading →

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Note from iMonk

Posted on 2009/04/18 by ngilmour

Thoughts on Jesus Camp The post in general is a review of the documentary Jesus Camp, but I thought this observation of the relationship between childhood faith and adult faith was spot on: The Jesus Camp method of intense indoctrination, … Continue reading →

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After twelve years in the minors, I don’t try out.

Posted on 2009/03/16 by ngilmour

Okay, I just did. I saw Internet Monk’s post this morning about his “Evangelical Untouchables” project, and it just seemed too interesting.? I sent off a couple paragraphs this morning, and I suppose now I’m waiting for the results of … Continue reading →

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Neoliberalism–How Does Stan Fish get Wrong what ISI Gets Right?

Posted on 2009/03/15 by ngilmour

Neoliberalism and Higher Education – Stanley Fish Blog – NYTimes.com. As I noted a few posts ago, I recently discovered the audio archive at Intercollegiate Studies Institute and have been listening to some of the lectures there.? I have a … Continue reading →

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Beer Gut Jesus or Girly Christ?

Posted on 2009/03/01 by ngilmour

Toughness and Manliness in Gospel Ministry Who[m] Can Mark Driscoll Worship? If nothing else, this post from Halden Doerge’s blog (the second link) is worth looking at just for the graphic next to the seventh paragraph, even if one must … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The New Media Frontier

Posted on 2009/02/18 by ngilmour

The New Media Frontier: Blogging, Vlogging, and Podcasting for Christ I realize, now that I’ve read this book, that it’s possible to expect to be surprised, and when I read this book, I was surprised precisely where I expected.? The … Continue reading →

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25 Beliefs and Un-Beliefs

Posted on 2009/02/13 by ngilmour

Twenty-Five Sortof Random Things I Do and Don’t Believe I found this little not-meme on Internet Monk’s site, and since I participated in the less-interesting “25 Random Things About Me” meme on Facebook, I figured there wasn’t any reason not … Continue reading →

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Books and More Books

Posted on 2009/02/11 by ngilmour

I found this meme on Michial Farmer’s blog, and lemming that I am… One book you?re currently reading: On the Bondage of the Will by Luther. One book that changed your life: The Peaceable Kingdom by Stanley Hauerwas. One book … Continue reading →

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Virtue and Theology

Posted on 2009/02/02 by ngilmour

Ten Virtues for Theological Study There’s not much to add to this Ben Myers post; in fact, I’ll just post the text of the list here. 1. Patience: In theological education, the process of learning is more important than the … Continue reading →

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My Kind of Nostalgia

Posted on 2009/02/01 by ngilmour

Pope Benedict XII Explains Beatific Vision I know that academic theology is not everyone’s cup of tea, but in his regular “this day in history” piece this week, Fred Sanders of Scriptorium Daily ended his piece on this medieval debate … Continue reading →

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New Computer, New Website, New Blog

Posted on 2009/01/31 by ngilmour

Well, it was a busy week in several ways.? As you’ve read here, I’ve been teaching like crazy, and beyond that, my Ubuntu 8.10 disk came in the mail, so I installed it on the new laptop, and I’ve never … Continue reading →

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Things I’ve Done

Posted on 2008/12/24 by ngilmour

I don’t know if I’ve ever done a “meme” before, but I saw this one over at i wonder as i wander, and it looked fun for a Christmas Eve post, so here it is! (I believe the idea is … Continue reading →

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Proselytizing and the Character of History

Posted on 2008/12/22 by ngilmour

El Ick’s blog recently had quite an interesting conversation about differences between proselytizing (a word for which I always need spell check) and conversation, and rather than write long paragraphs? in his comments bar, I figured I’d write this here … Continue reading →

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Fish Misses the Point

Posted on 2008/10/08 by ngilmour

But most of the comments on the piece get it. Politics and the Pulpit (Once Again) Stanley Fish, who is usually quite careful in his treatment of First Amendment questions, took his eye off the ball in this one.? When … Continue reading →

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A Blog Without a Home

Posted on 2008/09/13 by ngilmour

I spent a bit of time this afternoon looking at some of the blogs in the theology blogosphere, the place where people wax eloquent about aesthetics and ontology and Slavoj Zizek.? Then I browsed some GodBlogs, those strongholds of evangelicalism, … Continue reading →

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Out of my League

Posted on 2008/09/08 by ngilmour

I’ve been listening to the podcasts from Reclaiming the Mind and Scriptorium Daily lately, and although they’re a bit elephantish for my taste, nonetheless they both produce some pretty intelligent material, and I don’t hesitate to download the latest cast … Continue reading →

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Dawgs who Think

Posted on 2008/09/07 by ngilmour

I just wanted to commend to my readers a new project that some Christian undergrads here at UGA (some my former students) and I have started, Dawgs who Think, a blog that four of us (so far) are producing in … Continue reading →

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Good Sparring

Posted on 2008/08/31 by ngilmour

Discussion of History, Trinity, and Philosophy If you’d like to see how a Calvinist pastor and a Postmodern Thomist English teacher can debate philosophy and keep things civil, check out the comments section of this post.? (The post itself is … Continue reading →

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