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Okay, call me old school, tell me that I just don’t get what today’s busy Christian wants from his leaders, but I am a tad concerned about a growing trend in leadership studies—too much fixation on methodology and attitudes for leading and not enough on the importance of...
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February 19, 2016 Andrew Sargent
Communication, Society
In a recent post, “Worst Nelson Mandela Quote Ever,” I proposed that one of Mandela’s most famous quotes about poverty exemplifies a disastrous understanding of reality,[1] particularly for a political figure with the power to establish policy. It sounds good on the surface, especially in regard to the...
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February 15, 2016 Andrew Sargent
Society
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The great audacity of the modern prevailing worldview is the idea that progress and independence from personal restraint are virtues to be cultivated at almost any cost. Each generation tends to regard “the world that is” as a trap from which to escape… into more progress, more independence.[1] ...
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January 22, 2016 Andrew Sargent
Society, Theology
I must confess, I did not watch the recent televised and much talked about creation debate between Answers in Genesis founder, Ken Ham and, local TV legend, Bill Nye the science guy…aside from a few clips here and there. I did, however, read a good deal about it...
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February 20, 2014 Andrew Sargent
Biblical Studies, Old Testament Studies, Society
Benjamin Corey is a once upon a time “fundamentalist” who shifted to being a “Christian Progressive” when he began attending Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 2008. He accredits this shift not to GCTS, which is conservative, generally, but to his increased reading of Scripture, citing a recent Christianity Today...
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January 23, 2014 Andrew Sargent
Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, Communication, HAGALAH, Society
http://sarahchristineschwartz.com/2013/11/06/brothers-i-am-sorry To the author of “Brothers, I am Sorry,” which you can read at the above address. Dear Sarah, you are young, and have much to learn about the difference between reasons and excuses, what we wish about reality and what is reality. While I, like you, was...
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December 5, 2013 Andrew Sargent
Society
Strolling with my wife today we happened upon a woman walking her dog. She had paused ahead, tying her shoe (or so we thought) and we closed the gap between us. She moved on quickly as we drew near (to run from the scene of the crime obviously)...
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September 19, 2013 Andrew Sargent
Communication, Society