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a week of evangelical covenant church theology
Today begins an interesting stage in my vocational journey. Pastors who serve churches in the Evangelical Covenant Church but who haven’t graduated from the denomination’s seminary, North Park Seminary, are required to take a few classes. These classes cover the ECC’s history, theology and the like. My theology class takes place within the denomination’s Midwinter Conference…
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has obama’s election fulfilled dr king’s dream?
Last week I mentioned that one of the questions the media seemed particularly interested in during the presidential inauguration was whether Dr Martin Luther King’s dream had been realized in Barack Obama’s presidency. The assumption, as I understand it, is that since an African American man has been elected to the nation’s highest office we…
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christian imagination: a bibliography
Thanks to those of you who left comments on my recent post, a book i’d like to read: christian imagination. Susan recommended three different books on this subject: Orthodoxy, Mind of the Maker, and My Name is Asher Lev. Of these I’ve only read Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton, though I’ve read two other novels by…
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happy saturday: oscar nominations
Anyone else dissapointed by this week’s Oscar nominees? To be honest, I hadn’t seen any of the Best Picture nominees but I’m having a hard time imagining any Brad Pitt movie (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) being worthy of 16 nominations. The list of nominees did prompt me to see Frost/Nixon last night and…
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roe v. wade, march for life & the inauguration
Today is the 26th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade in 1973. One year later the first March for Life was held in Washington DC, “as a collective effort of grassroots prolife Americans to assure that our state and federal laws shall protect the right to life of each human in…
David W. Swanson
Pastor and Author
David W. Swanson 