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Archive for December, 2006

Sweet, We’re Not the Only Ones

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Two posts ago, I drew attention to the growing pop-atheistic-God-denying movement taking place in the US. This group has taken atheism out of the lecture hall and onto the streets. In a recent NYT article, Nicholas Kristof actually takes aim at this set of “secular fundamentalists” (Kristof’s term, not mine). He writes that “the tone […]

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WAKE UP Final Versions

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

Greetings All. For the story about pop-atheistic-God-denying, scroll down to the next entry (”DENYING GOD”). The following four videos are the final versions of the WAKE UP advertisements. These’ll be used by youth groups to let leaders and students know about the experience. Enjoy.
LEADERS VIDEO

STUDENT VIDEO 1

STUDENT VIDEO 2

STUDENT VIDEO 3

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Denying God

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

This summer, I began to catch some glimmers of a new movement in atheism. Various forces have been at work, independently of each other, but now they’ve gathered together into a perfect storm, a cultural tsunami. You’ve got philosophers like Daniel Dennett & Sam Harris, scientists like Richard Dawkins & Jared Diamond, and filmmakers like […]

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The Pivot Point Weekend

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

You may remember us telling you about a cool event we’re in the midst of planning. I’m working with Corinth Church (a 1,000+ member church in Byron Center, MI) to put together a weekend specifically designed for high school seniors transitioning out of life at home to life on the college campus (or other context). […]

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Catching Up

Saturday, December 9th, 2006

Hey all. It’s been a while. I’ve been busy! Just got back from a trip to Puerto Vallarta. My parents recently moved there to start a feeding program for kids. Borderlands Films will be making a short documentary about this work, quite worthy and very exciting. Our new podcast (due up shortly) will have some […]

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