The Dawn Treader

It’s time for letting go
All of our if only’s
‘Cause we don’t have a time machine
And even if we did
Would we really want to use it?
Would we really want to go change everything?
‘Cause we are who and where and what we are for now
And this is the only moment we can do anything about

~ Steven Curtis Chapman, Miracle Of The Moment

If you had a time machine, would you use it?

Should Christians be concerned about improving society?

I listened to a great lesson yesterday about two mistakes that people seem to make when they think about God.  They either go too far with viewing God as so other worldly that he is virtually unknowable, or they go too far the other direction and view him as too this worldly and small.  The theological term for God's "other ness" is transcendance, and God's "near ness" as immanence.  Classic Christian doctrine is that God is both transcendant and immanent.

Think all Calvinists are frozen, puffed up know-it-alls?  Then you need to read Richard Mouw's, .

The bizarre title is taken from a scene in the movie Hardcore, where the character played by George C. Scott esplains Calvinism to a thoroughly pagan young lady named Niki while they are sitting in the Las Vegas airport.  It is a humorous (and disturbing) microcosm of how awkward and difficult it can be to witness to an unbeliever when you lead with TULIP.