Redefining Words

Hey, why not go all the way?

(Reposted from my blog White Noise.)

New York Legalizes Something That Doesn't Exist

It's official. The state of New York has legalized "gay marriage":

Same-sex marriage is now legal in New York after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that was narrowly passed by state lawmakers Friday, handing activists a breakthrough victory in the state where the gay rights movement was born. ...

... Gay rights advocates are hoping the vote will galvanize the movement around the country and help it regain momentum after an almost identical bill was defeated here in 2009 and similar measures failed in 2010 in New Jersey and this year in Maryland and Rhode Island.

What's next? Legalizing square circles?

This Week in Calvinism - June 24, 2011

• A revival of Calvinism: an interview with Iain Murray.
  
  
• 48 hours in Geneva.
  
  
• Seth discusses five bad arguments against Calvinism.
  
  
• Tim Challies interviews Dr. Ken Stewart, author of Ten Myths About Calvinism: Recovering the Breadth of the Reformed Tradition.
  
  
• John Piper explains why this year's Desiring God National Conference may be the most strategic one ever held.

This Week in Calvinism - June 17, 2011

• Was Luther a Calvinist?
  
  
• Confessional Calvinism.
  
  
• What exactly is the "John Piper Fallacy" in Romans 9?
  
  
• How would you define terms like ordain, decree, or author?
  
  
• The Lone Calvinist rides again!
  
  
• Who's responsible for clouding men's minds with teachings of election and limited atonement? Who could it possibly be? Oh, I don't know. Could it be...SATAN?!

This Week in Calvinism - June 10, 2011

• Roger Olson argues that there is no middle ground between Calvinism and Arminianism. "In fact," he says, "Arminianism IS the middle ground between Calvinism and Semi-Pelagianism!"
  
  
• Paul Chitwood, recently elected as executive director-treasurer of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, thinks the issue of Calvinism is "needlessly a point of controversy."
  
  
• God and golf: Where every shot, shank, and duff are his will.
  
  
• Spurgeon on the folly of preaching too long.
  
  
• Is God a Christian? Al Mohler reviews the new book from R. Kirby Godsey.
  
  
• James McDonald believes congregational church government is from Satan.

Lamentations 5:12

This Week in Calvinism - Jne 3, 2011

• Join in celebrating the life of John Calvin.
  
  
• Frank Turk writes an open letter to John Piper about Piper's interview with Rick Warren.
  
  
• Les Puryear is a Calvinist no more.
  
  
• Scottish theologian John Murray on the marvel of our adoption.
  
  
• Thomas Booher on the importance of Calvinism in Christianity.

Love, Disability, and the Lessons of Grace

Wrestling With An Angel from Brian Patton on Vimeo.

(via Desiring God)