From the monthly archives:

December 2004

Critiquing Penal Substitution

December 31, 2004

in Neoliberalism

Wink is determined to show that you can critique penal substitution without being a neo-liberal. He accepts the punishment bit unlike most neo-liberals but denies substitution. I will interact with this more later- in the meantime any one else up for the debate with him?

Happy New Year in a world of suffering?

December 31, 2004

in misc

Mark D Roberts argues that not only is it OK to celebrate new year tonight despite the tsunami, it is vital that we do. In the midst of great pain and heaviness the world needs joy. Lets generously enjoy the New Year and make today another record day of giving financial aid to the victims of the tsunami. After all to share our money is the least that we can do.

I pray that all my readers may have a happy and prosperous New Year and that we may all think of new ways of giving a little back to hummanity in acknowledgement of all God has given us.

Why should I be full and another hungry? Why should I have a warm home whilst others fight for blankets? Why should I have a complete family when others were divided by the sea? I don’t know the answers to any of this, but I do know that I can do something in honor of them- I can pray, I can give, and by thankfully enjoying the new year I can humbly value what I have been undeservedly given.

The Public keeps on giving

December 31, 2004

Scotsman.com reports that Britons have now donated more than 32 million to Tsunami charity work, whilst Amazon.com has also collected a stunning $7,279,808.35 on its own! I wonder what the total worldwide charitable giving curently stands at.

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Confessions of a GenXer

December 31, 2004

Josh at In the Agora explains how challenging to his conservative comforts he has found the recent events.

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Searching Google for "Jesus Christ" shows the Mormons as top

December 31, 2004

Wesleyblog wonders wether listings at Google are rigged and asks “how did the Mormons get the top spot?”. Well the answer is no the results are not rigged but yes they are very sensitive to links especially those found on blogs.
The mormon site will appear at the top for the search “Jesus Christ” [...]

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Systems failure caused failure to warn of tsunami

December 31, 2004

Herald Sun. There is now no doubt at all that simple communication would have prevented many deaths as there WAS an advance warning but “no telephone numbers” to call. We HAVE to learn to work together accross the nations, and it is clear that failure to do so was the biggest factor in [...]

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Minor tweaks, major thanks

December 31, 2004

Some of you will have noticed an improvement to my blog’s appearance tonight- for ages now on certain PCs and at certain times the side bar has disappeared to the bottom of the page. Many thanks to The Minor Prophet who has kindly fixed it for me!
He has been granted entrance into the Blogdom of [...]

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Governments are giving more than first planned

December 30, 2004

Earlier today I predicted that embarrassed by their own people, the governments of the world would give more to tsunami relief. Indeed they already are. Sweden was reported as increasing giving first, and just a few minutes ago big increases in government giving were reported. I am sure that the US will follow suit. [...]

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Incredibly: Tourists return to Maldives

December 30, 2004

News24 says “In resorts Thursday, tourists swam and snorkeled near resort buildings that had windows and balconies smashed by the tsunami. Scuba divers descended next to concrete breakwaters in which the wave had punched gaping holes.”

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Could it be that up to 400,000 have died in Indonesia alone?

December 30, 2004

Hat tip to MediaSoul who passes on Drudge’s report that up to “400,000 are Possibly Dead” in Indonesia alone.
So far Ghanaweb has it but no other news sources except the agency cited on both these pages- Bernama, the Malaysian National News Agency-
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 (Bernama) — The death toll in Acheh, the [...]

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Tsunami Adds to Belief in Animals’ ‘Sixth Sense’

December 30, 2004

Yahoo! News reports: “Wild animals seem to have escaped the Indian Ocean tsunami, adding weight to notions they possess a ’sixth sense’ for disasters, experts said Thursday.”

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Sweden raises the bar……

December 30, 2004

The Swedish Government has led the by announcing a massive donation of 75 million dollars to tsunami efforts throwing into sharp relief the efforts of other nations governments. This genorisity of the Swedes is no doubt connected to their terrible loss of tourists. In total private and public giving now excedes $350million. [...]

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The purposes of God for man

December 30, 2004

Day 2 of the purpose driven life discusses the purposes of God for each and every man. Psalm 139 is quoted (although not in a familiar version)
O LORD , you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my [...]

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Thailand could’ve been warned

December 30, 2004

Messy Christian passes on Irene’s observation that a Thai paper is reporting its seismologists did not put out a warning for fear of the impact on tourism. Of course the fault does not lie with any one individual or even government but with the lack of a global system to warn of such catastrophes [...]

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