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    A New Year’s Greeting from Randal

    December 31, 2011 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 9 Comments

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    Anomie and the City: A Reflection on ‘Midnight in Paris’

    December 31, 2011 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 2 Comments

    Last night I watched Woody Allen’s forty-first feature film, “Midnight in Paris.” The film stars Owen Wilson playing screenwriter named […]

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    anomie, existentialism, Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen

    Singing the praises of the imprecatory psalms?

    December 30, 2011 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 219 Comments

    I have been having a very interesting conversation with David Houston (https://randalrauser.com/2011/12/does-love-of-ones-spouse-require-hatred-of-all-others/) which is very illuminating as it touches on […]

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    imprecatory psalms

    Please rescue me lest I drown: On the fear of losing faith

    December 29, 2011 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 6 Comments

    The following is an essay I wrote on three different kinds of fears that keep Christians from examining their faith. […]

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    Christianity, doubt, faith, fear, reason

    Christians singing pagan songs … and liking it

    December 28, 2011 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 77 Comments

    Star 2 critiques my defense of Christians singing and enjoying “pagan” songs like “White Christmas” by asking the following (presumably rhetorical) […]

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    christology, culture, dualism, fundamentalism

    Sometimes it is okay just to say ‘Merry Christmas’

    December 27, 2011 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 31 Comments

    The White House had a lovely Christmas card this year, though reliably contrarian Sarah Palin was deeply offended at the outrageous inclusion […]

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    Christmas, evangelism, fundamentalism

    Does love of one’s spouse require hatred of all others?

    December 27, 2011 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 43 Comments

    When I was out walking the dog this afternoon I realized I left off one of the most glaring problems […]

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    analogy, arminianism, Calvinism, metaphor, omnibenevolence

    Why the Calvinist’s need to exclude some people from God’s love does not bode well

    December 26, 2011 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 72 Comments

    David Houston argues that the Calvinist has a richer view of God’s love than the Arminian. This is initially a surprising […]

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    arminianism, Calvinism, omnibenevolence, theology

    How do you schedule a convenient Christmas service?

    December 25, 2011 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 7 Comments

    In a new poll 28 percent of Canadians said they would be attending church for Christmas. Ironically, 68 percent responded on the survey […]

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    Christmas, church, consumerism

    Merry Christmas from Randal

    December 23, 2011 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 11 Comments

    So here’s the question: what kind of card do I give to my motley crew of readers? A friend of […]

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