David Riggs

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@masonmennenga I’d prefer folks read and try to understand them first . . . Disagreeing with straw men is just theological narcissism.

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@kenschenck C’mon. There’s no doubt a place for multimedia; but books remain fundamental to genuinely formative education. Apart from how important reading is for the cultivation of discernment, I worry about the incapacity of multimedia to capture the depths and complexity of life. #McLuhan

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The Meaning of a Kiss https://t.co/RLKechW6kH

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@kenschenck I really appreciate your reflections here. But I do wonder about ‘decline.’ The Antioch Church was a pretty significant center of Christianity in the third and fourth centuries and beyond.

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@SAaron_Morrison @IndWes For theological reasons (especially it’s problematic ecclesiology), I stopped using evangelical to describe my academic vocation around 2005. I’ve gone with “historic Christian orthodoxy” ever since.

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@d_l_mayfield Not a fan of Hillsong music, but because I find myself deeply moved by old hymns and Gregorian chants, I suspect there’s more going on than strategic manipulation.

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@AlabamaAmigo @bcastlemiller @kkdumez @lambeth981 Doctor comes from the Latin word for "teacher.”

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Oh Lord, anchor us more deeply than the ideological tribalism that runs rampant in our land!

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... For this reason, it's best to "anchor deep" in the true fundamentals and not get sidetracked by secondary controversies.

"Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again."

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

He was the 'voice of the voiceless' during the long struggle against Apartheid in South Africa.

The Nobel Peace prize laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, has died aged 90.

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https://t.co/7AIKL60Kys

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I love the Cave and Boersma's writing is great in helping students develop a sacramental imagination. But this is a massive disappointment. Promising reflection on spiritual sight/blindness unravels into a trite, uncharitable application to the pandemic. https://t.co/fr2MeFRsIw

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CHE: do not be conformed to the logic and rhetoric of this age (innovation, disruption, convenience), but be transformed by the renewing of your residential mission to liberate students into a lived wisdom of truth, goodness, and beauty. #befaithful

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@JoAnneLyonGS @richvillodas @cb_johns Thanks for the recommendation. I've loved Wynkoop and just bought Watson's book.

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@HootenWilson @DBiezad That said. Your original insight is well taken!

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@HootenWilson @DBiezad Humility is a virtue (rooted in recognition that all is gift from God—source of existence and life), while humiliation is an act of denigration perpetrated on someone. Jesus’ humility culminated in the humiliation of the cross. Humility is key for glorifying God—not humiliation.

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@kenschenck Lol. Unfortunately, those who need to hear I’m conservative don’t inhabit this space. They congregate on FB.

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@kenschenck Neither conservative nor progressive. I aspire to be a radically Christian liberal learner who aims for redemptive excellence. Thus I’m always suspicious of “innovation”; especially in Xn higher ed where it often sacrifices mission for the fools gold of educational consumerism.

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@SAaron_Morrison @IndWes @ptseminary Really? I can think of ways of targeting giving that could assuage your dilemma 😀

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@kenschenck I see you are finally coming around on general education :-)