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| Yeah, that sounds about right ...Eucharistic Theology Quiz
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Orthodox |
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88% |
Luther |
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88% |
Calvin |
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63% |
Catholic |
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38% |
Zwingli |
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31% |
Unitarian |
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0% |
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You are Martin Luther. You'll stick with the words of Scripture, and defend this with earthy expressions. You believe this is a necessary consequence of an orthodox Christology. You believe that the bread and wine are the Body and Blood of Christ, but aren't too sure about where he goes after the meal, and so you don't accept reservation of the Blessed Sacrament or Eucharistic devotions. | | |
| A Romans 11.1-5 moment ...Every once in a while, if I've been reading the wrong news sources, I'm tempted to think that American Christians by and large are clueless and/or idiots. And every time I start to think that, God brings along something like this:
While I've never put much stock in internet polling data, it is quite reassuring that out of the people who visit the Christianity Today website and vote on the daily polls, there are at least 1,125 who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
And yes, the second category in particular gives me warm happy feelings inside. 
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| Another Must-Read Article:If you read nothing else online this month, be sure to read Alistair's recent post entitled "The Denominational Church"
There has been a lot of follow-up in the theological blogging world, including several subsequent posts on Alastair's blog, but the first one is the one everyone should read.
Honestly, I'd write a response, but I'd just end up saying everything Alistair already said while using different words, so I'll just point you all in his direction and leave it at that.
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| Independence Day in Boston
What better place to celebrate Independence Day than the Esplanade in Boston with 500,000 other people, the Boston Pops, John Mellencamp, the Blue Man Group, and one of the greatest fireworks displays around?
That is what several of us thought yesterday. Once it started raining we did start to question the wisdom, but we stuck it out and had a great time nevertheless. A few random highlights from the evening:
Witnessing a crowded subway station break out in dance as the subway musician started playing La Bamba.
Discussing what side (if any) we would have supported in the Revolution had we been living in the colonies in the 1770s with Brian.
Questioning (with Josh) why it is that the 1812 Overture is considered such a great piece of music to play at American patriotic celebrations, when it commemorates the Russian victory over the French in a war where America was (for all practical purposes) fighting on the other side.
Watching the fireworks over the Charles, while listening to the comments from several inebriated crewmen from the USS Wasp (and here I thought "drunken sailor" was just a cliché!).
All in all it was good to be reminded of how much I love my country (which is a different thing entirely from being "proud to be an American," but that is a rant for another day).
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| So....... apparently the best way for me to make sure I'll never post anything on my blog again is to promise to post something soon.
I said my next post would be on the presidential debates, but not feeling like writing anything about the election means I really haven't written anything at all since then, and I have been up to a good deal.
Last week, for example, I had the opportunity to present a paper at my third BSG conference (you can read the proceedings here, and see photos here). The trip down to Lynchburg and back gave me time to stop in at Justin's place in Blacksburg, and spend Father's Day with the family back in Lititz, so all around it was an excellent break from my summer classes.
Speaking of summer classes, I started learning German this week, and so far it looks like it will be a lot of fun. A good Germanic language with all kinds of English cognates will be a welcome change from Semitic languages, and I finally get to justify listening to Wagner and watching old war movies as studying for class
So yes, I'm still alive, and I still might post my thoughts on the presidential primaries at some point, but this time I'm not making any promises (I think I've learned my lesson there).
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