Brian Auten
http://witheredgrass.wordpress.com/
I'm a 40-year old West Coast transplant to the Northern VA/DC area where I've been working the past five years as a intelligence analyst for Uncle Sam. Married since '93, have a 16-month old daughter and a son on the way. My wife graciously supported my academic habit while I did my MA and Ph.D. in national security-related fields; published my revised doctoral dissertation on Jimmy Carter's nuclear weapons policy last year with Univ of Missouri Press. Would love to get back into university-level teaching, but just not sure how that's going to work right now. I'm an evangelical mongrel with an InterVarsity Christian Fellowship background who (a) loves Fuller Theological Seminary; (b) is currently a member of a "resurgent Calvinist" congregation and (c) would like to see that resurgence evolve into a kinder and gentler movement. I currently blog at witheredgrass.wordpress.com.
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Kent — [insert Scooby Doo villain voice] “If it wasn’t for you meddling bloggers…” I’m impressed about this Out of Ur post for a couple of reasons. First, it links to two sites which usually don’t get a lot of play in larger evangelical circles (fbcjaxwatchdog; Wartburg Watch). Second, this subject goes hand-in-hand with the [...]
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Upcoming Cross Conference and Urbana
I have one general question regarding the new Cross Conference (YRR student missions conference this December in Louisville), and one comment based on that question: General Question — How much, if any, of the decision to establish a new student missions conference (the organizer of which appears, by the address listed at the bottom of [...]
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In the middle of our late-evening conversation tonight at a local diner in Burke, my new friend looked across the table and asked, “Ever hear of Michael Spencer?” I smiled a nostalgia-and-we’ll-see-him-again-at-the-resurrection-laced smile, and answered, “most certainly.” As I then learned, Michael’s evangelical collapse article has received new life via Rod Dreher at The American [...]
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The part that *really* rankled me regarding Tim’s post was his caveat re: his “relationship” with CJM and SGM – Before I begin, it may be useful for me to explain the nature of my relationship with C.J. Mahaney and Sovereign Grace Ministries, though there is actually very little to explain. I recall meeting Mahaney [...]
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And among the conservative evangelical magisterium…
John Piper will be preaching this Sunday at CJ Mahaney’s church, Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville.
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I dunno, Matthew — the North Korean government is turned up way past 11 on the crazy dial.
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If everyone would just admit I’m right the first time around, discussions around here would be much less rancorous. (jn)
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I know I was intrigued when I found out that Rodrigo y Gabriela got their start playing thrash metal in Mexico.
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Our own church went straight through the Hebrews series during Advent, with a visiting guest speaker last Sunday who preached on adoption. It was a great sermon on adoption, mind you, but I’m in agreement with folks here at the Bar — it would be lovely to follow the traditional church calendar at least once [...]
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And then there’s how the discussion went over at the 9 Marks blog back in December 2010 – Jim Hamilton, who asked the initial question under the title of “The Hallmark Calendar“: Do those of you who carry the main preaching load at your church depart from your regularly scheduled programming to preach advent texts [...]
