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2008-2009

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Welcome to Summer 2009

Do you need to Write A Lot this summer?
Then this book is for you!
HowToWriteAlot

Do you want read a book that will radically challenge how you understand Genesis 1?
Then this revolutionary, must-read book is for you...
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John Walton, professor of Old Testament at Wheaton Graduate College, argues that Genesis 1 is NOT about the creation of the material world, the world that science talks about. Rather. Genesis 1 is about the creation of functions (Days 1-3) and functionaries (Days 4-6). Walton argues that we have read our own material-ontology back into the thought world of the ancient near east which operated with a functional-ontology. He argues the Genesis 1 text is a Temple creation story with God preparing the Temple (Days 1-6) and then taking up residence in Day 7 (“God’s rest” in the ancient near east was when the deity would begin to reign). So, Walton argues, on Day 7 God rested from the preparation of the Temple to begin to take control of the world that now is functional. Yes, God created the material world, but that is not what Genesis 1 is about. Whatever science was behind that, God was still the creator and sustainer of it all. Go here to find read some of his book.

A "Must Listen to" Audio Dr. Cal DeWitt of the UW-Madison on "How to be Busy, Productive and Happy: Time Management for the Christian Academic"

NEW: Listen to the plenary talks from InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's FOLLOWING CHRIST conference.

(click on Calendar for that webpage).

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"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried."
-- G. K. Chesterton

"Christianity does not involve the belief that all things were made for man. It does involve the belief that God loves man and for his sake became man and died."
-- C. S. Lewis

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"As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving."
– Paul to the Colossians believers in Col. 2:6-7

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