I picked Madeleine up from hospital this morning. She is doing ok but has had severe migraines from a combination of the drugs and the stiffness in her neck.
Her neck wound is healing well and appears to be smaller than we thought it would be which is good. None-the-less she wants to send me scarf shopping anyway (she wants to cover up the dressing/scar on her neck from the surgery) …. where does a man go scarf shopping without anyone noticing?
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
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Many philosophers have considered the strengths and weaknesses of a virtue-centered approach to moral theory. Much less attention has been given to how such an approach bears on issues in applied ethics. The essays in this volume apply a virtue-centered perspective to a variety of contemporary moral issues.
The challenge of a seemingly genocidal God who commands ruthless warfare has bewildered Bible readers for generations. A range of expert contributors engage in a multidisciplinary approach that considers this issue from a variety of perspectives: biblical, ethical, philosophical and theological.
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Matt, I had a funny quip on where to send you, but it’s probably not appropriate! Try the warehouse! Greate to hear Madaline is home, and doing well, hope the migranes settle down soon – keep in touch
Roger
Why don’t you knit her one Matt? Or you could ask my wife:
http://www.homelywife.com
Might get her off my back 4 a while 🙂
I should have added the right page:
http://www.homelywife.com/2007/what-you-might-see/
You are aware it is summer Rob? I am starting to be glad Matt failed to locate me a scarf, I shudder to think what he might have brought home LOL!
Further, Matt knit?!? Ha ha ha! I barely knit! I don’t have the patience for it or the time though I do appreciate the craft. I cannot believe your wife has the time with all the other amazing stuff she does with your kids and your home. I am in awe!