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The God of the Hurricane: Blame and Defense

September 2, 2005

National Public Radio Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr was so bold as to impugn God regarding Hurricane Katrina. Pastor John Piper of Bethelehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota has passionately answered him. Although Piper always speaks and writes with manifest zeal, he seems to write with a particularly jagged edge in this response. This is fitting, because God … More The God of the Hurricane: Blame and Defense

Joining FoolishBlog

August 27, 2005

I’ve been asked to join FoolishBlog as a writer there, and I’ve accepted the invitation. FoolishBlog is maintained by Eric and Heather Zeller (husband and wife) and Eric’s younger brother Scott. I went to school with all three of them, and consider them to be like-minded friends. I still plan on writing regularly here, but … More Joining FoolishBlog

Michael Phelps’ Feet

July 27, 2005

On a lighter note, if you’re interested in how biology and genetics influence some of sports’ most dominant stars, check this out. Ok, that little pitch doesn’t make the article sound as interesting as it really is. How about this: Michael Phelps (swimmer) has size-14 feet and can lay flat on his back, stretch his … More Michael Phelps’ Feet

Pioneer Missions

July 26, 2005

At various times over the past few years, my heart has burned to do pioneer missions—to break into an unreached people group in Papua New Guinea or Africa or South America (or anywhere else), learn the language, cross the culture, preach the Gospel, translate the Bible, plant a church, train leaders, and leave an indigenous … More Pioneer Missions

From Israel: The Yad VaShem Holocaust Museum

May 23, 2005

I’m in Israel right now. Jerusalem, to be exact. I’ll be here for 5 more weeks, Lord-willing. We’ve been seeing and learning incredible things for the past week on various tours with Todd Bolen, and today was our first free day. We visited Yad VaShem, a Holocaust Museum. It is the most incredible museum I … More From Israel: The Yad VaShem Holocaust Museum

“Sin City”

April 4, 2005

One of the highest-selling movies this past weekend was “Sin City.” This is just another indication that Americans, like all other human beings, are utterly depraved. Past generations were restrained enough to cloak wretched hearts with polite public morality. But that takes work — moralism always takes work. And our generation is not very interested in … More “Sin City”

October 10, 2004

Other things are filling up the days now, so I’m choosing to abandon xanga. Thanks for being gracious enough to read my posts. My online writing energies will now be directed towards the new website that my wife Cindi has designed for us – http://www.gunnerandcindi.com. Maybe a blog or two will come out of it. … More

A New School Year

August 15, 2004

The school year has begun. RD Retreat started at the beginning of August, and RA Retreat was last week. SLS Retreat is this week (beginning Monday night), and all the new students will arrive this coming Saturday. There are many, many details to take care of, and it becomes quite difficult to remember all that … More A New School Year

Desperation and Dependance: A Wonderful and Frightening Rhythm

July 11, 2004

Just finished a large paper on the Sabbath about an hour ago. God gave much strength throughout the process, especially here at the end. Still have about 4 hours of Hebrew homework to do before seminary classes are completely done for the summer, both class and homework. It is hard to believe that this part … More Desperation and Dependance: A Wonderful and Frightening Rhythm

Thoughts on Freedom

June 6, 2004

It’s been a full week since my last posting, but… ah, forget the “but.” How long it’s been since my last post is no worthy subject upon which to dwell (or write). Sorry for the wasted two sentences (make that three). Upon the death of Ronald Reagan, I read one of his speeches today from … More Thoughts on Freedom