Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
May 11, 2008

Anonymity

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : blogging

Something that’s come up more often of late is the idea of maintaining an anonymous, or pseudonymous, presence on the ‘net. Largely, my awareness of this has been driven by the spike of activity in the Lutheran blogosphere generated by the Issues, Etc. contretemps.
Rather than deal with the wide-ranging implications of anonymity on the Internet, [...]


March 29, 2008

On a sunny Saturday in Valparaiso

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

Something of note, from a bright, sunny Saturday in Valparaiso…
We got a visit from some wandering Watchtower folks this afternoon. A nice enough lady, and what looked to be her tween-age daughter. Now, I’m not a huge fan of these visits from the non-Christian sects, largely because I really don’t like the adrenaline jolt I [...]


March 27, 2008

Purple Spin

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

Well, today there’s been a new salvo in the ongoing Issues, Etc. cancellation controversy. Namely a more fully-worded explanation from the Executive Director of the Board for Communication Services, David Strand (aka, the guy who pulled the trigger…)
An Updated Statement on “Issues, Etc.”
A more fully fleshed out response, written by someone with some knowledge of [...]


October 7, 2007

The devil’s basic doctrine

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

For some reason, I’m still receiving Christian News. I expected to receive it in the weeks leading up to the convention, but I figured that it would stop showing up shortly thereafter. I subscribed to CN for several years, but grew weary of it.
Theologically speaking, it’s quite good; however, it is a bit repetitive, [...]