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If you haven't already read them, check out these two posts:

Dr. Bob does another excellent job in his latest installment of his ongoing series on grace in Christianity, Getting to Grace. His warning about the perils and rewards of the journey strike a chord:

But be forewarned: the journey over these jagged crags is a terrifying one ? but it is the only way out of the prison. Be prepared to lose all you treasure, and more.

And be prepared to gain vastly more than you bargained for. Getting to grace is a hazardous path ? and the most exciting journey you?ll ever take.

At First Things, Theology Professor Edward T. Oakes, S.J., takes on the claim of the current crop of militant atheists that belief in God leads to violence and argues that not only is that not correct, but that it is atheism that leads to violence.  More than that, he unmasks their arguments as intellectually confused and superficial. As he concludes, "it's hard to take the new atheism seriously."