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Books Now Available!

Philip Hanson — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:00:28 +0000

As you may know, our first year of articles has been collected into the book “Reformed”. It is our pleasure to offer these books online through our home church, Acts II Ministries. It’s all the encouragement and thoughtful reflection of the year, plus a full chapter on the names of God, in one 104-page package.

Visit the Inspirations Bookstore at the above link or send your friends to NewFreeThinkers.com/book to order a copy.

Our First Year: Reformed

Philip Hanson — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:00:19 +0000

We hope you’ve been enjoying the short series on “Historical Perspectives” this month. November marks a full year since the New Free Thinkers began to write, and we think it’s fitting that we end this month by announcing the availability of our first book!

The book, “Reformed,” is a collection of all the articles we published prior to November 2009, including a chapter devoted to the names of God. At 104 pages, it will make a great gift for all ages, especially teens and young adults. We will be pre-selling copies online in some manner; stay tuned for more information as we determine the publication details.

We’re excited about the possibilities for year 2 of the New Free Thinkers! Thank you for reading, thank you for commenting, and we pray that God has blessed you through our writing — and that He’ll continue to do so!

Onomaticon Series Summary

Philip Hanson — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:00:27 +0000

We hope that the Onomaticon series has helped bring the nature of God into greater focus for you. After several months of reading about the names of God and what they mean, you have more anchors for understanding Him and more material with which to describe Him. The series officially ends today, although the list of names we have covered is certainly not exhaustive — hopefully this series has sparked your curiosity to find more of these names, as they are certainly worth finding!

To find articles from the series, simply browse through the “Onomaticon” category. There is a link for this category in the sidebar as well.

What are the New Free Thinkers going to be working on over the next couple months? We will be taking a break from series articles for a while, pending completion of another project that’s proceeding in the background. September is planned to be a different kind of month: without teasing too much, we’ll say that there are several new voices that will be helping during that month. November will mark our one-year anniversary, and we plan to have a very special item ready for that event. The details are still being worked out, so stay tuned for more information in the coming months.

Finally, today marks the launch of a significant new feature on NewFreeThinkers.com: topic suggestion. If you have an article topic you would like for us to write about, you can now send that topic to us using the topic suggestion page.

Do you like the current format of articles? Would you like more series articles or less? Other topics? Do you have an idea for a new series? What would you like to see happen on NewFreeThinkers.com over the coming months? Talk back at us in the comments!

New Thursday Series: Onomaticon

Philip Hanson — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:01:29 +0000

What’s in a name? Shakespeare first posed that question in 1591, and people have been pondering it ever since. But it’s not just earthly names that we should consider. To that end, we’re trying something new here at the New Free Thinkers: in addition to our normal Monday articles, we will be running articles from a special series on Thursdays.

Our first series will be on the names of God. Each article will examine several names by which God is called in the Bible. How were these names given? Did God call Himself by this name, or did men assign it to Him? Why that name? What does it mean, not only in a general sense, but in application to our lives? These are the questions we will address in each article.

The name of this series is the Onomaticon, a name which means “a book of names.” The first entry in this series will be posted next Thursday, April 9. Regular articles without a set subject will continue to be posted on Mondays, but we hope you will enjoy our Thursday series as well and join us as we celebrate who God is and what He means to us.

Make it Easy to Think Freely

Philip Hanson — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:59:30 +0000

The New Free Thinkers has been around for a few months now, and we’re excited to see the discussions that have been happening in the comments. Keep commenting, by the way – we really enjoy hearing from you and want to keep the conversation going all week!

This rare midweek post is here to let you know about a common feature of weblogs that can make keeping up with things a little easier: RSS. The following description of the technology, from WhatIsRSS.com, is apt:

RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.

Using an RSS aggregator such as Google Reader, My Yahoo!, or Bloglines (here’s a list of RSS aggregators), you can get New Free Thinkers articles delivered weekly without having to write a note to remind yourself to visit Monday morning at 8:00 am . . . not that you had to write a note. Right?

Another new technology we’ve recently added is Twitter. The site defies description, so go ahead and read all about it, then come back here. I’ll wait. If you have a Twitter account, you can follow The New Free Thinkers on Twitter and get updates with every article.

If you haven’t subscribed yet or you’re new to The New Free Thinkers, we encourage you to subscribe (or follow!), enjoy the articles, and join the conversation. Look forward to many new, free thoughts in 2009!