Thursday, November 30, 2006

More on Slavery

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If you have never read this book , I heartily endorse it. I read it during an ethics class at Asbury Theological Seminary and it really ran...
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

What are Christian Issues?

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Recently, the president-elect of the Christian Coalition parted ways with the organization over the direction and emphases he wanted to im...
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Monday, November 27, 2006

Elephants

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I like elephants. Big, lumbering creatures, Indian or African. I love seeing them in the zoo, with all of the power and majesty that goes ...
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Saturday, November 25, 2006

Slavery

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Slavery isn't dead. More than 140 years after a horrific war fought in this country to end slavery, there are an estimated 27 million p...
Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Rumors, speculation and innuendo

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No I'm not talking politics or the lobby in church on Sunday morning (hateful boy, hateful boy). I'm talking about the plethora of i...
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Monday, November 20, 2006

Saving the planet

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Many people are concerned about the environmental impact that humans have on the planet, with good reason. We have not been good stewards i...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Free Music

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Go to Derek Webb's site to LEGALLY download his new album Mockingbird. It's well worth the time. You can also visit his MySpace s...
Monday, November 13, 2006

A just war

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Over the weekend I Tivo'd some of the classic war movies that air every year on Veterans Day. I was watching Twelve O'Clock High wi...
Friday, November 10, 2006

Superstar Pastors

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Read this piece on Superstar Pastors . I saw in in my local paper , and it made me shake my head. The following paragraph illustrates the p...
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Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Don't Shoot the Wounded

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Excerpt from a post on The OOZE With the advent of the latest news, the evangelical world has come to a choice point. They need to think ca...
Monday, November 06, 2006

Foolishness

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It all ends on Tuesday. " The MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION IN OUR HISTORY " since the last most important election in our history will...
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Sunday, November 05, 2006

Not again

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Here we go again. A prominent Evangelical leader, this time Ted Haggard , is caught up in a scandal that brings down his ministry. As soon...
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Monday, October 30, 2006

Why? redux

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As I continue my journey into the imponderables of the Christian life, I ran into another thing that we as Christians do almost reflexively....
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Saturday, October 28, 2006

Grave Robbing

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One of my favorite movie scenes is in " Monty Python and the Holy Grail " The plague comes to town and a man goes through the vil...
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Friday, October 27, 2006

Update

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Previously I mentioned that pretty teachers who have sex with students don't have to go to jail, a la Debra LaFave. She is the stunnin...
Thursday, October 26, 2006

Jesus is All I Need

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When Caedmon's Call released their " Share The Well " CD, it caught me as I was preparing for my first mission trip to Guatema...
Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Why?

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Why do we do what we do? Have we really sat and thought about the reasons why we do stuff? Especially church stuff? A theology class I am ...
Thursday, October 19, 2006

The apocalypse

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In a previous post I mentioned that the Detroit Tigers were in first place, which was causing a cosmic disturbance of epic proportions. Fo...
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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Humility

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Do you ever have one of those "God Moments" that just humbles you to your core? One of those times when a truth is spectacularly ...
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Monday, October 09, 2006

Miracles and Wonders

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In Paul Simon's masterful Graceland album, there is a song called "Boy in the Bubble" that describes the world 20 years later....