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Archive for June, 2007

Disregard the Previous Post

Posted in Christianity, Theology on 20 June 2007 | 4 Comments »

I’m declaring myself both a believer and an unbeliever.  I think I’ll make a good bridge person. 
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Both Christian and Muslim

Posted in Christianity, Culture, Denominations, Episcopal Church, Islam, Pastors, Theology, tagged on 20 June 2007 | 4 Comments »

Perhaps you’ve read about the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding.  She is an Episcopal priest(ess) in Seattle who has decided that “Jesus led her” to be both a Christian and a Muslim. 
Redding, who will begin teaching the New Testament as a visiting assistant professor at Seattle University this fall, has a different analogy: “I am both Muslim and [...]

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“The Fool Says In His Heart, ‘There is No Global Warming’”

Posted in Christianity, Culture, Global Warming, Media, Theology, tagged , on 20 June 2007 | 5 Comments »

There is a new dogmatism sweeping the world.  It is the dogmatism of “climate change.”  I am not convinced that it is anything other than the normal ebb and flow of the earth.  However, whether it is real or not is quite irrelevant to its disciples.  As is, for that matter, whether humans are causing it.  The devotees of gaia are certainly [...]

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Calling a Thing What It Actually Is

Posted in Abortion, Culture, Homosexuality on 18 June 2007 | 4 Comments »

Heidelberg Disputation, Thesis 21: “A theologian of glory calls evil good and good evil. A theologian of the cross calls the things what it actually is.”
I am done with euphemism.  “Gender” does not exist.  It is sex, male or female.  “Gay” and “straight”?  No: homosexual and heterosexual.   “Selective reduction” is the murder of siblings.  “Choice” must always be [...]

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How To Grow A Church in About Eight Steps

Posted in Christianity, Church, Church Growth, Lutheran, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Lutheranism, Theology, Worship on 5 June 2007 | 7 Comments »

Besides being hilarious, Josh the Fearsome Pirate has some good things to think about next time people in your church are wondering why the church isn’t growing.
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New O’Connor Letters Released

Posted in Authors, tagged on 5 June 2007 | Leave a Comment »

If you are interested in Flannery O’Connor (as I am), you may be interested to read this article.
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There Is (Almost) No Chance…Oh, Wait

Posted in Culture, Euthanasia, News on 3 June 2007 | 2 Comments »

It’s not the exception that proves the rule; it’s the exception that proves there should be rules.  Michael Schiavo and your ilk, take note…

Despite doctors’ advice that he would not live, his wife never gave up hope and took care of him at home.
“He was a living corpse,” she said on TVN24.
“Now he can sit [...]

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