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Archive for February, 2008

Dawn Eden on the Today Show

Posted in Christianity, Culture, Media, tagged , , , on 29 February 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Tune in on Monday, 10 am Eastern, 9 where I am, and 7 where my parents are.
[Unfortunately, my time was not correct. It was on at 8, rather than 9 here.  Here's an article on the Today site, though.]
I have her book, but it’s still on my “To Read” list.
Timotheos

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Juxtaposition

Posted in Abortion, Culture, Ethics, Media, News on 29 February 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It’s always a little strange what articles sometimes come up together.  Today, I read both this and this.  In the first, a British millionaire is accused of trying to cause his wife to miscarry with abortion drugs.  In the second, a woman gave birth to a baby almost as tall as she is, in spite [...]

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“It is hard to be solemn if you are in a hurry”

Posted in Christianity, Church, Culture, Lord's Supper, Theology, Worship, tagged , , on 26 February 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This essay says a lot about our churches, and it’s mostly bad.
Something that struck me:
2. It is hard to be solemn if you are in a hurry.
Haste says that something else is more important than what you are doing at present. The marines’ deliberate and unhurried ceremonies showed that ritual, [...]

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Everything’s Changing

Posted in Christianity, Church, Culture, Denominations, Jesus, Theology on 25 February 2008 | 1 Comment »

If you are involved at all in denominational politics (if you’re not, count it a blessing) or you have simply been paying attention to religion in the United States, you know that church has become much like everything else: individualistic, consumer-driven, and bound to marketplace and therapeutic dynamics.  No one is made part of the [...]

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Pick-up Lines For Married Couples

Posted in Humor, Miscellaneous, tagged , on 25 February 2008 | 1 Comment »

If you’re married with children, or if you’ve ever seen that one episode of King of Queens, this video is for you.
Weekend Plans on FunnyOrDie.com
[I recommend nothing else on the site]
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“What Parents Owe Their Children”

Posted in Children, Christianity, Lutherans, Martin Luther, Parenting, Scriptures, tagged , on 10 February 2008 | 3 Comments »

I highly recommend this article by Pr. Krenz.  Congratulations and God’s blessings to him and his wife as well on the birth of their first child, a daughter.  The goodness of the Lord abounds.
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“Cosmos and Creator”

Posted in Christianity, Creation, Evolution, tagged , on 5 February 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I was at this conference in 2001, and I see that they now have the audio files up at iTunesU. I recommend these files for your edification.
(Go to iTunesU, either from within iTunes, or from here; I found it in the featured “Science and Religion” section, but you can also find it from the [...]

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