What is Pietism?

Sometimes Lutherans will throw “pietist” around like it’s a four-letter word (most of the time it is).  Historically, it’s a movement to reverse what was seen as “dead orthodoxy” and a sort of doctrinal legalism that sucked the life out of true religion.  It emphasized conversion, private Bible study, and de-emphasized corporate worship, the Sacraments, [...]

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Barack + Biden = McCain Victory

That’s how I see it. My real question is, did Obama forget this Biden comment: “I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”  No latent racism there…
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New (Still Leaky) Abortion Plank

So the Democrats have a new abortion plank in their party platform.  Here’s the old one:
Because we believe in the privacy and equality of women, we stand proudly for a woman’s right to choose, consistent with Roe v. Wade, and regardless of her ability to pay. We stand firmly against Republican efforts to undermine that [...]

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Questions? “Issues” Has Answers

What was behind the canceling of “Issues” by “LCMS, Inc.”?  Listen to this.  Now you know.
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Charisma Magazine on Todd Bentley

This is not an occasion to covertly rejoice over the impending breakup of Bentley’s marriage. No one should take joy in that, nor is it relevant to the fact that Bentley’s “faith” “healing” is the sort of Enthusiasm our fathers warned us about. What it is is Pentecostalism taking a hard look at [...]

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Ah, San Francisco…

This wouldn’t change things much.
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Blame; Credit?

So when does the President get the credit for the falling gas prices?
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David Bazan and Loss of Faith

This is a relatively old article [which is apparently no longer available on the Daily Iowan site], but I only recently came across it. According to David Bazan, formerly Pedro the Lion, he no longer believes in Christ, which faith was especially evident on the first couple PtL discs. At least he doesn’t [...]

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Fantasy Football 2008

I’m looking for more players.  If anyone is interested (it’s called PacificNW, but we might let you in if you’re not from there!), e-mail me (talking.donkey [at] gmail.com) and I’ll send you an invitation.
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Dumb Liturgical Americans

Imagine, if you will, the Ultimate Dumb American. You know, the big, loud guy in a Hawaiian shirt and plaid shorts, with black socks and sandals. Now imagine the UDA in a foreign, non-western country such as Japan, where he does not know the language or the culture, and he doesn’t care to [...]

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