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Societal Evolution, The BSA, and the Meaning of Heresy (Part 1 of 2)
Boy Scouting (Boy Scouts of America) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Before I begin, this is the first of two posts along a very wide ranging subject. The big societal news this week was the decision by the...
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An Aeronautical Illustration Desperately Seeking A Theological Application
Cape Air Cessna 402 at SRQ (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In my last post I talked about the necessity of a pilot keeping a scan going of all of his/her instruments during flight in instrument...
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The Hypocrisy of a Warring Christian
God & War. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I read just this morning, via an Associated Press story, that both the United States Senate Armed Services Committee and the House of Representatives Armed...
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“But Even If He Does Not…”
Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) off South Africa (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Yesterday I closed my post with the words of Jesus in Mark 4:40, “Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?” (RSV)...
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Promiscuity in the Church
Okay, I plead guilty. The above title is intentionally provocative. But if you stay with me, I think it is appropriate. The lovely and always insightful Mrs. Smith and I were having a discussion this...
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In the Footsteps of Jeremiah
Cry of prophet Jeremiah on the Ruins of Jerusalem (on a Bible subject). Oil on paperboard. 91.3 × 75 cm. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The daily Bible reading schedule...
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Supreme Court Validates Homosexual Marriage – Places the Church at Crossroads
U.S. Supreme Court building. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Boy, did I nail it. I predicted here that the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) would strike down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as...
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Supreme Court Ruling, Soft Feminism, and Church Leadership
English: Their are thousands of artworks created in the art world depicting St Paul. This painting was created by the famous artist called Rembrandt. It hangs on the walls of the National Gallery of...
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Um, I Think We Forgot Something
I have been given the opportunity to preach again this coming Sunday (yea!) and in the process of working on what I wanted to say a thought occurred to me. Now, it’s not everyday that I have...
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Book Review –“Hurt 2.0″ (Chap Clark)
Hurt 2.0: Inside the World of Today’s Teenagers by Chap Clark. (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2011) 202 pages of text with an appendix explaining research methodology, extensive endnotes and...
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Why Do Preachers Say Controversial Things?
English: Dr. Martin Luther King giving his “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington in Washington, D.C., on 28 August 1963. Español: Dr. Martin Luther King dando su discurso “Yo tengo un...
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The Tail-Chasing Church (Or, This is what happens when you have a deficient...
Symbol of Confusion (Photo credit: Wikipedia) When you read broadly in the religious world today you begin to identify certain trends. Some of these trends are ostensibly about the direction the church...
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Homosexuality – Nature, Nurture, Rebellion or ?
Sisyphus (Photo credit: Wikipedia) To begin, the standard warnings: I am not a geneticist. I barely survived high school biology. Neither am I a sociologist, psychologist nor psychiatrist. I am a...
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The Amazing, Shrinking American Brain (And Soul)
American Education is in the Dumpster (Photo credit: brewbooks) If you listen to the pure theorists times could not be better for American education. Young people are learning more, are learning...
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Jesus and Peter
Peter Denies Christ 1 (Photo credit: Waiting For The Word) My thoughts turn today to a conversation between Peter and Jesus. It is a loaded conversation, and deserves far more than this little space...
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Can Christians Force Homosexuals to Change Their Behavior?
Bookends (Photo credit: brainwise) If you have not already guessed, today’s post is the bookend to yesterday’s post. In it I discussed the possibility, and in some people’s minds (mine among them) the...
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Make Yourself Strong in Kindness
English: Strength & Conditioning Suite (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Today’s excursion in daily Bible reading brought me to 2 Timothy 2:1. As I am reading in this cycle through the God’s Word...
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Bumper Sticker Theology That Makes Satan Proud
Early Christian ichthys sign carved into marble in the ruins of Ephesus, Turkey (Photo credit: Wikipedia) You’ve all seen the bumper stickers on cars that identify the car owner’s particular brand of...
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9.11.01 – 12 Years Later
The 9/11 Flight Crew Memorial 14 (Photo credit: TexasEagle) 9.11 is always a tough day for me. A dozen years ago I was a pilot. I was flying an FAA mandated check ride, flying between Albuquerque and...
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The World Hated Me…
American Idol (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I find it to be one of ministry’s greatest temptations. Following Matthew’s rendering, it was Satan’s third and ultimate temptation of Jesus. According to the...
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