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Giving Honor To Our Fundamentalist Betters

It is no new insight to note that in America the evangelical church is worldly and anemic. We are so earthly minded that we are no heavenly good. The anemia comes from the worldliness. But whence comes the worldliness? Like … Continue reading

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All Quiet On the Western Front

It probably says more about what defines our moments, the television, than the moments themselves, that we keep multiplying defining moments. For my parents’ generation, it was the death of John F. Kennedy. Everyone remembers where they first heard, or … Continue reading

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As Good as Thanksgiving Leftovers, A Repeat Performance

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Kenning Kin Cons, or, Lining Outside the Colors

There are two kinds of people in the world, those who divide the world into two kinds of people, and those who do not. I’m both. There is one kind of people, two kinds of people, three kinds of people … Continue reading

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Feeling His Pleasure, or, Hands Across a Keyboard

Not long ago, in our study of First Thessalonians (see here) we came across Paul’s injunction that we aspire to a quiet life, and work with our own hands (4:11). We talked briefly about two errors we are prone to … Continue reading

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The Year of Our Lord- Marking Time in His Kingdom

The world is half full of half-empty thinkers, and I am one of them. Puddleglum is my patron saint. And nothing exposes the vast expanse of emptiness in the top half of the glass like listening to the evening news. … Continue reading

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Striking Out- How Lefty Women Want to Punish Their Men

Trump Derangement Syndrome certainly comes with some strange symptoms. There are, of course, any number of reasons to not like the president elect. I could give you a quite long list myself, though I’m sure anyone could compile a voluminous … Continue reading

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8 Years with Lisa; Tariffolly; The MEANing of Jesus & More

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Election Reds; Jesus Reigns; Practically Sovereign and More

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Cults ‘R’ Us- The Gross Error of Assertion

There are any number of ways that cultural confusion always walks down the aisle with relativism. Divorce, in this instance, isn’t an option. If, for instance, we all agree that there is no such thing as right and wrong, then … Continue reading

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