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Apocalyptic Surrender
white flag bandiera bianca (Photo credit: PORTOBESENO) A word about surrender. Surrender does not mean that you fight to the last drop of blood of the last man and then call it quits. That is called,...
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The Churches of Christ – A Personal Reflection and Appeal – #1: Politics
“Chocolate Cake for Breakfast” Anyone familiar with the comedian Bill Cosby has surely heard this story. His wife leaves him in charge of the children for a few days and the first crisis he meets is...
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The Churches of Christ – A Personal Reflection and Appeal – #3 (a) Relations...
English: Caveman stick figure. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Sometimes life is just stranger than fiction. Sometimes you want to make something up and even what your imagination can create does not equal...
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The Church of Christ – A Personal Reflection and Appeal – # 3 (b) Relations...
After a brief (although, in my mind, necessary) detour, I would now like to return to the series of posts I have been writing about my perspective on the current situation the the Churches of Christ...
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The Church of Christ – A Personal Reflection and Appeal – #4: Summation
Stop Sign (Photo credit: ladybeames) I have far more to add to this series, but it simply would become too cumbersome if I said everything I wanted to say. Also, I have had a wonderful conversation...
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If This is Heaven, You Can Have It
English: Confusing street signs directing traffic in the Los Angeles, CA, area (Photo credit: Wikipedia) What is going on in the United States? A teenage girl is declared brain dead, the hospital begs...
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“And Now For Something Completely Different…”
Monty Python’s Flying Circus (album) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Anyone familiar with the 1970′s British hit “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” will recognize that tag line. In the 30 minute shows that aired...
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What Does the Church Do When the World Quits Smiling?
New Mexico Supreme Court (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Meant to tackle this topic last week, and the wheels came off of my planning cart. A few months ago I wrote a response to the New Mexico Supreme Court...
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Some Musings on Growing Up Spiritually Spoiled
Stream of consciousness alert here – this post may not flow too logically. If you get confused, that’s okay. I am confused too. I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth” (Photo credit: Chevysmom)...
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Dialoguing On The Need For Christian Dialogue
not equal (Photo credit: holeymoon) I just made a discovery – about my own interpretive process. The process itself is not something new to me, I guess it is the way I have been thinking for quite some...
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6 Questions That Make Me Nervous
1. Would what I preach get me killed? 2. Would what I preach get me arrested? 3. Would what I preach even get someone angry at me? 4. Would what I preach even upset someone? 5. Would what I preach...
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God’s Counter-Cultural People
Politically Incorrect Area (Photo credit: Scott Beale) Another gem from my daily Bible reading today – Leviticus 18:1-5 (Yes, it is okay for Christians to read Genesis-Malachi): The LORD spoke to...
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Christians Who Hate
Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good. (Romans 12:9, NRSV) My thoughts turn to a dark theme today – Christians who hate. I have been tasked with a speaking engagement that...
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Some Thoughts On Guitars and Spirituality
Cover of Andrés Segovia I grew up loving guitar music. My father had several classical guitar records that I would play over and over again. I remember being enchanted watching a classical guitarist on...
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Christians and the U.S. Constitution
English: Painting, 1856, by Junius Brutus Stearns, Washington at Constitutional Convention of 1787, signing of U.S. Constitution. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I apologize to my out-of-the-U.S. readers,...
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Book Review –“Dissident Discipleship” (David Augsburger)
I have not been posting much this summer (and probably will not, except for a stray column now and then). I am working on finishing my dissertation for my Doctor of Ministry program and I am up to my...
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Bible Reading Schedule – 2015
#114250188 / gettyimages.com It is time for my annual (or almost annual) post suggesting a daily Bible reading schedule. This coming year (2015) I am going to return to an older schedule I have used,...
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What If I’m Wrong?
#529056127 / gettyimages.com It is not a popular concept anymore, if, in fact, it ever was. What if I’m wrong? In today’s world there is no right and wrong. But, there again, what if the people who...
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Ode to a Mystic
#143071161 / gettyimages.com Mystics are not popular people. Mystics get arrested, shot, hanged, burned at the stake, crucified. Oh, there are mystics who say popular things from time to time, and...
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Submitting to the Reign of God (Or, How to Become a Mystic)
I want to conclude this little mini-series on mysticism with some thoughts on how mere mortals can join the ranks of the mystics. As with virtually everything else that I write, I cannot claim any true...
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