Sunday, November 28, 2010

The Lord's Supper: toasting each other's forgiveness

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And he took the cup and gave thanks, and gave it to them saying, "Drink from it, all of you, for this is my blood of the new covenant, ...
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Thursday, November 25, 2010

What is the Christian response to backhanded compliments?

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Sometimes in our world we receive backhanded compliments. Some of them are basically "sugar-coated insults" to borrow a phrase tha...
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

The worries of this world: a call to prayer

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It is impossible to be worried and thankful at the same time. One will overshadow the other, pushing it to the side. "I'm thankful,...
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Monday, November 22, 2010

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - and a problem with the modern world

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The modern world has its own wonders . But they are very different from the wonders of the ancient world. The modern world has created wonde...
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Saturday, November 13, 2010

Reflection on a funeral - and a perspective-check for militant atheists

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This week I went to my aunt's funeral. My uncle lives out of state, so I was glad to see he had a huge group of people who were there fo...
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Tuesday, November 09, 2010

The reason for Eve

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Adam already had paradise. God had already created a good world. What was the point of Eve? In Genesis, the point of Eve is that even paradi...
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Saturday, November 06, 2010

Haiti's homes, Mexico's colonias, America's unemployment, and learned helplessness

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I'm not sure I can imagine an earthquake. I can't even begin to fathom what it would be like to have a major city devastated as happ...