CONTEXT MATTERS
Have you ever been bored silly listening once again to the flight attendant rattling off the routine “…in case of loss of air cabin pressure, an oxygen mask blah, blah, blah…”?
How can a life-saving device be considered so boring? Next time you’re on a jet, look intently and with great interest at the flight attendant [...]
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It’s that time again! Time to offer some of my new terms for the ever emerging USAmerican theology.
sipphony–the sound of people sipping in unison their tiny cups of Communion juice
megalobiblia–the compulsive need to carry a really BIG Bible
proleperous–Jesus’ tendency to heal lepers
loafquacious–feeding thousands of people with five loaves of bread
golfertory–a foursome made up of pastors
dazzledermatitus–when [...]
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“Time is eternity in disguise.” This sentence sent me soaring into the wonder of life as God’s gift to us. Abraham Joshua Heschel’s The Sabbath is simple, yet profound. With a deep reverence for God and Torah, and with a quest for true spirituality, Heschel leads the reader into the sacredness of time (versus things). The first [...]
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I copied this from Eugene Cho’s blog.
10 reasons why men should not be ordained for ministry
10. A man’s place is in the army.
9. The pastoral duties of men who have children might distract them from the responsibility of being a parent.
8. The physique of men indicates that they are more suited to such tasks as chopping [...]
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The Bible died, was buried and rose again on the third day.
While I was in the Detroit, MI area for the Annual Great Lakes Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church for the past few days, Julie and some friends attended the Good Friday service of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Grand Rapids, MI.
Why [...]
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Posted in Theology on Apr 4th, 2008
Children used in Nazi medical experiments*
I watched a video titled “Inhumanity” produced by Day of Discovery (a Radio Bible Class production). It was about the Slavic holocaust as the Nazis moved east toward Russia through Poland and Bellarus. As I watched I kept playing over in my mind a concept from J. I. Packer’s little [...]
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