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Only Three Days Until the “Rapture”…

Posted on 05/18/2011 by

In case you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t heard, the end of the world begins this Saturday, May 21 at or about 6:00 PM. According to Harold Camping, the resident genius cum prophet at WeCanKnow.com, May 21 is exactly … Continue reading →

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Let Them Build The Mosque

Posted on 08/25/2010 by

Unless you are living under a rock, you have heard the controversy surrounding the “ground zero mosque.” Essentially, a group of Muslims want to build an “Islamic community center,” that will house a mosque, two blocks away from the former … Continue reading →

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Selective Scripture Editing and Logical Conclusions

Posted on 06/21/2010 by

I don’t like “devotionals.”  They are almost always silly, trite, supposed “life lessons” that are tied, loosely, to a particular bit of scripture, with little to no theological grounding. Very often, that scripture has been edited to remove bits that … Continue reading →

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Blue Laws Trampling My Freedom

Posted on 01/11/2010 by

Yesterday (Sunday) my family and I were at our local shopping wonderland, Cost Plus World Market. I love this place, because they sell products I can’t find anywhere else. My favorite is Bundaberg Ginger Beer (non-alcoholic), which is, without a … Continue reading →

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My Translation of Luke 2:1-20

Posted on 12/21/2009 by

Last year before Christmas I translated the nativity story from Luke 2:1-20 from Greek into English because I thought I was up to it. My family and I read it together on Christmas Eve, which was kind of neat, but … Continue reading →

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Biblical Greek Word Games

Posted on 08/24/2009 by

In my Sunday School class, we’re currently working through a book on the Gospel of John, by a man called Mark A. Matson. The book is pretty good, but in yesterday’s lesson he explained something in a way that fundamentally … Continue reading →

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Annoying Street Preachers Annoy Me

Posted on 04/24/2009 by

Tonight we went to the Merchant Square section of Williamsburg to find something to eat. While we did end up finding a lovely restaurant with wonderful food, we also found street preachers shouting hellfire and damnation to anyone who would … Continue reading →

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My Church Was Robbed Last Night

Posted on 07/21/2008 by

I don’t have any details, but I just got an email from my church saying we were robbed last night. What sort of person robs a church? My first thought upon hearing this was “Man, I hope this guy rots … Continue reading →

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Finding vs. Discovering

Posted on 12/07/2007 by

As an Advent project this year, I decided to translate the two Nativity stories in the New Testament, Luke 2:1 – 20 and Matthew 1:18 – 2:12, from Greek into English. Yes, it’s been done a thousand times already, but … Continue reading →

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My Eucharistic Theology

Posted on 11/22/2007 by

Eucharistic theologycreated with QuizFarm.com You scored as Zwingli You are Ulrich Zwingli. You believe that bread and wine are symbols of the absent Jesus. You believe in interpreting Scripture reasonably. Zwingli 94% Calvin 81% Luther 63% Orthodox 50% Unitarian 19% … Continue reading →

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