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A Call For Rigorous (and Righteous) Debate
Image via Wikipedia Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away, intellectual debate was a prefered and healthy part of human discourse. It was through debate that ideas were accepted or rejected,...
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Pacifism and the Sermon on the Mount
Jesus is considered by scholars such as Weber to be an example of a charismatic religious leader. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I want to begin this post by directing you to a fine article posted by Matt...
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How Do We Win Gracefully?
John Calvin (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Some time ago I was blessed to be given the opportunity to teach a course on Introduction to Ethics at a local community college. The text was obviously written...
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Evolution’s Unanswerable Question
A hovering Rufous Hummingbird on Saltspring Island (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I hope I am not repeating myself here. As my train of posts gets longer and longer I am finding it more difficult to...
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For Such A Time As This
Have you ever stopped to consider why you are here? I don’t mean here reading this blog. I mean here on the earth at this particular time. Here, right now, wherever you are. King Josiah was all of 8...
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A Sad Commentary (Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI)
English: Pope Benedict XVI during general audition (Photo credit: Wikipedia) One of the first lessons most of us learn when dealing with others is, “If you cannot say anything nice about someone, say...
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In Defense of Religious Exclusivism
20100212 – Batman & Robin on absolute truths – batmancomic.info generator (Photo credit: Rev. Xanatos Satanicos Bombasticos (ClintJCL)) In case you have not noticed, I am a religious exclusivist....
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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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Comments on Comments
Glass Reflection Disagreement 17/365 (Photo credit: Louish Pixel) Hmm. Never had to deal with this before, but after several unpublishable comments were delivered the other day I thought maybe I would...
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God’s Incompetence – Revisited
In response to my last post regarding God’s incompetence (see link below) I received a valuable message from Tim Archer. I really like Tim’s writing. If you are not currently following his “Kitchen of...
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Where Bill Nye and Ken Ham Were Both Wrong, Right
Debate Logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Disclaimer here – I was not able to watch the debate last night between Bill Nye (the “Science Guy”) and Ken Ham. (I was busy feeding about 75+ hungry college...
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Why Contemporary Theological Debate is Virtually Impossible
English: “Debate and Oratory”. Image for first page of “Debate and Oratory” section of 1909 Tyee (yearbook of the University of Washington). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) If you are a child of the American...
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Talking in an Echo Chamber
#153488840 / gettyimages.com Regardless of who we are, what we do, or what we believe, we like to be around others who share the same interests and opinions. It is the most natural and logical of...
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Death Penalty – Revisited
#984627-001 / gettyimages.com The death penalty has been on my mind quite a bit lately. One reason is that I am teaching a course on Christian Ethics, and the topic came up as a part of the curriculum....
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Doggone Bad Theology
#169992754 / gettyimages.com It is spring break week here in the fog so I have been doing some catch-up reading. I am reading two books in particular, one that is stimulating and enjoyable and the...
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New Series Coming – God Did NOT Abandon Jesus on the Cross!
#82182812 / gettyimages.com It’s been a while since the ol’ Freightdawg put on his theology cap and went for a walk out into the fog. Recent events have spurred me on to do just that, so I am...
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God Did NOT Abandon Jesus #1 – Psalm 22
#484601507 / gettyimages.com “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Ps. 22:1) When we begin to look at the mistaken idea that God abandoned Jesus on the cross the first place we must turn is the...
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God Did NOT Abandon Jesus #3 – The Trinity
Note: in the first two installments of this series I discussed Psalm 22 and Habakkuk 1:13. If you have not read those posts please refer to them as well. The first two posts in this series dealt with...
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Confession of an American Heretic
#83555161 / gettyimages.com (some idle ramblings after meditating on a message that was presented last evening . . . and no, I am not picking on the speaker, but rather extending his thoughts and...
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He Who Defines the Terms Wins the Argument
A question I have been hearing (and repeating) frequently over the past few days, weeks, and months: “How could the moral compass of the United States change so radically, and especially so quickly?” I...
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