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American Idol


Over the past week or so I’ve received a bunch of e-mails like the one above. Sorry guys, but I go right for the delete key. My question is; what’s all the commo ...
2:54 PM ON FRI AUG 22 2008
from SHARP IRON

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Mothers Against Drunk Driving are Madd at Jesus


That’s right. It has been reported that Jesus of Nazareth, at a wedding in Cana, did knowingly and willfully provide alcoholic beverages to children UNDER THE AGE OF 2 ...
9:40 PM ON THU AUG 21 2008
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Mythologizing Christ


Is there a tendency for Christians to turn Jesus into a mythological hero in the same way the we have made myths out of other beloved historical figures, like George Washing ...
11:22 AM ON THU AUG 21 2008
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I Want a Funeral Pyre


In the comments of my last post, Chris and I began talking about the under-utilization (or waste) of church property. This reminded me of a conversation I was recently havi ...
2:24 PM ON WED AUG 20 2008
from REV22: WHOEVER IS THIRSTY, LET HIM COME

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Fall 2008 Events


Thurs, Aug. 21/08 7:30 pm NSP meeting at Paint Branch Unitarian Church 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi MD 20783 - We will continue our plans to encourage area Congressional ...
5:19 PM ON MON AUG 18 2008
from NETWORK OF SPIRITUAL PROGRESSIVES IN MARYLAND

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Physician Heal Thy Self: The Imperfect Saviour


There once was a great physician who specialized in treating one specific and very deadly disease. Leaving the big city behind, the good doctor and her entourage headed for ...
5:03 PM ON MON AUG 18 2008
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What do we make of the Bible?


What do we make of the bible... here's a conversation starter...I must say I'm always intrigued by the "hard" stuff in the bible.I want to challenge it, jump on it, wrestle ...
1:19 PM ON MON AUG 18 2008
from ABIDING SAVIOR

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Should Christians Work for Caesar?


Christians and politics; what is the Church’s stance here? Like on so many other issues, the Church doesn’t seem to have one. There are more like 10 of them. W ...
1:13 PM ON FRI AUG 15 2008
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Roberta Bondi’s Nightmare


In his book on atonement theology, “Saved from Sacrifice”, Mark Heim tells us of a dream that Roberta Bondi once had: I dreamed I was with Richard in my great- ...
5:10 PM ON THU AUG 14 2008
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Comments on ELCA Draft Social Statement on Human Sexu ...


Comments on ELCA Draft Social Statement on Human SexualityThese are my initial comments on the Draft Statement, subject to revision, modification and change based on discuss ...
3:18 PM ON THU AUG 14 2008
from ABIDING SAVIOR

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Too Late For Murdered Girl, Saudis Warn of the “Dan ...


This horrifying story is from yesterday’s issue of the Gulf News. What is so scary is that this sadistic monster was not just some isolated one-off religious kook wit ...
4:06 PM ON WED AUG 13 2008
from SHARP IRON

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Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time


Genesis 45: 1 – 15 Psalm 133 Romans 11: 1 – 2a, 29 – 32 Matthew 15: (10 – 20), 21 - 28Remember when most of the business world was in search of the next great " ...
9:47 AM ON WED AUG 13 2008
from GROUNDED AND ROOTED IN LOVE

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Avoiding Idolatrous Claims of Knowledge


I ran across this quote by Hans Boersma (J.I. Packer Professor of Theology at Regent College)in a “Community Called Atonement” by Scot McKnight ...
5:08 PM ON TUE AUG 12 2008
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Homefeeding Children


Children seen engaging in unregulated homefeeding In the upcoming election one of the ‘hot topics’ is government sponsored health care. I was recently digging th ...
12:29 PM ON TUE AUG 12 2008
from REV22: WHOEVER IS THIRSTY, LET HIM COME

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Salvation Is Not By Faith Alone


In Matthew’s Gospel account, Jesus gives us a couple of examples of what it takes to be ‘damned’. In chapter 18 he tells us about a servant who is forgiven ...
1:26 PM ON SUN AUG 10 2008
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