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Category Archives: News
Can beauty transcend banality?
What would happen if one of the world’s greatest violinists, whose playing has been said to do “nothing less than tell human beings why they bother to live”, playing a 1713 Stradivari violin worth about $3.5 million, stood in the … Continue reading
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Your help is needed…
The American Family Association, Bill O’Reilly, and the Moral Majority [sic] need your help once again this year. If you believe that the name of Christ should be reduced to nothing more than a marketing gimmick and if you think … Continue reading
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Technology of the Beast
Lore Sjöberg from wired.com just posted an article on the “Technology of the Beast”. Did anyone else grow up hearing this stuff? “And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark … Continue reading
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“Rapture Ready” or “How to Misinterpret Scripture”
In light of current events in the Middle East, statements currently being made by various Christian leaders such as this one by Jerry Falwell: Quite likely, the most important date of the past 20 centuries, since the resurrection of Christ, … Continue reading
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I am now a Secular Humanist
Or at least, according to Tim Lahaye, there is no difference between me and a secular humanist. In an interview last week with Newsweek, Lahaye, co-author of the best-selling fiction series Left Behind (and I stress the word fiction), declared … Continue reading
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News Flash: The Gospel is Safe!
According to a recent poll by 15,000 people, the Gospel is now safe. Forget what Christ said about stumbling blocks and offenses. Forget what Bonhoeffer wrote about a Gospel that calls men to come and die and his writings decrying … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, News
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The Supremacy of Traditions (and you thought I was going to say Christ)
The Southern Baptist Convention held its annual meeting the beginning of this week in North Carolina, with a couple of things worth mentioning coming out of it. Probably the best thing that happened is the election of Frank Page as … Continue reading
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Where are the Christians?
The House voted Tuesday to further choke off the flow of U.S. aid to the Hamas-controlled Palestinian Authority, drawing the displeasure of the Bush administration and dividing the pro-Israel lobbying community. The measure, approved 361-37, would cut off aid to … Continue reading
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More Enlightenment from Robertson
Pat Robertson continues to dazzle all of us with his logic and foresight. “If I heard the Lord right about 2006, the coasts of America will be lashed by storms,” Robertson said May 8th on his 700 Club. Yesterday, he … Continue reading
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Agreeing with Falwell
I agreed with Jerry Falwell recently. I think this is the first time that has happened. Let’s see… It wasn’t about this: “AIDS is the wrath of a just God against homosexuals. To oppose it would be like an Israelite … Continue reading
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