Church Culture
This is a confession about how I encountered Jesus at work in my home church and how, through this encounter, I now find myself on
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American History
The backside of the Confederate monument at the North Carolina capital building in Raleigh, NC. I have spent much of the past month preparing to
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Current Events
I had planned to write something nice about the start of a new school year today. And I suppose I still could have. I have
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Spirituality
I just finished reading a book titled: Finding the Will of God: A Pagan Notion? by Bruce K. Waltke. It was a wonderful book and
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God: The Father, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
I want to draw attention to a serious gap in Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology. I take it that a systematic theology is supposed to be
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Church Culture
“Community” has been a church buzz-word for the last few years. It refers not to our neighborhoods (as in, “community service”), but to an ideal
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4th of July
This week we celebrate the independence of our nation from England. Like many countries that celebrate freedom, the cost of that freedom came with a
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Spirituality
Last month, I learned about something called “Fermi’s Paradox” on a This American Life episode of the same name. Fermi’s Paradox, for the non-nerds,
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Spirituality
I have long thought that Christians ought to hold apparently contradictory attitudes toward suffering. In this post, I’ll say what these attitudes are and why
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Arts & Culture
Les Miserables is one of those “love it” or “hate it” musicals. People have very strong opinions about it either way. On one hand, it
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