March 2011
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Scott Walker’s Misguided ‘Obedience’ - Diana...
Diana Butler Bass, writing in the God’s Politics Blog of Sojourners magazine, writes:
As the stand off between workers and Governor Scott Walker continues in Wisconsin, religious leaders have weighed in on the dispute. Roman Catholic bishops came out on the side of the unions, urging the governor to protect worker’s rights. Many mainline pastors, including Lutherans, Episcopalians,...
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November 2010
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October 2010
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Texas Edu Board Approves Ban on 'Pro-Islam'...
Quoting ChristianPost.com:
In a narrow vote, the Texas State Board of Education on Friday approved a controversial resolution that calls for the rejection of textbooks that are “pro-Islamic, anti-Christian.”
I will avoid the low-hanging joke playing off the word “narrow” and “Texas State Board of Education.”
The resolution passed in a 7-6 vote during a reportedly...
September 2010
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Pulpit Freedom Sunday
According to Christianpost.com (Instapaper format), there is a group of “at least 100 pastors nationwide” who are going to challenge tax code by “talking politics in their sermons [on] Sunday.”
The law, passed in 19541, states that a non-profit organization with tax exemption cannot “participate in, or intervene in any political campaign on behalf of, or in opposition to,...
July 2010
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Thesis Statement
I’ll probably be posting more about my thesis work in the coming months, so I figured I’d outline the process, as well as define my terms. I’m using “thesis” because it’s the more common/familiar, even though it isn’t entirely accurate.
There are actually several steps involved:
1) Project Proposal: I have to come up with an idea of what I want to do,...
April 2010
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God loves Aliens
It is generally accepted that there are — at most — about 7 verses in the Old and New Testaments which deal with gay/lesbian people (although there are many who would argue that what is described in some of the passages had more to do with prostitution than sexuality).
For 7 verses, we certainly hear a lot about them.
Today I wondered, “How many verses are there in the Bible about...
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Intro
Thou movest us to delight in praising Thee; for Thou hast formed us for Thyself,
and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee.
(source: Augustine’s Confessions, Book 1, chapter 1.
See also the footnote.)
Part of this self-given title is quite literal: I am restless most days. It is currently 3 a.m. and I am not the least bit tired. When I fall asleep, I sleep as soundly...