When I was a kid both sets of my grandparents lived on farms, and I assumed everyone’s grandparents lived on farms. So natural I assumed everyone had seen farm animals. I thought it was comical when I went to the zoo and saw a section of farm animals. I thought, “You come [...]
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Some of my best friends are unbelievers or skeptics. They point out that there are scientists who are unconvinced; they believe the jury is still out; or they say there is just not enough evidence. They don’t believe in global warming.
Well, some of my friends are now reluctantly admitting that it [...]
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(I have copied this letter from “Wellspring.” If you wish to read more, check Wellspring about once a week. Click on the link above, or in the blogroll on the right.)
Eberhard Bethge was Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s best friend. He had been a student at the Seminary in Finkenwald. During Bonhoeffer’s time in [...]
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You have probably heard of Dietrich Bonhoeffer before–even Richard Dawkins, who doesn’t read theology, knows about him. Bonhoeffer was a member of the Confessing Church in Germany during the Nazi’s rise to power. The Confessing church refused to acknowledge any “Führer” other than Jesus Christ.
One of Bonhoeffer’s early books, the Cost of Discipleship [...]
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We don’t (ever call it) torture!
The policy of “harsh interrogation techniques” is a recruiting tool for terrorists. How can we American’s appeal to God to protect us and defend us when we use barbaric techniques against individuals we have “detained”?
David Allen Black, professor of NT and Greek, refers to a link here discussing water [...]
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Next week I’ll finish the post I started last week, but right now there is something more timely.
We American Christians need to support the Buddhist monks in Burma, in their struggle for freedom. (See the “News” page) President Bush is calling for international pressure, especially from China, to pressure the military dictatorship to respect [...]
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