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Moral reasons for atheism

Posted on May 15, 2009 by me

A few months ago I read a blog post – I was trying to find it, but couldn’t recall which blog – where a pastor wrote about an encounter he’d had the week before with a teenager from his congregation. … Continue reading →

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Review: “Jesus, Interrupted”

Posted on May 12, 2009 by me

I was recently provided a review copy of Bart Ehrman’s latest book, Jesus, Interrupted.  I still don’t really understand how the title relates to the book, aside from Ehrman’s claim that the Gospel as we know it was not the … Continue reading →

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A little theological humor at the expense of the emerging church

Posted on May 4, 2009 by me

This is a slightly modified version of a joke I heard yesterday in church: Three pastors – an evangelical, a Roman Catholic priest, and an emergent pastor – died and found themselves at Heaven’s Gate with St. Peter.  Peter explained … Continue reading →

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Homeland Insecurity

Posted on April 21, 2009 by me

If I didn’t know that there was a God, I’d be really, really afraid at what Obama and his crew are up to, and what it’s doing to the country.  But, unlike the millions of unthinking people who have put … Continue reading →

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