Category Archives: Theological Musings

Where is “real” worship to be found?

Posted on October 20, 2007 by me

From the i-monk: If you want to see genuine worshipers, I’m not sure your local evangelical “praise and worship” service is necessarily the right place to go. Maybe….maybe you might want to stop in that 8 a.m. mass over at … Continue reading →

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Picking on Joel Osteen

Posted on October 18, 2007 by me

Why is everyone picking on Joel Osteen? Now, I have a reputation of being rather hard to please (I don’t know where that comes from, by the way. I like a lot of things. I guess it’s just that when … Continue reading →

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What’s your problem?

Posted on October 9, 2007 by me

Ever since I first learned of it in the early 80’s, I’ve been fascinated by what is known as Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. In 1943, Abraham Maslow published his paper, A Theory of Human Motivation, in which he proposed that … Continue reading →

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The rhetorical Word of God

Posted on October 6, 2007 by me

A few weeks ago I posted concerning Ben Witherington’s article about John Chrysostom and how to read the Old Testament. Today I’ll highlight yesterday’s post from Witherington entitled SACRED TEXTS IN AN ORAL CULTURE—How Did They Function? I believe that … Continue reading →

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