Religion

Listening Past Each Other … Keeps us Talking Past Each Other … When Talking Heads Get in the Way …

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Reading over at the BHT led me to this article in The Christian Century by Richard Mouw, President of Fuller Theological Seminary. Quite a conversation broke out after the posting of the link to this piece. For some time I have been convinced we do not hear what it … Continue reading

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Thoughtufl reflections on hospitality … working through “all” …

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And when a church takes a stand to allow "whosoever will" to come into
the church because they believe it is what Jesus would want, then it
must be prepared to work through the consequences of such a stance.

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Culture warring … iMonk does it well …

BwspencerspeakingFor some time I have been reading Michael Spencer at both Internetmonk.com and the BHT. I once sent an e-mail asking that if i ever had the opportunity to choose a speaker for one of our state events would Michael come. I think his reply was something like, … Continue reading

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Jack Bauer and Political Theology …

250px24tvJerome Eric Copulsky, Assistant Professor and Director of Judaic Studies at Virginia Tech, submitted an article to "Sightings", published by the Martin Marty Center at the University of Chicago Divinity School, titled, "King of Pain: The Political Theologies of "24."" At issue is the moral … Continue reading

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Those were the days …

Last evening local CBS affiliates aired, "Life Together Centennial Celebration." I have it recorded to watch this evening. We were downtown feeding the homeless in OKC. I received a reminder with the following ending paragraph,

Oklahoma Baptist history began when one Native American, two Caucasians and three

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