Denominational Commentary

Could we have our prepositions wrong? …

Merriam-Webster’s Online offers the folllowing for the preposition, "for."

Main Entry: 1for
Pronunciation: f&r, (')for, Southern also (')fâ??§r
Function: preposition
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Latin per through, prae before, pro before, for, ahead, Greek pro, Old English faran to go  — more at FARE

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imonk does it again …

Michael Spencer must be read. You may read him at Internet Monk as well as his contributions to the Boar’s Head Tavern. One of his recent entries at the BHT puts some recent happenings in the SBC into perspective and does so succinctly. I found his first point … Continue reading

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Jackrabbits leading the way …

Last week Bill Moyer’s hosted, "Is God Green?" Some folks announced it would be on at the Emergent Gathering and Micah sent me a text that he and Kristen were watching and it was good. I found it on the Internet and watched it today. It dovetails … Continue reading

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Flies and Protestations …

Paul offered a couple of excellent posts. A clip from the first,

It’s said that while the Ottoman Turks were breaching the walls of
Constantinople the people were inside debating a theological issue.
The question was this: If a fly lands in holy water, does the fly make
the

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Do we listen to our own? … Maybe we should …

A number of years ago I took an on-line course from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary with Dr. Grant Lovejoy. Grant taught the preaching lab I took during my M.Div. work in the late 1980’s. He spent his sabbatical in Africa working through the concepts leading to the course on, … Continue reading

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