I’ll Push You . . . To Go See the Movie
Finally, a movie that gets the church right. You only get one night to see it in a theater. This Thursday.… Continue reading
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Could Scalia and Ginsburg Provide Illustration for the Pastor-Theologian?
Imagine reading that the late Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg were “best buddies.” Noted for their position on opposite ends of the judiciary perspective, one wonders, at least I wonder, could their relationship provide an illustration for the Pastor-Theologian? I believe so.… Continue reading
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Whips and Systems or, The Better Question May Be, “Why Them?”
If you have read here for very long you likely know I am a fan of Inigo Montoya. The daft swordsmen in Princess Bride who puzzles over linguistic imprecision. His almost constant refrain makes the point,
… Continue reading Read More“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you
Fury at the Crossroads or, War Makes Us Machines
Did David Ayer consider that his script and movie would offer an underlying critique of the current war on Terror? Sure, it is not the first thing about which you think when Fury presents viewers with a variety of crossroads. But, Wardaddy, Brad Pitt, offers one way this … Continue reading
Read MoreImpeaching the Witness or, The Genealogy of Convictions
I am no lawyer. Nor the son of a lawyer. Fred over at Slactivst wrote,
By the time of the 1988 elections, everyone in American evangelicalism was wholly opposed to legal abortion and everyone in American evangelicalism was pretending that this had always been the case.
Figuring you … Continue reading
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