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Monthly Archives: August 2017
The “Nashville Statement” Fails to Understand God’s Plan for Women and Men
Most people reading the Nashville Statement recently published by the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) will notice the repeated uses of the words “homosexual” and “transgender” in its fourteen articles. Strong opinions and visceral feelings regarding people who are LGBTQI … Continue reading
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Doing Good Can Be So Confusing
I’m Not a Pastor Apparently I confuse people. I don’t mean to, but I do. It becomes apparent mostly on line when someone writes that I should do something in particular, or I should refrain from saying something, or there’s … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, Canterbury Cathedral, doing good, judges, judicial ethics, Mark Twain, pastors
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My Egalitarian Marriage to a Stay at Home Mom
My wife is a school teacher, and she is extremely talented. Yet when our son was born 27 years ago she left the classroom to stay at home. Our income took a 40% hit and we tightened out belts. Our … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrien Segal, complementarianism, Desiring God, egalitarian marriage, SAHM, Stay at Home Moms, working mothers
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Turning to a Woman for the Voice of God
“Did you see how upset King Josiah was, Akbor?” “He wasn’t upset, Ahikam. He was scared.” “When my father Shaphan read aloud the book of Moses found by Hilkiah the high priest, I shook as well.” “I think everyone in … Continue reading
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Tagged Ahikam, Akbor, Hilkiah, Huldah, idols, King Josiah, Molech, Shaphan
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The Gossip and Gospel of Jesus
[From the archives.] *** Celebrity gossip is everywhere – supermarket checkout lines, radio talk shows, television programs devoted to nothing but the latest details of celebrities’ lives. Why do we do it? Is it to satisfy our voyeuristic tendencies, are … Continue reading
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Tagged celebrity gossip, Gospel, Jennifer Aniston, Jesus, Jimmy Kimmel, Nicodemus, Ryan Seacrest
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Why Black Student Unions Are Necessary and White Student Unions Aren’t
My high school in the mid-70s had a diverse student body. It was majority white with significant numbers of Hispanic, African-American, Asian and Filipino students, plus a smaller number of Americans from other heritages. The school had a lot of … Continue reading
Growing Old, Gracefully or Not
If good memoirs reveal something about the writer, great memoirs reveal something about the reader. Jennifer Grant’s When Did Everybody Else Get So Old is a great memoir. The subtitle Indignities, Compromises, and the Unexpected Grace of Midlife goes to … Continue reading
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Tagged children, Jennifer Grant, memoir, middle age, parenting, When DId Everybody Else Get So Old
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White Privilege Is an Abomination to God
[Updated from the archives.] I have something my wife doesn’t have. No, I’m not talking about a Y chromosome (although it’s true she doesn’t have one). What I have I didn’t ask for, I didn’t earn, and I don’t deserve. … Continue reading
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Tagged Joy DeGruy, kingdom of God, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, White Privilege
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The Universe and God: which is easier to explain?
[From the archives.] I heard a space scientist on the radio last week. He was saying that in space there is no up or down or left or right. One star appears to be right next to another, he explained, … Continue reading