Author Archives: PaulVK

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Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

How Affirming Same Sex Marriage Is Part of the Modern Secular State telling Christianity as a Religion to Learn its New Place

The Growing Target of Affirming I mentioned in a previous post that church open and affirming statements are vague and I suspect will increasingly be outdated. The affirmation that I suspected is being asked or demanded is this, that the … Continue reading →

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Bronwyn Lea on not taking a Stand on Gay Marriage

http://bronlea.com/2013/08/26/why-i-wont-take-a-stand-on-gay-marriage/

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Warning Note to Culture Warriors and Nationalists. Jesus says and does stuff that make all sides want to kill him.

Imagine you heard of a man who had raised someone from the dead. Imagine you could find proof of it in the man he raised. What would you do?  John 12:9–11 (NET) 9 Now a large crowd of Judeans learned … Continue reading →

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Response to a Facebook Conversation on Empire and Loss

Defend? No. Normalize? What the European powers did to the groups they colonized does not seem wholly different from what the Aztecs and Incas and Assyrians and the empire of Mali and the Mogul rulers of India and the Qin in … Continue reading →

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The Trinity is useless

Is “Trinity” Use-less? (Geoff Holsclaw)

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C.S. Lewis: “Three Kinds of Men” | TGC

http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2010/05/10/c-s-lewis-three-kinds-of-men/

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TC on Monica Lewinsky on Shame and Understanding

TC I think she’s right on the fact that shaming seems to cross identity boundaries. Part of that could be because I think culturally we are banking on trying to build an community ethic on mirror neurons. If I can identify … Continue reading →

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Todd Billings in Huffpo on Unanswered Prayers for Healing

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Early Church and Slavery

Did the Church Fathers’s Address Slavery?  Gregory of Nyssa Abolitionist? Slavery in the Pre-Constantine Church Bad news about Christianity: Slavery Catholic Encyclopedia: Slavery and Christianity

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America and Christianity

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