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Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

“If only you would tear apart the sky and come down!” Advent 1

What Kind of Friend is God? I believe it was Philip Yancey who observed that if God is my friend then he’s always the kind of friend that I imagine myself as wanting to be. If I imagine that I … Continue reading →

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Gwyneth Paltrow is just more honest

The Week Thanks to carefully-maintained Instagram and Twitter feeds, as well as easily-manipulated tabloid magazines, it’s become all too easy to feel as though we really know celebrities. We get to see them getting ready for awards nights, enjoying a … Continue reading →

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Phil Vischer Podcast Headmaster Santiago Christian School

Brittany Maynard came up, Phil read from MedicalDaily.com Maynard made the choice because life as the way she wanted to experience it should have been full of youth, vigor, beauty, and love — not pain, suffering, and a gradual wasting … Continue reading →

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What is a slave?

A well-known legal formula, attributed to a Republican lawyer named Quintus Haterius, brings this home with particular clarity. With the Romans as with the Athenians, for a male to be the object of sexual penetration was considered unbefitting to a … Continue reading →

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New Yorker posts a piece on a man dating a horse

Damon Linker Rod Dreher Dreher responding to Linker From Linker Rather, it’s a culture fervently devoted to the moral principle of equal recognition and affirmation — in a word, to an absolute ethic of niceness. Moral condemnation can be mean, … Continue reading →

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Ferguson Missouri

Ferguson is the Wrong Tragedy to Wake America Up Obama Response to the Grand Jury announcement TGC how should you respond to Ferguson Vox, why it’s so rare for police to be prosecuted for killing civilians Benjamin Watson’s Facebook Response … Continue reading →

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Thomas Lessl: Why the Galileo Story functions as myth for a science warfare narrative

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9 Reasons People Aren’t Singing in Worship

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Unbroken, the Hollywood Movie

The trailer is out. The pictures look pretty, but I’m worried already. Trailers have a way of forecasting the movie. I recommend the book. The Audible book is good too. It’s an amazing story. Amazing stories, however, always beg for … Continue reading →

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Decline of the Jewish Middle

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