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Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

Solzhenitsyn

Posted on October 10, 2014 by PaulVK

law and liberty http://www.libertylawsite.org/2014/09/15/telling-the-truth-about-aleksandr-Solzhenitsyn/ National review http://www.nationalreview.com/postmodern-conservative/388303/daniel-mahoney-and-truth-about-solzhenitsyn-carl-eric-scott

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Nobody talked about “a personal relationship with Christ” until the 1970s

Posted on October 10, 2014 by PaulVK

http://blogs.ancientfaith.com/twocities/personal-relationship-jesus/

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Liberals Being Uncomfortable with Christian Suffering

Posted on October 10, 2014 by PaulVK

Damon Linker “Why so many liberals hate Christianity”   The Slate piece where the author worries expresses his discomfort with Christian missionary doctors. Douthat on Christians and Pagans The Brittany Maynard Story and Kara Tippetts From 1908 The Missionary and his Critics … Continue reading →

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American church demographics

Posted on October 10, 2014 by PaulVK

http://factsandtrends.net/2014/10/02/the-changing-face-of-the-american-church/

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Blond Woman Converts to Islam

Posted on October 9, 2014 by PaulVK

Huffpo

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Huffpo Shrinks Explore German Incest Panel Issues

Posted on October 9, 2014 by PaulVK

Huffpo The first guy comes right out and says (ala Jonathan Haidt) “harm” See Damon Linker’s piece on The Week  

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Christian Narrative Shift

Posted on October 9, 2014 by PaulVK

Came across this in the Brittany cancer-suicide discussion. At the same time I’m studying Levitical “scaling disease” law. How can we understand the experience of the unclean exile? The “unclean” who live in exile (again distinct from the kind of … Continue reading →

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The Trolls Will always Win

Posted on October 9, 2014 by PaulVK

Wired

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Atheist Eschatology

Posted on October 9, 2014 by PaulVK

Ultimately, the reformism will win out, as it has won a lot of battlefields already and will ultimately win the war. Both Christianity and Islam will go out not with a bang but a whimper, and will lose every battlefield … Continue reading →

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The Brittany Maynard “Death with Dignity” Story

Posted on October 9, 2014 by PaulVK

Main CNN Story written by Brittany Kara Tippets Response on Anne Voskamp’s blog CNN: Why the Brittany Maynard story resonates The Brittany Fund (longer telling of her story than the CNN piece) Blaze TV: There’s Nothing Brave About Suicide by Matt … Continue reading →

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