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About PaulVK

Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

Culture War Hits the Browser War

OKCupid wants people to stop using Firefox for a 1,000 donation pro prop 8 ARS Technica

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Tales from the Millenial’s Sexual Revolution from Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone and Cosmo Men and women are both partaking in Guyland’s culture of silence on college campuses, which results in what Wade calls the whoever-cares-less-wins dynamic. We all know it: When the person you hooked up with the night … Continue reading →

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“The English Have No Use for God”

No, the English, who have no use for God, are the most decent people on earth. Why? Because they got rid of God. They got rid of God two hundred years ago and became extraordinarily decent to prove they didn’t … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Merritt Tells His Story

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Noah Movie Review Links

The Gospel Coalition: Joe Carter The Evil God of Noah: David Sessions Dreher: Noah and the Rock People Barbara Nicolisi: The Emperor’s New Movie Steven Greydanus The Atlantic The Dish Jonathan Merritt Stephen Burnett The New Republic The Daily Beast … Continue reading →

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The Enduring Irony of the Noah Story

There is an enduring irony with Noah. Those who assert the story is literal history, that God drowned the world usually jump to justify the drowning. Those who dismiss it as fable jump to condemn the drowner who didn’t drown … Continue reading →

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Boundaries vs. Ultimatums

Link Basically the author says the difference is in the intention of the giver.

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The Rise of Secular Religion

The Rise of Secular Religion Review HT The Dish Joseph Bottum, by contrast, examines post-Protestant secular religion with empathy, and contends that it gained force and staying power by recasting the old Mainline Protestantism in the form of catechistic worldly categories: … Continue reading →

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Seeing Through Suffering Into Light

To Live is to Suffer Nearly every culture beside our own has recognized this truth. Nearly every religion and philosophy attempt to address it. To address suffering we must discover its source and address that source in the hope of … Continue reading →

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The Empathy Gap: Rigged Monopoly Game

In a rigged monopoly game Paul Pif shows how when we do well we credit ourselves.  

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