Author Archives: PaulVK

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Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

Surnames and Prosperity

Good news for the Bushs, Clintons and Kennedys. Bad news for Mary’s Song. Link When you look across centuries, and at social status broadly measured — not just income and wealth, but also occupation, education and longevity — social mobility … Continue reading →

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How did the Bible Get Divided up into Chapter and Verse?

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Redeeming Compromise

Cardus by James KA Smith “Faithful witness is an abstract ideal, which can take no form in the world as it is; compromise, therefore, is the law of our being, and no-one, not even Jesus himself, can get by without striking … Continue reading →

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Jesus Redeems Even “Divine Child Abuse”: How Unworthy Parents are Redeemed

The Need for Parents In an attempt to increase the “human capital” of his country in 1966 Nicolae Ceausescu initiated a government enforced effort a population growth.  Romania’s leader from 1965 to 1989, banned contraception and abortions and imposed a … Continue reading →

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Embracing Jesus-Fiction: Why Fiction Fuels Faith in a Skeptical Age

Road to Cana I’m reading/listening to Anne Rice’s Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana (not finished yet) and am quite moved by it. I usually chafe at Jesus movies and Bible fiction. I am deeply conditioned by my obsessive Protestant … Continue reading →

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Confessions of a Millennial Ex-Evangelical Pro-SSM

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Douthat on atheism again

The Return of the Happy Atheist – NYTimes.com http://feedly.com/k/MA1Ww8

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Resisting Divorce

Anne Rice I heard about Anne Rice’s departure from the church a few years ago. I hadn’t read any of her books, just noted the ruffle in the Internet conversation. This week when Skye Jethani made a comment about her … Continue reading →

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The Devil gets Cast Out of the new Jesus Movie

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CRC Names New Executive Director

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