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Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

“Women Having It All” or “no happy harmony”

First things Of course these approaches have received criticism from those who say the writers don’t get the difficulties of working-class women or betray the feminist cause by encouraging young women to give up the fight for equality in the … Continue reading →

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CS Lewis and Boethius

From Grateful to the Dead Part 1 Part 2

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Google’s Ray Kurzweil on the quest to live forever – Blog Central, Editor’s Picks, Kate Lunau – Macleans.ca

http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/10/14/how-nanobots-will-help-the-immune-system-and-why-well-be-much-smarter-thanks-to-machines-2/

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My identity is a fountain, not a prison

Jean Vanier identity as a fountain rather than a prison. 

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Yhwh to Pharaoh, Jesus to Me: No Half Measures

Why Can’t Pharaoh Stop? This is week number three for us in the plagues. We’re up to #7: Nile to blood Frogs Gnats or lice flies plague that kills the livestock boils hail By the time we get to hail … Continue reading →

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Chuck De Groat answers “How can I bring the Bible into pastoral counseling?”

The New Exodus

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Why ARE Churches Dying says Steve McSwain, voice of SBNR

Huff Po counterpoint to the Stetzer piece. Demographics: fewer whites, more colors Technology: better know how people are living/communicating Leadership Crisis Competition: more things to do on weekends Religious Pluralism The “Contemporary” Worship Service Phony Advertising:

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Boy goes to church and asks to be adopted

Naples News

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James Bratt “Why I’m Sick of Every Square Inch”

The Twelve Let the full Kuyperian mantra then read: welcome to God’s square inch, sneaky bird. As you check out the circling hawks, you jolly well better have some critical theory at hand, grounded in the Gospel if you please. … Continue reading →

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Pharaoh, Heidegger and the Shutdown

Ross Douthat, the conservative columnist at the NY Times, author of Bad Religion, thinks the capitulation of the Republicans will be a teachable moment for them, and that the catastrophe that this has been for the GOP will better it … Continue reading →

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