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About PaulVK

Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

Hatred for Skyler White of Breaking Bad

Posted on August 25, 2013 by PaulVK

“I Have a Character Issue – NYTimes.com” http://feedly.com/k/19Eqn2K

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Antionette Tuff Tells Her Captor That She Loves him

Posted on August 23, 2013 by PaulVK

And she tries to help him. Powerful story.  The piece from TC The interview with Diane Sawyer where we see Antionette’s heart.  It’s interesting how the analysis about how she could manage the outcome, but her words were that of … Continue reading →

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The Worldly Church

Posted on August 23, 2013 by PaulVK

If you ask an evangelical what it means to be “worldly” you will probably hear a lot about sex, substances or other vices. You probably won’t hear a lot about love. This is currently a source of great disconnect for … Continue reading →

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Best Statement of Belief from new Small Church blog

Posted on August 23, 2013 by PaulVK

Link It is interesting how this statement begins with “you”. We have the problem in English that we don’t have a differentiated plural for “you”. It’s tough because these statements so easily slide into the God being our tool to … Continue reading →

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Racial Dot Mat from 2010 Census

Posted on August 23, 2013 by PaulVK

http://demographics.coopercenter.org/DotMap/index.html

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“We’re selfish… and you’re scared”

Posted on August 22, 2013 by PaulVK

Another entry in the millennial conversation.

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What is a Calvinist? A Sausage eater!

Posted on August 22, 2013 by PaulVK

From the WSJ book review on DG Hart’s history of Calvinism Unfortunately it’s probably behind a paywall.

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Ed Cyzewski on Xians wanting the same thing

Posted on August 22, 2013 by PaulVK

Nice piece. Quotes I don’t want to “exclude” the people who continue to draw boundaries and defend doctrines today. That would defeat my point here. In fact, I welcome diversity. However, the only practical way to be diverse is to … Continue reading →

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Karen Swallow Prior on the Church Needs Grace Too

Posted on August 22, 2013 by PaulVK

Called to Love the Whore The thin veneer of easy-grace-nicey-Americana assumes grace and generosity are natural, easy, and flow abundantly from our hearts with the tiniest prick of dainty admonition. It is the surfacy, plastic, unreal people that we imagine … Continue reading →

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The Gag Reflex

Posted on August 22, 2013 by PaulVK

This TGC posting by Thabiti Anyabwile will certainly spark its own blog storm this week. From the American Jesus From the Naked Pastor From First Things From Spiritual Friendship From Zach Hoag From Rachel Held Evans Thabiti Anyabwile’s longer response to … Continue reading →

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