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About PaulVK

Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

Leading Distracted People

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Sex Symbols Who Speak In Tongues

From Charisma News. Also Katy Perry and Megan Fox on Speaking in Tongues. The irony of course is that the title to the piece is link bait. So what is being promoted? Sex vs outrage aren’t terrible dissimilar in terms … Continue reading →

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Scott McKnight does some Perception Clean-up on Pharisees

Link It’s time to revisit the Pharisees, in part because their story needs to be told so we don’t forget and in part because some like to use the “Pharisee” in ways that concern me. It is a standard procedure to … Continue reading →

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Watch “Tim Keller – Why Work Matters” on YouTube

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Youth from the Evangelical Greenhouse Critique Their Nursery

A second article came through today on young evangelicals reconsidering the oral tradition which they inherited. This piece from Patrol on “The cult of virginity“, a bunch of good comments too. It’s interesting because there often aren’t a lot of … Continue reading →

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Dutch Racism in the Soccer Stadium

Here’s the piece.  The Dutch have a history of tolerance on lots of issues but obviously need work on this.

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New Voices in Bible Belt Publishing

Thank you Danny Fast for this piece. “Jesus is getting a makeover by new publishers” Christian orthodoxy in America has never been this monolithic, but the Bible Belt probably was more. Of course everyone wants to know “where will this … Continue reading →

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The place and time (in a career) for positive AND negative feedback

Very helpful article on this in the Harvard Business Review. 

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Theodicy and the God of the Tsunami

Comment on Rachel Held Evan’s posting about the God of Love These questions are old, hard and multi-layered. They involve: 1. Agency: Did God “cause” this storm, earthquake, virus, cell mutation, car accident, war? Does “allow” feel any differently? 2. … Continue reading →

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Richard Mouw with a story and reflection on the Giglio Episode

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