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Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

Want to reduce inequality? Try the Black Death. – The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/want-to-reduce-inequality-try-the-black-death/2017/02/03/e90551e2-e7e9-11e6-bf6f-301b6b443624_story.html

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Red State, Blue City

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Neal Postman “Amusing Ourselves to Death” was right

The Guardian What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who … Continue reading →

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Matthew Lee Anderson writes on Vox trying to explain the pro-life movement

http://www.vox.com/first-person/2017/2/3/14487208/pro-life-abortion-movement

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“How is a worldview taught?” Dallas Willard

Book recommendation by Willard. The making of the modern university You are in a system that teaches a worldview without responsibly defending it. How is a worldview taught? Mainly its taught be body language, facial expressions, tones of voice and inflections, … Continue reading →

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Dallas Willard on not having to have the last word

Here is something I read when Willard died. In one of his classes a student challenged him with statements that were both offensive and incorrect. Dallas paused and told the class that that was a good place to end their … Continue reading →

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A timeline of African American Christianity before the Civil War

http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/issues/issue-62/black-christianity-before-civil-war-christian-history.html

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Protestant’s 45,000 denominations

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2017/january-february/division-is-not-always-scandal.html

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The Invasion of Righteousness that never fits with the culture war labels of this world

The Myth of Christian Moral Guidance The title of that Time piece was of course click-bate for me. The author goes on to make a point that should be obvious to most of us. Before the election, for instance, Pope Francis … Continue reading →

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We Sleep to Forget

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