Short term missions through the eyes of an African orphan

Posted on May 19, 2014 by PaulVK

CT Leadership

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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/05/19/plan-to-name-lake-tahoe-cove-after-mark-twain-scrapped-after-tribe-complains/

Posted on May 19, 2014 by PaulVK

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/05/19/plan-to-name-lake-tahoe-cove-after-mark-twain-scrapped-after-tribe-complains/

 

 

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war in central africa republic

Posted on May 19, 2014 by PaulVK

war in central africa republic

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Why has Climate Change not matched the political success of Same-Sex Marriage?

Posted on May 19, 2014 by PaulVK

Sea Change on Same Sex Marriage

This week the Barna people posted a bunch of survey results on the speed at which Americans have changed their mind on Same-sex marriage. Apparently not only the President has “evolved”.

There are a number of reasons given for this remarkable political reversal:

  1. Positive portrayals of gays and lesbians in popular media and art
  2. Change came through through the courts rather than legislatures
  3. As more gays and lesbians came out of the closet people in their personal relationships found that these people and their relationships were not a threat
  4. The Science factor: The therapeutic community no longer saw same sex attraction as a dysfunction to attempt to cure.

The change in the “gay agenda” had some pretty substantial adversaries

  1. Near universal opposition from all major world religions
  2. The common opinion that it was “unnatural”
  3. Political polarization between party lines, although even in the mid 2000s few Democrats including 2008 presidential candidates Clinton and Obama favored “civil unions” over “same-sex marriage”.

Why Has Climate Change NOT swept the political field? Continue reading →

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Millennials and Politics, if you can get them to vote

Posted on May 19, 2014 by PaulVK

The Atlantic

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Soylent 1.0, People Chow

Posted on May 19, 2014 by PaulVK

Soylent 1.0, People Chow

 

 

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Flannery OConnor Letters

Posted on May 18, 2014 by PaulVK

Flannery OConnor Letters

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Debate over Trigger Warnings on College campuses

Posted on May 18, 2014 by PaulVK

Debate over Trigger Warnings on College campuses

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Southern Baptist Decline in Conversions

Posted on May 18, 2014 by PaulVK

The Atlantic

But according to their report, church communities are struggling with this: They pointed to pastors having a hard time keeping up the day-to-day management of their congregations, focusing on attendance rather than conversion, and choosing “to celebrate other things as a measure of their success rather than new believers following Christ in baptism.”

Most telling, perhaps, were the task force’s conclusions on the denomination’s “Next Generation Problem.” Although our churches have increasingly provided programs for children, students, and young adults,” they wrote, “we are not being effective in winning and discipling the next generation to follow Christ.” In terms of baptisms, they’re right: In 2012, 60 percent of churches reported that they didn’t baptize anyone aged 12 to 17, and 80 percent reported they had either zero or one baptism of someone aged 18-29. Although the report calls for pastors to “renew their focus” on young people, it’s unclear how that’s supposed to happen.

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Large Church Lists

Posted on May 18, 2014 by PaulVK
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