February 19, 2009
Sue them to shut them up. That will probably work. Listen here: Rebellious Pastor’s Wife here. Sign the petition. (Didn’t they learn from the last time not to make Issues fans mad?) Timotheos...
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February 17, 2009
You know that whole command of God thing? That’s really not working for me. Abstinence (”chastity” would be a better word) is only unrealistic for those who don’t practice it. The teen said she wanted to tell her story so that other young people might think twice about havi...
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February 14, 2009
…for those Christians who believe that God used natural selection/evolution to do His work of creation: how do you envision the new heavens and the new earth? Will the new creation also be subject to an evolutionary process? What exactly is Jesus the first-fruits of? Timotheos...
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February 13, 2009
So there are those who call themselves “progressive pro-lifers.” That is, according to this article from Sojourners (where else?), they are those who are “self-described liberal[s] on nearly all issues except one: Abortion.” Jennifer Roth is one. When in doubt [about whom t...
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January 30, 2009
In response to the previous post, one person suggested that even if he puts the cart before the horse, as I said, I don’t believe in the cart. The “cart” is the issue du jour and the “horse” is abortion. In other words, I’m only interested in the legality of a...
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January 27, 2009
First, the title assumes that abortion is just one among “other issues” (sort of like the Lord’s Supper is just one among “other parts of doctrine”). But how is it that Christians, who admittedly “care” about having fewer abortions, can privilege health care...
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December 30, 2008
Time has an article on how most Christians no longer (if they ever did) go to church on Christmas Day. Every pastor knows it’s true. And I doubt there’s anything to be done about it, except call people to repent of their family idolatry and return to the true worship in the presence ...
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December 22, 2008
…the more I dislike christmas. I don’t mean Christmas itself–Advent longing, candle-lit Eves, and dark and starry holiness still take me back to a childhood when there was at least a semblance of hope, and joy, and peace. (Nostalgia never works for long, I know.) But I am more and ...
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