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Monthly Archives: March 2016

30 Mar

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Jesus?

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headerWhile Christianity has many critics their complaints are rarely if ever directed at Jesus. They blame the Christian machine and those who call themselves followers of Christ, but feel compelled to claim Jesus as their own. While they may deny that Jesus is the only way they seem convinced that He needs to have at least a little skin in the their…..

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23 Mar

Decision Tree

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The vast majority of us believe in an afterlife. We all fret over our earthly trail of tears but simultaneously anticipate a heavenly joyride. The path, however, isn’t a straight shot from blah to bliss. As we make our way to the top of cemetery hill we will encounter a “Cross” roads where we must make a decision. We can…..

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16 Mar

The Marvel of Power

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headerIf you had a super power what would it be? When I presented this question to my students I received a laundry list of intriguing powers such as invisibility, super strength, and x-ray vision, but none of them said they would feed the poor, clothe the naked, comfort the sick, or visit the prisoner. We adults might be more nuanced in…..

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09 Mar

Tolerance Beast

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frontTolerance is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It looks like a little lamb gently chewing its cultural cud, but in reality is a voracious beast intent on devouring every rule it finds oppressive, even when those rules are the only safeguards for a peaceful pasture. Its hunger will not be sated until every “freedom limiting” pillar of society is butchered and…..

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02 Mar

Vizzini’s Folly

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frontIn the Princess Bride, Vizzini carelessly uses the word “inconceivable” in conversation. Inigo Montoya finally points out that the word he is so fond of using does not mean what Vizzini thinks it does. Our culture has adopted this same “Vizzinian” approach to language by deconstructing words and changing the way in which they are commonly understood. The problem is that…..

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