Summer Plans

Technically, this should go in the “The Latest” page of this blog.  It will, but only after I post it here.  I do this because few would actually re-check “The Latest” since I update it with such irregularity.
But for those of my friends who are curious about what’s going on in my life, I thought [...]

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Is this all we have?

For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain, but after we had already suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God to speak to you the gospel of God amid much opposition. For our exhortation does not come from error or [...]

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The “Messiah” Tablet

Apparently, a new stone has just appeared that comes from the Dead Sea area. While I have done nothing more than read an article about it, it sounded very interesting. It seems this stone relates to the Jewish concept of Messiah. Interestingly, it has been dated to the first century B.C. [...]

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Clarifying and Elaborating on my Position

For those who are interested, Burchett has responded to my response about his response to people who responded negatively to The Shack here.
In this response, he is somewhat complimentary towards me.  But he I believe he twists what I said by characterizing it as such: “He decided that I am illogical, condescending and ignorant.” and “The [...]

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Define “Gentle” and “Balanced”

In his recent admonition, “A Gentle Balance to the ‘Shack Attack’” published at crosswalk.com, David Burchett gives several exhortations to people who don’t like the book “The Shack”.
Now I haven’t read the book.  But I’ve read enough (1, 2 (ok, saw that one), 3) reviews to know it’s not worth my time.  Prejudiced?  No.  I’ve [...]

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