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Mea Culpa
A reader from Ohio called the office this week, wanting to talk about the Saturday, July 28th column in the Canton Repository, which was also posted to this blog. She had to hunt down my phone number, so it is … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Faith, Uncategorized
Tagged Canton Repository, El Shaddai, retraction
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Can Hope Be Found in Present-Day America?
I was once on a college campus for a conference that featured a prominent biologist as a keynote speaker. During his talk, he defended Darwinian evolutionary theory from attacks by other academics. Whether his defense was successful or not was … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Faith
Tagged anger, Darwin, evolutionary theory, fall of communism, fear, hoe, Marx, mid-term elections, national discourse, President Obama
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Needed: People to Live (not just Speak) the Truth
According to recent data, the percentage of atheists among thirteen to eighteen-year-olds is approximately double that of any other age group in the U.S. Experts suggest that this age group, known as Generation Z, might be the first to leave … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Faith, In the News
Tagged aging well, Dallas Willard, Generation Z, living large, mentoring, rise in atheism
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Why I Keep an Empty Coke Can on My Shelf
When I was young, my parents or other adults occasionally quoted to me the old saw, “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” I haven’t heard that for a long time. It’s as if the maxim has dropped out … Continue reading
It’s Time to Get Out of Line
By Martin Lewison from The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands – Cedar Point and Oberlin’s CommencementUploaded by Themeparkgc, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26787830 The church I attended as a teen had a gold-colored carpet, cream-colored walls, and a dark-stained wood trim. In … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Faith, Theology
Tagged Amusement Park Theology, boring sermons, Christianity, Ephesians 2:10, heaven, Jesus, Revelation 3:12, St. Paul, theology
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Tolkien, God, and Character Development
Joseph Pearce, in the book Tolkien: Man and Myth tells how, in a 1997 poll, English readers voted J.R.R. Tolkien’s, The Lord of the Rings, the book of the century. The literati were embarrassed by their fellow-countrymen. In a nation … Continue reading
Think You Know What the Bible Really Says?
The first line of the Nicene Creed is, “I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.” This claim has, as I have previously argued, practical implications. For example, … Continue reading
What Do Those Lyrics Mean, Anyway?
I was a teenager when Don McLean’s classic song, “American Pie,” came out. In study hall, my friends and I would debate the meaning of the lyrics, when we were supposed to be doing our homework. We would wonder out … Continue reading
Mistaking a Caricature for the Real Thing
Political cartoonists must love President Trump: he is so easy to caricature. It only takes a few swipes of the pencil, the outline of a hairstyle, and everyone knows they are looking at Donald Trump. Of course, every president gets … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Theology
Tagged angry God, Bible, Bush, Carter, Clinton, John 1:10, Life Savers, Nixon, Obama, political cartoons, political columnist, President Donald Trump, presidential caricatures, Trump's hair
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