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A New Year and a Different Perspective
In January we hear all of the usual hopeful entreaties- “this year will be better than last,” grand resolutions are made, the eternally physically unfit make their way to the gym, and so forth. Unfortunately, by the snow booger grey butt end of February, we realize entropy marches merrily along as it has for every…
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Life, Law, and the Curse of Coercion
One of the reasons I am completely thankful for the overturning of Roe v Wade is that in many states abortion will be heavily regulated or abolished. It will be harder for husbands, boyfriends, one night stands and other male progenitors to coerce or force their partners into abortion. It happens much more often than…
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The Importance of Maintaining the Apostolic Faith
I am a bit of a reluctant traditionalist. While I am intrigued by technology and I like to try new things, the Christian faith passed on to God’s saints is not open to innovation, as it was handed down to the apostles once and for all time in Holy Scripture as the apostle Paul teaches…
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The Crucifix and the Empty Cross (We Need to See Them Both)
The First Commandment comes to us from Exodus 20:1-6. Some Christians have issues with the use of liturgical art (especially statuary, including images depicting Jesus or crucifixes) based upon these verses of Scripture. And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of…
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Advent-the Promise, the Here and Now and the Not Yet
I don’t normally participate in Black Friday. I don’t request the day off work. This year I couldn’t have joined in the Black Friday foray even had I wanted to. I like a bargain as well as anyone, but for me the lure of discounts can’t seem to trump dealing with my anxiety in crowds. The rancor and distress that can…
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Matthew 16:21-23 To Suffer and Die
“From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, ‘God forbid it,…
Here I Stand 