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Maybe A Trump V. Oprah Election Would Be Our Fault
It was by a not-so-happy providence that I was finishing Neil Postman’s book “Amusing Ourselves to Death” while hearing about Oprah Winfrey possibly running against Donald Trump in the next election in the next room. If you’ve read the book then you’ll realize just how fitting this pairing of events actually is. This is not a…
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She Does Us Good
Over 11 years ago I asked a beautiful flute player from Arkansas Tech out on a date. We were both in the music Over 11 years ago I asked a beautiful flute player from Arkansas Tech out on a date. We were both in the music department. From the beginning she made life better. But…
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God’s Word Must Constantly Reform Me
It is odd to find a person that is actually desiring to constantly be reformed by God’s Word. As a general rule, people have pet things that they want to hang on to and will not let go of them no matter what they read, hear, or see. This is a problem and is not…
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Hey Fox News, CNN, NBC, ABC, and 5,000 other News Organizations, We’re Not Idiots
So, the big news broke about 5 days ago. Apparently there is more to Jesus’s teachings than we had known about. It’s an ancient forbidden text that changes everything….if you’re not an idiot or just don’t know how we have the text of Scripture that we have today…and Gnosticism. I suppose that last word makes…
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A Land With No Sensory Processing Disorder
There is something that occurs multiple times a day that makes me quite sad. It happens as often as I see my son walk up to the toilet to urinate. It’s when he covers his ears. My child has autism. And, everyone that has autism has sensory processing disorder. Now, this manifests itself in different…
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Newer, Brighter, But Not Better
We seek after newer thinking that it’s better and are often left empty and betrayed.
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Lack Of Compassion For The Poor:An Example Of The Damage Of Extreme Political Culture On Christianity
Fox News has become a rallying point for Conservative Evangelicals. And this has become the case so much that many people equate being a Christian with agreeing with the opinions on Fox News, even when it is an opinion that God hates.
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The Doctrine Of Justification And The Snowfall
I am watching fresh snow cover the ground as I write this. The dark snow pile that was covered by dirt has once again been made gleaming white. The neighbor’s cat poop that was in our yard before the snow fell has even been covered and is now a bright and pure white. I once…
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The Perfume and the Cesspit: Is There A Difference In The Suffering of the Righteous and the Wicked?
what matters is the nature of the sufferer, not the nature of the sufferings. Stir a cesspit, and a foul stench arises; stir a perfume, and a delightful fragrance ascends. But the movement is identical.
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We Surrender All…To Gain Glorious Joy And Satisfaction
This is trading a mud pie for a homemade apple pie. God offers us greater joy, not less. There are hardships in this life, but God is offering us more joy than we would ever get in this life. If we desire maximum joy then we will surrender our lives to gain glorious joy and…
