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Okay, here we go again. Last week the Rev. Franklin Graham was asked if he thinks President Obama and others politicians are Christian. Here is a link to the interview. Rev. Graham said many amazing things in that interview, but let’s just focus on his answer to that perennial favorite question, “Is
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Last week I asked if there is a distinctly Christian business ethic. My response to my question is, yes… and no. Yes, in that there is a way Christians in business ought to conduct themselves. But no in that Christians can’t separate out their business “life” as something dif
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What, if anything, does Christianity offer to the business and the ethical decisions that people must make? Honesty? Fairness? Trustworthiness? The Golden Rule? Honoring God by the way we conduct ourselves? Yes,certainly. But if that is all we have to offer, it’s not substantially differe
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Regardless of what you think about Newt Gingrich politics or political aspirations, he did raise some interesting ideas about NASA and the US involvement in space. Here is a video clip with Mr. Gingrich’s proposal and Neil deGrasse Tyson’s response. Some would say we simply can’t a
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Why are you playing by their rules? Every time I hear someone advocate for a literal reading of Genesis 1 and 2 ( or the Flood, or the story of Jonah and so on) I wonder, “Why are you playing by the rules of scientism?” The rules of scientism are, simply put, that truth and [...]
Cain kills Abel and the violence begins. There is, of course, more than violence in the Old Testament. Never the less, there’s no two ways about it, there’s a lot of violence in the Old Testament. You may have heard people contrast the violent, vengeful god of the Old Testament with the
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Last week a reader asked me about my “essential faith beliefs”. Some blogs and websites will have some sort of statement of faith as part of their site. When I began this blog, I thought about whether to do that or not. I decided not to- not because I don’t know what I believe, bu
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My oldest child turns 18 today. Because, like most 18-year-old young men he doesn’t want his mother publicly talking about him, I’ll save my personal comments for Facebook. (just kidding son). Begin pregnant during Advent and giving birth between Christmas and Epiphany does, for the theologically in
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Over the next few days Christians will be reading and listening to some well-known Bible stories. Some will hear these stories and wonder, Did this really happen? How can this be true? virgin births, moving stars, angels, magi…. Friends, this Christmas season let me suggest something. Don’t worry ab
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What do we do when the Bible contradicts itself? For example, when Paul gives conflicting advise about dealing with difficult people in the church ( see this post and comments ). Or discrepancies about the number of animals Noah takes on the Ark. Or differences in the gospels about Jesus birth and d
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