Saturday, October 6th, 2007
by Robert A. Sirico
I got this for free from The Acton Institute. It is a response to both Liberation Theology, and the Health and Wealth Gospel (or Dominion Theology)...
It is very short, but it does include insightful commentary on Matthew 25's parable of the talents.
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Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
I will probably come back and read this version's Old Testament... I like what they did with getting rid of "Christianese" jargon...
I hope to get through the whole bible again once more this year... We will see what happens.
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
In Chronological Order
365 Daily Readings
(Commentary by F. LaGard Smith)
It's pretty neat to get the bible all shuffled together so that you see the chronological order of events (like Kings and Chronicles or the 4 Gospels or the Narrative of the OT with the prophesy interspersed in the correct times...)
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Thursday, July 26th, 2007
Lovingly Opposed to Sin and Evil
We may not end evil this year, but with your help we will work hard to get a government grant to study doing so. Our very ineffectiveness will be a sign of our servant-leadership that dares not limit the Other by making the attainable an ...
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Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
I happen to agree that abortion is a form of murder. I think the quarrel about when life begins is disrespectful to the fetus. I know I murdered the life within me. I could have loved that life but chose not to. I did what men ...
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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
The Episcopal "Church" is suing to regain it's property from the 11 churches in Virginia that broke away from the larger body in order to remain with orthodox Anglican beliefs.
When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead ...
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Monday, June 25th, 2007
Psalm 127:1
Unless the LORD builds the house,
its builders labor in vain.
Unless the LORD watches over the city,
the watchmen stand guard in vain.
Our efforts, separate from God, are useless.
Ecclesiastes 1:9
What ...
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Thursday, June 21st, 2007
by Martin Luther
collected by: who knows
Some pretty good stuff... Luther was rather, confident. They didn't leave out any (or at least all) of the "crazy" stuff he said...
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Thursday, June 21st, 2007
A blog I have recently begun reading. Politics, theology, etc.
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Thursday, June 7th, 2007
Two Years Ago
Now:
You scored as Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan, You are an evangelical in the Wesleyan tradition. You believe that God's grace enables you to choose to believe in him, even though you yourself are totally depraved. The gift of the Holy Spirit gives you assurance of your salvation, and he also ...
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Sunday, June 3rd, 2007
The ONE Campaign is an effort by Americans to rally Americans – one by one – to fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty. ONE is students and ministers, punk rockers and NASCAR moms, Americans of all beliefs and every walk of life, united to help make poverty ...
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Thursday, May 17th, 2007
BBC's Panorama recently did a segment on Scientology, Which you can watch here (it is in 4 parts, that is the first part).
This, combined with how crappy Mission Impossible III was, has pretty much convinced me that I'm done watching Cruise movies until he is done with Scientology.
Some other interesting ...
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Myself unholy, from myself unholy
To the sweet living of my friends I look---
Eye-greeting doves bright-counter to the rook,
Fresh brooks to salt sand-teasing waters shoaly:---
And they are purer, but alas! not solely
The unquestion'd readings of a blotless book.
And so my trust, confusèd, struck, and shook
Yields to the sultry siege of melancholy.
He ...
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
by Plato
I would not be surprised to learn that Luther read the Apology. It seems to me that I can hear echoes of Socrates' defense in Luther's writing.
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Friday, March 9th, 2007
There was crying, there were solemn moments, but there were many more smiles and laughter.
My grandmama passed away last Sunday Morning, and we had her Funeral Yesterday. It was fun.
In his sermonette, the pastor told a story about how he came over to talk with Nancy (my grandmother) about funeral ...
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
There is a Led Zepplin song, the title of which I cannot remember, that always makes me think of Hosea. The OT book said that some people think that Hosea wasn't ordered to marry an actual prostitute, because God wouldn't do anything like that... He was probably just speaking metaphorically.
What ...
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Friday, February 23rd, 2007
...cures what ails ya...
I was recently (3 weeks, 2 days and counting) delivered from an habitual and continuing cycle of sin that had continued for about 10 years. The power of God operated through the 1, 2 punch of Confession and Accountability to destroy that cycle.
I heard about Confession ...
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Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
These last few books (Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes) are all doing a great job of showing the cohesive narrative of the Old and New Testaments, and how Jesus wasn't plan B (or C).
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Sunday, February 4th, 2007
I read a really good little talk by Watchman Nee which resonated with the sermon in church today (on Ephesians 5). Or at least what I was thinking about during the sermon.
There is a split in the first 8 chapters of Romans between the use of the word "sins" ...
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Monday, January 29th, 2007
Plead my cause, O Lord, with those who strive with me;
Fight against those who fight against me.
Take hold of shield and buckler,
And stand up for my help.
Also draw out the spear,
And stop those who pursue me.
Say to my soul,
"I am your salvation."
Reading through the Psalms, this section jumped out, which ...
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