Christian Spirituality

Me, a Christian apologist? Hell, yes!

Apr
11
2012

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On my Facebook page just now we’ve been having a little fun about how, in an Easter morning editorial run in the Durham, NC newspaper The Herald-Sun (Good from evil), I was referred to as a Christian apologist. So I thought I might take a moment to be clear: I am, definitely and flat-out, a [...]

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Where do I get my confidence about God?

Apr
09
2012

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Lately I’ve received a few emails asking me in essence (or … directly, actually) why, when it comes to my beliefs about God, I’m so confident. The answer is that I have no idea why. I can’t even really answer that, because to me it’s like asking a bird why it thinks it knows so [...]

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The Burning of Resentments: A new faith tradition born?

Apr
08
2012

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The resentments sent me via my post Your Resentment, Up in Smoke were burned on the small grounds just outside the front of the church I attend at dawn this morning, Easter 2012. No resentments sent me were excluded; before leaving the house this morning I printed out the latest ones to come in. After [...]

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Out of body, as I write this

Apr
07
2012

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Right. So it’s weird to type, “Shhh: it’s Black Saturday,” and then start typing. [Um. Yeah. It's now 10:44 p.m. Saturday night, and I just now realized that this opening sentence makes no sense if you don't know---and, of course, no one but me could know---that the original title of this piece was, Shhh: it's [...]

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Today no one gets saved

Apr
06
2012

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Good Friday. I didn’t casually choose the illustration: I never present violence, or anything meant to crudely shock. I haven’t seen Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ; I assume this is a still from it. Either way, it shows what happened to Jesus, doesn’t it? The only reason to show it in any way [...]

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Palm Sunday: Born to Ride

Apr
01
2012

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Today, Palm Sunday, is the first day of the Christian Holy Week, when everyone in Palm Springs wakes up and exclaims, “Oh, come on already!” Kidding! They don’t. Unless they’re Christian. Then they kind of do.

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Christian Issues

The Best Case For the Bible NOT Condemning Homosexuality

Apr
02
2012

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No Christian has to choose between their compassion and their faith in the Bible.

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Relationships

Joseph to Mary: “Who could believe such a thing?”

Dec
16
2011

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A conversation between Mary and Joseph the night before Jesus was born.

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Christian Spirituality

What Jesus Left Out of The Great Commandment

Oct
31
2011

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Here’s what Jesus left out of the Great Commandment—and why.

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Humor

Worst Trucking Slogan EVER

Oct
08
2010

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Truck drivers are so weird.

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Pastor Bob's Corner

A Primer on Islam: The Basics (Lesson 1 of 6)

Sep
30
2011

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Hi. I’m Pastor Bob. This is the first lesson of a multi-week class on Islam I taught for a large gathering of folks from multiple congregations: Lutherans, Presbyterians, Methodists, Catholics, recovering agnostics, etc.

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Personal

When Etta James had her way with me

Jan
23
2012

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Right there, in front of all sixteen of us, Etta James became Etta James.

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