God

Listen to God; Screw the Rest

Nov
15
2010

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You and God are co-stars in the only reality show you (or, surprise, He) will ever really care about. Screw the rest.

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Agnosticism: The Perfect Answer That Never Delivers

Nov
05
2010

As a rational response to the question of God, agnosticism is unassailable stance. So then why are there so few agnostics?

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If Your Family Has Attitudes This Time of Year, Use the Beatitudes to Stay in Good Cheer

Nov
04
2010

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Dreading upcoming family gatherings for the holidays? This reading of the Beatitudes just might quell your attitudes.

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The Joy of Hell

Oct
18
2010

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Without hell, what would be left of Christianity?

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Constantly Living the Great Commandment is Impossible — And That’s Okay

Oct
14
2010

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We simply cannot love God all of the time in the kind of all-consuming way prescribed by the Great Commandment. And God doesn’t expect us to.

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Should I Feel Remorse Over My Pre-Christian Sinning?

Sep
08
2010

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Lately I’ve been getting some advice to the effect that I should condemn and repent of the sinning that I did before I was a Christian. That’s never before occurred to me as something about which I should be even vaguely concerned. In my teenage-to-early-adulthood years, I smoked a lot of weed, had sex with [...]

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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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