The Burr in the Burgh

"I cling to my Lord Christ like a burr on cloth." – Katherine Luther

Archive for May, 2005

Killing For God, Yon Writes

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Michael Yon is a journalist travelling with American soldiers in Iraq. You should click here to read what he writes about the Muslims who are intentionally killing Iraqi children and using them as shields and doing it in the name of their false god. Jesus talked about men who would do evil and [...]

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May 31st, 2005 at 4:23 am

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Lutheran Pastor Who Doesn’t Believe in God

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Yep, you read that correctly. A Danish Lutheran pastor was under scrutiny by his ecclesiastical supervisors, apparently, for denying the afterlife and the resurrection. He is also quoted as saying that there is no “heavenly God.” William Shakespeare said that not everything that glitters (he actually wrote “glisters”) is gold. Likewise, not everyone who calls himself [...]

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May 30th, 2005 at 10:35 pm

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Answer: "Get Back" by the Beatles

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Question: What was the number one song on the U.S. pop charts the day I was born (June 16, 1969)? Go here to see what was the top of the pops on your birthday. Hat tip to: Territorial Bloggings SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Answer: "Get Back" by the Beatles”, url: “http://www.burrintheburgh.com/2005/05/30/answer-get-back-by-the-beatles/” });

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May 30th, 2005 at 10:26 pm

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God Bless Our Troops!

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Today I saw a photo that made me cry. It was of an American soldier, Major Mark Bieger, holding and hugging a little dead Iraqi girl that the animals we are fighting murdered. A Muslim suicide bomber decided to attack our troops at the exact moment when about twenty children were crowding around them. I have [...]

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May 29th, 2005 at 4:32 am

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Did I Really Say That…?

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The Gitmo prisoner who’d originally accused his captors of flushing the Koran in a toilet as a means of intimidation has now recanted. At least that’s what the Pentagon now says. I noticed that yesterday’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette top front-page headline was about supposed FBI corroboration of the original claim. Today’s headline was about Bolton, but [...]

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May 27th, 2005 at 4:27 pm

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"Chronicles of Narnia" Movie Trailer

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The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis are wonderful fantasy stories written for children, but enjoyable for adults as well. I loved reading them as a young person, but I think I’ve loved them even more sharing them with my son. We’ve read and re-read them together. Go to my Chronicles of Narnia Amazon.com link [...]

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May 26th, 2005 at 3:21 pm

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Bible Burners Can’t Complain

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I’ve been hearing and reading certain dismayed braying over the alleged incident of U.S. interrogators in Guantanemo Bay flushing the Quran in a toilet. It’s wrong to desecrate religious symbols and texts… unless they’re Christian, of course. In that case, it’s not only acceptable. It’s hip. If you want to, for instance, immerse a crucifix in [...]

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May 25th, 2005 at 4:11 am

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Really Cool On-line Library

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Someone just alerted me to a stunning website called By the Fireplace – An Online Library. It’s got 1710 books and 1193 short stories by 287 authors. All in the public domain. There are some outstanding classics such as: The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore CooperThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeAnimal Farm [...]

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May 24th, 2005 at 8:52 pm

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Stuff You Should Look At

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I’m not feeling like Mr. Creative today so I thought I’d just point you to some interesting stuff I’ve bumped into lately: Two new Lutheran blogs on my blogroll. Incarnatus Est by Pr. Greg Alms. He’s new so not lots there yet, but he is posting some pretty insightful theology. And CyberStones by [...]

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May 24th, 2005 at 3:29 am

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Happy Birthday Jesse!

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The son of one of my parishoners is serving his country with the USMC in Iraq. Here’s wishing a happy birthday to Jesse Macklin. May the holy angels guard you in all your ways. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Happy Birthday Jesse!”, url: “http://www.burrintheburgh.com/2005/05/23/happy-birthday-jesse/” });

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May 23rd, 2005 at 3:14 am

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