Archive for March, 2006
Vatican on the Crusades
OK, so we’re not sorry? Actually, I think this is a positive development. It’s good to read some historical balance for a change. On the Crusades.
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Jesus Cleans House
Today is the Third Sunday in Lent and our Gospel reading was Jesus chasing the merchants and money changers out of the Temple in John 2.
It’s really the only text from the Gospel that show Jesus becoming truly angry, even violently so. Other places show him to be annoyed or irritated or brash, but [...]
Gay Marriage and Polygamy
I don’t exactly agree with every sentiment expressed by Charles Krauthammer here, but I do appreciate his basic point. If gay marriage is deemed permissible, then our society has no basis to outlaw polygamy.
A new HBO program, Big Love, is about a modern, suburban, renegade Mormon, polygamous family. I haven’t seen it. [...]
Beware the Ides of March
I’m a day late, I know. I actually wanted to post something about March 15 and the assassination of Julius Caesar, but didn’t get around to it. Happily, fellow blogger and Lutheran cleric, the Rev. David Petersen, had a good post. Go here.
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Jason McElwain, Human Being & Image of God
Chuck Colson has a good Breakpoint post about the autistic high school kid in New York who amazed the nation with his superior feats of basketball prowess recently. Here’s a link.
I agree with Colson that we are living in a moral vacuum that is undermining the intrinsic value of human life. That [...]
Singer Isaac Hayes Quits South Park
I’ve never watched the popular South Park cartoons but I am familiar with them. Well known singer and outspoken Scientologist, Isaac Hayes, supplies the voice for the chef character for the animated show.
Now I’ve read that he is quitting the show because it spoofed his faith, Scientology. That’s fine. I don’t blame [...]
Hassidic Reggae Rapper Matisyahu
Matisyahu is a member of the Lubavitch hasidic Jewish sect in Brooklyn, New York. This is the group that, several years ago, proclaimed that their leading rabbi, Manachem Mendel Schneerson, could be the Messiah. He’s dead now.
This young man is now making it big in the top 40 music scene with his unique [...]
God, the Butler
A new survey conducted of teenagers in Australia shows that most view God as a “butler,” someone to be called on when a need arises. This sounds strikingly similar to the moralistic, therapeutic deism which Christian Smith describes in his book Soul Searching : The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers . [...]
Quiz: Is It a Sin to Teach False Doctrine?
Please use the comment feature to answer the question: Is is a sin to teach false doctrine? In this case, don’t send me private emails. I want to see what comments you will post. Keep it brief please. Thanks much.
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Lent: Jesus is the Reason for this Season Too
Do you remember the unique way that Glassport Assembly of God church celebrated Easter in 2004? This Pittsburgh area congregation put on a community Easter pageant at a local stadium. Families from all around brought their young ‘uns to see Easter bunnies and brightly colored chicken eggs.
Then in the midst of the [...]
