Author Archives: Paul Harris

About Paul Harris

Pastor Harris retired from congregational ministry after 40 years in office on 31 December 2023. He is now devoting himself to being a husband, father, and grandfather. He still thinks cenobitic monasticism is overrated and cave dwelling under.

The Real Plasticity of the Text

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Paul Harris

The Reverend Doctor Jeffery Kloha has been pilloried for asserting the plasticity of the New Testament text.  I don’t agree in general with his paper that makes the argument and I don’t agree with how he reaches the following conclusion, … Continue reading →

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A Little Yeast, a Little Hole, a Little Pregnant

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Paul Harris

What do yeast, holes, and pregnancy have in common?  There really is no such thing as a “little” of any of these, and if nothing is done they will only get bigger.  Sane people want the mother to grow bigger … Continue reading →

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Where Have you Gone Joe DiMaggio?

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Paul Harris

So Simon and Garfunkel lamented in their 1968 song.  Having read the biography of the Yankee Clipper, Mickey Mantel, Ted Williams, and Stan Musial, history can have all of them save for Stan the Man.  My lament is for the … Continue reading →

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Womanfully

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Paul Harris

There is such a word.  Merriam-Webster online defines it as follows: with “womanly constancy or spirit.”  I couldn’t find the word at all in my 1973 Macmillan Dictionary or in my 1983 unabridged Webster’s.  Methinks this is another word made … Continue reading →

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Chances Are

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Paul Harris

            In the late 1950s Johnny Mathis sang “Chances Are.”  I’ve never liked that song.  Though it ends with the line “The chances are your chances are awfully good!” I always thought there shouldn’t be … Continue reading →

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Faithless in Big, but Faithful in Little?

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Paul Harris

The LCMS, Inc. or some such entity connected with this behemoth wants to do for your church’s finances what LCMS, Inc. has already done to your doctrine. Don’t let them.

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Just like China and North Korea

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Paul Harris

“You’re just like China and North Korea” is what those promoting the gay agenda say to Christians who don’t want their marriages gay or their children propagandized.  And you know what? They’re wrong; we’re worse.

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Darwin Agrees with God!

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Paul Harris

I have proof that Darwin agreed with God – at least in one area. That of the worldwide Flood.  Okay that may be a stretch, but not much of one.

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Alone Again UN-naturally

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Paul Harris

In the 70s or perhaps 80s, the saying was don’t let your kids watch TV till they have learned to read.  I added in the 90s don’t let your kids get a computer till they have learned to think.  I … Continue reading →

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2,000, .32 cents, and More

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Paul Harris

“Seven Pounds” was the name of a 2008 movie about a man who didn’t want to live anymore and wanted his heart to go to person needing it.  Figures can do more than inform they can crystallize.  When I saw … Continue reading →

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