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.

Good Thing He Didn’t Debate with an Obstetrician

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Paul Harris

Don’t go by this post because I don’t know how or where to look on the internet for accurate information on such things.  But my take is that in the great debate between Hamm and cheesy Bill Nye the Science … Continue reading →

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Did You Hear the One About….

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Paul Harris

You hear these words and you get ready to laugh, don’t you?  Well did you hear the one about the evolutionist, the abortionist, and the gay activist?

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Mr. Rogers Worship

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Paul Harris

When my kids were small I didn’t forbid them from watching Mr. Rogers but I ridiculed the man, and I say so now unapologetically not wishing to speak ill of the dead but truthfully of the one-time living.

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My Problem with The Problem of Pain

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Paul Harris

C. S. Lewis never claimed to be a theologian or pastor.  He makes some big theological boo-boos, but he was a great thinker.  But some of his thoughts in The Problem of Pain are a problem for me, if true.

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Who Really is Practicing Selective Fellowship?

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Paul Harris

Because I won’t commune members of the LCMS who believe that communion should be open to all who want it, or all who have been baptized, or all who believe in the Real Presence, I am accused of practicing selective … Continue reading →

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Deep Calls from the Shallows

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Paul Harris

Nietzsche said don’t stare too long into the abyss or you’ll find the abyss looking back at you.  Earlier I used this in reference to evil; here I use it of the things of God.

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Evolution and the Gay Rights Agenda

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Paul Harris

Does anyone know anyone who is for gay rights and against evolution?  How about for abortion and against evolution? How about for feminism and against evolution?

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A Non-Compete Clause

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Paul Harris

We don’t have non-compete clauses among pastors, but perhaps we should in our own heads because there ain’t no way I’m competing with this Missouri Synod church.

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Pietism in Law and Gospel

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Paul Harris

As promised months ago, here are things I think ought not to be said or reflect incipient pietism in Walther’s Law and Gospel. This is not to say that the book ought not to be read.  I have read it … Continue reading →

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Fiel pero desdichado

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Paul Harris

That’s the Churchill family motto since 1661.  It’s not Latin but Spanish, and nobody knows why. It expresses how I have frequently thought about my relationship to the LCMS.

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