Category Archives: For Anyone who dares

Twerking

I was relieved when I heard a woman in her 30s say she had to look up the word “twerking.”  When it came across Google news, I too had to look it up thinking I really was asleep at the … Continue reading →

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What the United States, Louisiana, a Zombie, and the LCMS Have in Common

There may be many more than one thing these all have in common, but I can only think of one.  They refuse to call things what they are.

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Despair is a Greater Sin than Gay Marriage

The following was prompted by someone sending me this YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlVBg7_08n0. The sender pointed out how sophisticated the medium was and how siren the message.  One despairs of answering it, and therein is the real problem.

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Did you hear the one about…?

You know that joke about the guy threatened by flood waters who spurned offers from the truck, the boat, and the helicopter to take him to safety because he had prayed to God and God would save him?  I fear … Continue reading →

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Getting Your Head Around It

I’m not sure we ought to be able to get our head around a person killing others at random and then killing himself.  Mad dogs are mad.  Fallen humans are fallen and there is no bottom to which they can … Continue reading →

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Shall the Circle Be Unbroken?

We’ll we’ve certainly completed our tyranny over them now.  The prophesy of Genesis 3:16 is complete:  The woman’s lust shall be for the man’s place and he shall be a tyrant over you.  The ACLU with their lawsuit on behalf … Continue reading →

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“Of God and Gays and Humility”

That’s not my title that’s Jon Meacham’s, the former executive editor of Newsweek and now executive editor at Random House.  His article is in the July 30, 2012 issue of Time.  The upshot of the article is that if you … Continue reading →

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“Joy and disbelief greet Obama’s support of same-sex marriage”

That was the LA Times banner headline on May 9.  Let’s see if we can do that with any of the other Commandments.

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You May be Right I May Be Crazy

The word “may” in the title to this Billy Joel song is the operative word, and as we are perched on the cusp of the newest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel of Mental Disorders (DSM) the “mayness” of … Continue reading →

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So you think I’m being too picky?

Bethel Lutheran Church, Dallas, has 802 communicant members.  Their August 14, 2011 online bulletin had this to say about Communion: “• Holy Communion will be celebrated in the 8:30 Traditional Service today. For those who desire to commune with us … Continue reading →

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