Category Archives: For Anyone who dares

Bonheoffer, Hitler, and Holocaust

Posted on July 21, 2008 by Paul Harris

The January Concordia Theological Quarterly has an article entitled “Themes of the Cruciform Life in Bonheoffer.”  Bonheoffer was executed for his participation in the plot to assassinate the one man every man thinks ought to have been: Hitler.

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Issues with Issues, Etc.

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Paul Harris

I  write supportive of Issues, Etc.  I will support my congregation funding Issues, Etc.  “resurrection” in Pirate Christian Radio as much as the crew of the Black Pearl supported rescuing Captain Jack Sparrow from the nether world.  

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The Lioness’s Share

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Paul Harris

G.K. Chesterton said that “every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things” (The New Jerusalem, 211.) 

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“I Know” Christians

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Paul Harris

Please note I’m not saying the following aren’t Christians, but it is not a Christian response to respond with, “I know,” when someone speaks the Gospel truth to you, yet, this often the response I get. 

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This Jeremiah Wasn’t a Bullfrog but a Friend

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Paul Harris

 “Jeremiah was a bullfrog.  He was a good friend of mine,” so sang “Three Dog Night.”  Well Rev. Jeremiah Wright isn’t a bullfrog, but he was a good friend of Senator Baraak Obamba.  Keep reading; this isn’t a political screed … Continue reading →

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Radio Shows Go Mercy Stays & Politics Rules the World

Posted on March 29, 2008 by Paul Harris

 Several members sent me Radio Silence by Mollie Ziegler Hemingway in the March 28 Wall Street Journal.  Here is what troubles me:

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Heaven Waits for those who Congregate

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Paul Harris

Don Williams sang in 1980 that he didn’t “believe that heaven waits for only those who congregate.”  With due respect to the truth of country music in general and Don Williams in particular, I disagree.

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A Belated Review of Mel Gibson’s “The Passion”

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Paul Harris

Four years seems long enough to wait before writing a critical review of a movie that the church for the most part praised.  It was thought to be a great vehicle for evangelizing, a great way to bring the Passion … Continue reading →

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The Sin Nobody Talks About

Posted on February 20, 2008 by Paul Harris

Having recently published a letter, I didn’t think The Lutheran Witness would, I decided to publish this article Higher Things wouldn’t.  To be fair, it’s not that they didn’t think it worthwhile.  They just thought it too risky, perhaps risque.  You decide … Continue reading →

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The Little Lutheran Church that Wasn’t

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Paul Harris

  The following is a letter I sent to The Lutheran Witness in reference to an article in their February 2008 edition.  I don’t think it will see the light of day, so I thought I would give it some … Continue reading →

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