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Father Knows Best?
It starts with fat, old Eli. He is a lousy father. Scripture records that Eli honored his sons above the Lord. He would not properly discipline them for despising the offering of the Lord and for sleeping with the women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting. This was one father who certainly didn’t know best. Continue reading
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The Lioness’s Share
G.K. Chesterton said that “every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things” (The New Jerusalem, 211.) Continue reading
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Only Stories
Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen the movie “Atonement” and want to, don’t read this. Continue reading
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“I Know” Christians
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. Continue reading
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“Flies on Jesus”
Saul Bellow in his novel Herzog quotes what he says is an old song, “There are flies on me; there’s flies on you, but there ain’t no flies on Jesus.” O yes, there were Continue reading
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This Jeremiah Wasn’t a Bullfrog but a Friend
“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 but a diatribe on the relationship of pastor and people. Continue reading
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You Can Learn a lot from women, so Don’t Sacrifice them
There are shows aimed at men and shows at women. While, as far as I know, no one has thought of a derisive term for movies aimed at men such as “Male Movie” or “Testosterone Tape,” we do have the derisive term “Chick Flick.” Now that my sons are out in the working world, I am left alone with women to watch movies. I find no pleasure in watching a movie and waiting to cry; however, there is even less virtue in watching a typical male movie and waiting for other people to die. Still when watching the things my wife and daughters opt for I find myself dying not crying. Continue reading
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You’re Just a Kid!
“You’re just a kid!” O how age can be made an accusation. Continue reading
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Other Issues from Issues Etc.
Several people have sent the following response of Mollie Ziegler Hemingway to President Kieschnick’s “letter to the editor.” Here is my reaction. Continue reading
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