i dont believe in literal physical demons in fact i bet even those that believe in demons dont believe theyre actually made of stuff of atoms for example. people that believe in demons typically believe in a spiritual realm in which these spiritual things happen. what is this spiritual realm and supposing such a realm exi......
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one of my favorite writers is the real live preacher. i have read his writings for a good while now both in his anonymous days and now in his everyone knows who he is days. real live preacher had this to say so you think you want to try christianity huh youve been casting about for some system of belief for years. you have what we might call a spiritual itch and youd like to try a......
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gordon atkinson has written a blessing for his fifteenyearold daughter . as the father of a daughter who just turned fourteen the entire blessing speaks to me. from my own experience the following passage struck me walk the halls of your school with your head held high. while others may worship at the altars of camouflage conformity and compromise you stand above those shortcuts and so......
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im not sure how popular or unpopular real live preacher is among my readers but i usually find his perspective quite refreshing.a he recently did a video series on hell examining the traditional conservative evangelical view.a he first asked his readers to give him all the verses in the new testament he argues the ot has little to nothing to say about hell that have been use......
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many moons ago when i was blogging regularly i signed up to participate in blog action day. its an even where blogger all agree to focus on a single issue for one day to create awarness and drive conversation. this years topic is poverty. unfortunately i dont have anything too profound to say so i thought id point to a series of articles by one of my favorite......
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after two debates im starting to wonder if perhaps weve reached a point in our national political experience that we ought to consider doing away with the style of debates that weve grown accustomed to. i understand why these kinds of traditional debates were important in the nineteenth and even early to mid twentieth century when we did not have the transportation or me......
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this week in the blogosphere or that little slice of it on which i keep an eye bw3 lists some actual examples of analogies and metaphors found in high school essays . some are hilarious. some are brilliant. some are so intentionally bad that they are hilarious and brilliant see 16. real live preacher speaks of wrestling with scripture in a real live way. it......
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today marks the oneyear anniversary of me being officially diagnosed awith major depressive disorder mdd and social anxiety disorder social phobia.a i still havent really made much rhyme or reason into all this.a of course in one sense it was such a relief to find some sort of label some sort of con trol8221 over the situation.a yet one does not simply ......
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so i just joined this rather fun christian century blogs network thing and gordon who is the ringmaster of this bizarre circus had this to say to me um how the heck does a liberal guy like you live as a wec missionary not that i know anything about wec but i do know something about evangelicals and sending missionaries. i used to joke that the liberals thought i was an eva......
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wrote first draft in heathrow. one editing pass and the addition of the explanation of how one could perform a doubleblind study was done from my fully furnished temporary flat furnishings include wifi yay in a post two months ago i decided to poetically end the post on a little climax to leave a lingering thought but if you add one ounce of stress and expectations on ......
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rlp asks why you believe hell exists. i cant wait to see the discussions.......
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as part of a post on gun control gordon atkinson describes the history of hunting in his family i am not a hunter but i come from a family of hunters. one of my grandfathers grew up in a poor family of sharecroppers. when he was a boy his family hunted animals killed them and ate them... my uncles and father hunted with my grandfather but by that time hunting was no longer a necessity......
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was blind but now it sees. or something. you may have noticed that ive been somewhat absent here of late. even more absent than usual i mean. thats because i got blocked out of my blog. turns out i was hacked. it was pretty awful. but chris cree saved me. er he saved my blog. hes a friend of mine which im telling you in the interest of full disclosure. because ......
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as my sidebar indicates im a member of the blog network hosted by the christian century .a honestly i was pretty fortunate to have been chosen as such a novice blogger a few months ago but ive tried to keep up with the hot shots and really appreciated the fellowship of the network8 211especi ally reading others work. the cc blogs network along with other sorts of re......
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and what would satan doa and what would linton do somet imes lol.a i finished reading evangelism for the rest of us sharing christ within your personality styleaby mike bechtle that i started reading at chris suns apartments common area yesterday i ate dinner wtih james jonathan and linton at yantze.aathey bought some alcohol from kroger next to tapioca expres......
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my post a month ago on childhood indoctrination could spark a number of different posts or discussions but i dont want to spend too much time on it. the main point was that i had some firsthand experience on childhood indoctrination. and i think scaring children with hell like that is evil for some definitions of evil i can also write a post in defence of sincere but potent......
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in this weeks episode i chat with san antonio artist paul soupiset . i blogged here about getting the opportunity to meet paul at ruta maya coffeehouse back at the beginning of april. weve been keeping this one under our hats for a while and im really excited about exposing this little bit of homebrewed christianity to the world. tripp opens the show by telling stori......
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its been a while since i did a personal update but its time. one of the reasons for this is that im on record as advocating speaking up in the midst of ones struggle rather than waiting until youve conquered it. this is a requirement of true transparency but for reasons that will become apparent i had decided to wait a while before posting this update. i ......
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gordon atkinson is a san antonio pastor who writes for the christian century and also has a popular blog. a listening prayer gives a sample of his style and sensibility.......
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people definitely like the idea of heading out on their own retreat as the retreat group writing project pulled in a respectable 21 entries . results journeys by l.l. barkat retreat by tina howard sacred ingress by carl holmes the get away by david rupert retreats why by gerrard fess retreat to appreciate by l.l. barkat a listening prayer by gordon atkinson .....
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buddy greene plays harmonica like nobodys business. just open his site in a new browser and listen to his music while you read this. i was reading through the lyrics on his site this morning and was struck by these lines from jesus has left the building theres a big crowd gathered at first church theyre dressed up and lookin so fine they lean forwa......
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have you ever felt the need to get away from it all have you ever had to chose whether to take some time away or keep pressing on which way did you decide to go what happened as a result highcallingblogs group writing project this month were hosting the highcallingblogs group writing project here at successcreeations inc. were going to take the next few weeks to share ......
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last week rev. mommy introduced a lot of new bloggers to the revgals community. this week we only have no new members to introduce...so instead we will have an interviewathon with three of revguys please meet rev. scott where do you blog im at nachfolge . what are your favorite nonrevgal blog pal blogs real live preacher lutherpunk heather armstrong the questing par......
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movies watched by iss expedition 1 crew. as gathered from the expedition 1 ships logs. via kottke. tags space nasa iss film fun culture soyuz hard landing universe today further details on the ballistic reentry of soyuz tma11 and the subsequent russian response and coverage. tags space nasa russia iss soyuz ......
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