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The “Stupid” Test (pt. 2) – Ignorance and Stupidity
As I continue my look at mistakes that I see myself and others make in doing theology I need to clarify a couple of terms. The most important difference in terms is between ignorance and stupidity. All...
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“TST” (pt. 4) Mandatory Reading To Avoid Stupid Mistakes
In composing this series of thoughts my mind has been racing with ideas and examples of how I have made mistakes and how I have heard and read other mistakes. The other day I was sitting here thinking...
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Is This Progress? (revised)
English: Original Description: Yes, that is a flag. How did it get there? What do we do about it? Two Arena Football League referees. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Perhaps some of you read an earlier post...
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Preachers – Never Criticize Your Congregation
one way to say do not enter (Photo credit: shioshvili) In my last post I talked to preachers about the sin of preaching when anger is the primary motivation. Closely related to that temptation is the...
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Always Take The High Road
Hammer and nails (Photo credit: Anders Illum) As the old joke goes, experience is a wonderful thing. It allows you to recognize the same mistake the second time you make it. As you get older you...
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The Courage to Ask Questions
Raphael, St Paul Preaching in Athens (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It begins when we are very young. We ask a question and someone laughs at us. Or we ask a question and someone tells us we have asked a...
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15 Truths For Theological Reflection (#8)
Quicksand (Photo credit: orebokech) Before I get to the theology, permit me a little comic diversion… A very prim and proper old spinster called the police to report her neighbors involved in lewd and...
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Perspective
May God help me! (Photo credit: radiant guy) I was having a bad day. Nothing earth shattering, just the usual accumulation of junk and garbage that can turn a sunny day into a cloudy one. I was...
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A Word To My Younger (and maybe not so younger) Readers
Comfortable in My Own Skin (Photo credit: meganhutchh) Please, learn to be comfortable in your own skin. I grew up as many people do, thinking that I had to be something that I was not, and quite...
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An Open Letter to the Latest in a Long Series of People Angry at the Church
English: Emotions associated with anger (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Just sitting here ruminating on a subject that has been festering for a while. I really do not know who to address this to, so it will...
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Why Do Preachers Say Controversial Things?
English: Dr. Martin Luther King giving his “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington in Washington, D.C., on 28 August 1963. Español: Dr. Martin Luther King dando su discurso “Yo tengo un...
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Comments on Comments
Glass Reflection Disagreement 17/365 (Photo credit: Louish Pixel) Hmm. Never had to deal with this before, but after several unpublishable comments were delivered the other day I thought maybe I would...
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Goodbye, 2015, and Good Riddance
2015 is almost over, and for me the end of the year cannot come soon enough. I certainly hope your year has been better – exponentially better – than mine. 1990 was by far worse than 2015, but this...
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