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The Gong Show–Or When We Christians Don’t Have Enough Sense to Stifle It

I don’t blog as much as I used to. Part of that is because life intrudes more than it once did and age is proving me less adequate to the task of addressing all those intrusions. But there is another reason: I simply don’t have as much to say. Past posts have addressed—and sometimes even [...]

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Various Spring Thursday Musings

A variety of thoughts on this sunny April Thursday: + I was thinking how power is the modern equivalent of will. We want to have power over all aspects of our lives, with powerlessness one of the most hated of all hateful ideas. But if we take Christ’s “not my will, but yours, be done” [...]

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Scolds, Killjoys & Blackmailers: When “Good Christians” Become Annoyances

Something was wrong with Jimmy Swaggart. Watching his TV show back in the 70s and ’80s, I noticed the gradual change: Swaggart went from preaching the Gospel to letting everyone know just who was in error, who was doing it wrong, and who was screwing up. We all know who was ultimately screwing up, don’t [...]

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