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Hermeneutical Essentials
[Part 9 in our series on Hermeneutics] In this last post on the hermeneutical process, I want to step outside of the textual/interpretive issues and look at a broader question: what is an essential doctrine (that all orthodox Christians must agree… →
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Church First Impressions #Fail
The clash of worlds can lead to some interesting conversations. As friends from work, school, and old friends/acquaintances from high school/college have connected with me on Facebook, they quickly find this blog and get a sense of my story. While… →
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Tough Love Lived Out
One of the best examples of “Holy Love” or “Tough Love” I have ever read, comes from author Brennan Manning: Impostors in the Spirit always prefer appearances to reality. Rationalization begins with a look in the mirror. We don’t like the sight of… →
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Dynamics of Fear & Risk
From Francis Chan: →
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Hermeneutical Questions & Principles
[Part 8 in our series on Hermeneutics] In this series we started by looking at some micro-hermeneutical issues (what I call mechanical hermeneutics) and then moved on to macro-hermeneutics (big ideas, story, etc). Now, we are returning to mechanic… →
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Tabernacle
Saturday night I was able to attend two different worship services at two different churches. I already wrote about the other experience (that was less than inspiring) and now some thoughts on my second experience. This experience was at Tabernacl… →
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Just Visiting or Welcomed Guest
Saturday night I had the chance to go to two different churches for two very different worship experiences. I will share about the first experience here and the second in a later post. The first church I went to was about as close to a mega-church… →
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What Do You Think About #DADT?
I usually blog about faith-based and personal issues here on this blog, not politics and broader national issues. That said, I am curious about WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT “DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL” as a policy for the US military? I am looking for honest a… →
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