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Category Archives: Philosophical Thoughts
What do you think of this statement? “If you are on of those who undergoes regular worldview sized shifts in your thinking; if your message changes every time a new fad or new best-selling book comes along, if you are … Continue reading
Posted in Doctrinal Issues, Phil Johnson, Philosophical Thoughts
Tagged Discernment, doctrine, Fads, Phil Johnson, Quotes
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Missing the Point 02…
Chapter 1 titled “Missing the Point: Salvation”. The author of this chapter lays out that the church has potentially missed the point by becoming overly decision oriented (my terminology). He points out that terms like “accept Christ as your personal … Continue reading
Missing the point 01…
I’m reading through the book “Adventures in Missing the Point”, which is NOT about proper evasive techniques for sword fighting. Actually, that would probably be a more useful book. This book, written by Tony Campolo and Brian McLaren, has an … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Philosophical Thoughts
Tagged Brian McLaren, Missing the point, Theology, Tony Campolo
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Monday quotes: The good, The bad and/or The ugly…
The Good Since today is MLK day allow me to start out with some quotes by the good Dr. King: “A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.” That … Continue reading
Posted in Bad quotes, Philosophical Thoughts, Quotes
Tagged character, Martin Luther King, MLK, Quotes, Richard Rohr
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Another fun statement…
I am currently enveloped in, among other things, a biography of U.S. Grant, named appropriately “Grant.” The author, Jean Edward Smith, has shown time and again that one of Grant’s strengths was his command of the language. Grant was able … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophical Thoughts
Tagged Bible Interpretation, clarity, nuance, U.S. Grant, worthless statements
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A Camping Thought…
This past Monday my wife, along another couple took a group of 7 teens and 2 young adults camping at Ft. Desoto State Park. This is somewhat of a yearly event, and this years trip was extra special due to … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophical Thoughts
Tagged Camping, Death, Heaven, Life, satisfaction, Thoughts
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Questioning the worthless statement…
I recently saw a blog post that stated: “If we continue to use the Bible as we did in the past, we render ourselves likely to repeat past atrocities.” Immediately everyone who agrees that the Bible is the cause of … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Philosophical Thoughts
Tagged Atrocities, Bible, Christianity, Church, foolishness, questions
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Psalm 109 / McLaren followup…
McLaren graciously answered my email to him on his blog. You can read it here. His answer is helpful, especially the last paragraph where he promises that he would be against similar “rhetoric” against any president. If I were to … Continue reading
