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God Is Not Chewy
Read more: God Is Not ChewyThere are many things that God is not. And chewy is one of them. No, I’m not referring to this well-beloved Star Wars character. Although that’s true; God is definitely not Chewbacca. It may seem silly, but I whole-heartedly affirm that God is not chewy. By saying that God is not chewy I am doing…
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Desperation, or True Worship
Read more: Desperation, or True WorshipOccasionally, I seem to think that I’ve got stuff pretty much worked out. I go through my life thinking that if I just make everybody at work happy, keep my family satisfied, advance myself somehow either in my career or educationally, if I just work hard enough or think long enough or talk with enough…
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Parental Advisory: What is your Child Learning in Sunday School?
Read more: Parental Advisory: What is your Child Learning in Sunday School?“Hey Tanner, remind me of the ministry opportunities you have at your church again?” asked Andrew, who followed up his question with his warm, yet focused and expectant stare through his thin framed glasses. “Oh, well, the primary help I try to provide is in organizing and planning different outreach ministries that our church seeks…
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My JSNT Article on Gal. 3.4 is Out
Read more: My JSNT Article on Gal. 3.4 is OutThe September 2013 issue of the Journal for the Study of the New Testament is now available online and will be in print shortly. My article on the meaning of the Greek word ΠΑΣΧΩ in Galatians 3.4 is included in the volume (“Suffering In Vain: A Study on the Interpretation of ΠΑΣΧΩ in Galatians 3.4,” JSNT 36.1…
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Movies, Sex, and Gore, Oh My! Morality and Objectivity in Art
Read more: Movies, Sex, and Gore, Oh My! Morality and Objectivity in ArtLast time I wrote on this blog, I argued that art should be viewed subjectively and objectively. Art has absolute qualities that must be acknowledged to give it existence, and yet, it still must be experienced to call it art. But what is art in the scope of ethics? I’ll try not to make this…
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Fear Itself
Read more: Fear ItselfThis is a story about the stories we tell ourselves every time we turn on the television, and every time we leave our homes. They’re the stories we tell whenever we see someone and assume we know who they are, what they’re about, before we’ve met them, before we’ve heard the actual stories that make them who…
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Where is America in End Times Prophecy?
Read more: Where is America in End Times Prophecy?A very interesting article floated its way through my Facebook newsfeed this week in which Greg Laurie offers his thoughts on why the United States “the one nation that is strangely absent [from the End Times scenario] is the United States of America.” More specifically, it seems that Laurie is puzzled that it is not…
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J. K. Rowling & Pseudonymity
Read more: J. K. Rowling & PseudonymityDid you hear the news? J. K. Rowling wrote a new book! When I heard this I was absolutely thrilled. But there’s just one thing. J. K. Rowling used a pseudonym. Instead of using her famous pen name “J. K. Rowling” for her new detective novel, The Cuckoo’s Calling, the book was written under the false…
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Confessions of a White Privileged Christian Female American
Read more: Confessions of a White Privileged Christian Female AmericanA few months ago I was walking down the streets of Berkeley. The sun was setting, and as the city darkened I threw my purse around my neck in order to hold on a little tighter. There weren’t many people out and about so as I watched an African American male dressed in dark colors…
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A Prayer For a Family
Read more: A Prayer For a FamilyThis weekend, my youngest brother will become the wedded spouse to fellow-minded companion in humor, his life coach and motivator, his faithful supporter and encourager, and his dear friend, Brittany. This is the second wedding in seven months in the Gish household (perhaps a sign that they’re a hot commodity- ladies take note, as there…