Theological Thursdays: Knowing God: God Unchanging

 William  April 14, 2005  1 Comment on Theological Thursdays: Knowing God: God Unchanging

If you are new to this study you can find all of the previous lessons using the Knowing God category link. There are also study materials for the book available at william.meisheid.com. Today we confront the God who is the…

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Acknowledging The Debts We Owe

 William  April 12, 2005  4 Comments on Acknowledging The Debts We Owe

We are made up of many things: our genes and the physical and mental characteristics they grace us with, our experiences and the choices we make within them that mold the character and “make the man [or woman]” we now…

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Rimdims #3 “Stupidity”

 William  April 11, 2005

“Stupid is as stupid does.” Forest Gump (1994) “Life is tough. It’s tougher when you’re stupid.” Sgt. Stryker (John Wayne) in The Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)* “I’m dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest……

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The Church Of The Self

 William  April 10, 2005  3 Comments on The Church Of The Self

That has a ring to it don’t you think: the church of the self. It is a phrase taken from a recent Mark Steyn article from April 4th in The Irish Times entitled The Pope’s Divisions. In it Steyn comments…

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Taxes And What God Expects

 William  April 9, 2005

We finished our taxes today and it feels so good to get our books closed for 2004. Taxes are one of those things in life, like one’s weight, that you try to minimize as much as possible. Fortunately for us…

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On This Day, April 8

 William  April 8, 2005  2 Comments on On This Day, April 8

I was wondering around Wikipedia and noticed that they have entries for each day of the year in which people post seminal events that happened on that day. I immediately looked up April 8, since today is my birthday. And…

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Theological Thursdays: Knowing God: Section Two: Behold Your God!

 William  April 7, 2005  1 Comment on Theological Thursdays: Knowing God: Section Two: Behold Your God!

If you are new to this study you can find all of the previous lessons using the Knowing God category link. There are also study materials for the book available at william.meisheid.com. Section Two: Behold Your God! Behold is a…

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When Is A Blogstorm A Blogstorm?

 William  April 6, 2005

There is a new word in the lexicon and it is blogstorm. n. When a large amount of activity, information and opinion erupts around a particular subject or controversy in the blogosphere, it is commonly called a blogstorm or blog…

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Tradition

 William  April 5, 2005  5 Comments on Tradition

With the death of Pope John Paul II, the enlivened dialog between Catholics and Protestants that his passing has facilitated frequently crashes on the rocks of tradition. With that in mind, I thought I would repost a section of my…

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Right, Wrong, Laws, And Bethlehem

 William  April 5, 2005

Sometimes, buried in a post about a specific issue lies a deeper truth that needs pulling into the light on its own. There is just such a gem in the March 31st, 2015, Mark Steyn piece on Terri Shiavo. Mark…

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