Knowing God – 1

 William  July 11, 2004  4 Comments on Knowing God – 1

This is the first post in a series on the classic of evangelical spirituality Knowing God by J.I. Packer. Our church’s men’s Bible study is studying it on Saturday mornings. We cover one chapter a week and this is my…

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Day By Day by Chris Muir

 William  July 9, 2004  1 Comment on Day By Day by Chris Muir

If you haven’t read the comic strip Day By Day, written by Chris Muir you owe it to yourself to take a peek. His current effort pokes fun at Michael Moore and Fahrenheit 9/11. Hat tip to Patriot Paradox.

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Slavery, Racism, and Ostriches

 William  July 9, 2004

If someone asked you, “Does slavery, not symbolic but real down-to-earth, dehumanizing slavery, exist in the United States?” what would your answer be? Most likely you would gasp, “Of course not!” You would be wrong. It exists. In a post…

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A Freedom of Religion Brief

 William  July 9, 2004

I couldn’t sleep one night and as things go when laying quietly in the dark my mind went on one of those Beagle-type wanderings where it rushed down all sorts of rabbit trails until finally it latched on one scent…

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Democratic Haiku

 William  July 8, 2004  4 Comments on Democratic Haiku

Encouraged by a Michelle Malkin link to a haiku on John Edward’s hair I thought I would try my feeble hand at the art form… Beautiful hair Wafting hairspray Ozone depletion or Kerry Edwards Bill’s lament

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Michael Moore, Fantasy, and 9/11

 William  July 8, 2004  2 Comments on Michael Moore, Fantasy, and 9/11

Mark Stein, one of my favorite writers (he is linked on the left under Others), has written a take-down of Michael Moore and his Fahrenheit 9/11 mockumentary. Note: The Jerusalem Post link requires registration. Stein’s premise is that Moore’s premise…

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Christian Carnival XXV

 William  July 7, 2004  1 Comment on Christian Carnival XXV

The Christian Carnival is a weekly collection of posts submitted by various bloggers, which are written from a Christian perspective. Your author has two posts in this weeks Carnival. The 25th Christian Carnival has been hosted this week by Messy…

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Science and God

 William  July 7, 2004

The Probability of God, the book by Stephen D. Unwin, has resulted in a flurry of articles, both pro and con, on the utility of his argument. For examples of pro (Evangelical Outpost: Wagering a Life: Part 1 – Urwin…

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Hate-Speech vs. Free Speech

 William  July 6, 2004

It appears that the legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has added an amendment to its hate-crimes law called “harassment by communication.” There is concern that this could be used against churches that address homosexual activity as sin. More to…

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Strange and Stranger Still Redux

 William  July 5, 2004

Back on June 24, I published a little item called Strange and Stranger Still about Amazon’s Listmania and its second-most popular list, The Top 25 Weirdest Items You Can Purchase Through Amazon! by Sheila Chilcote-Collins, who calls herself an “Ardent…

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