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Implications of the Sovereignty of God
Category: Culture
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“People aren’t ideologically driven.” Sounds like a pretty smart statement, doesn’t it? It was a statement I heard in a recent class on Church planting when we were discussing the way in which people choose Churches. It was said that people never seem to be interested in the things preached from the pulpit, rather in…
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Mormonism: Gordon Hinkley dies, meaning the LDS has to find another president/prophet. Greek Orthodox: The changing of the guard continues as Archbishop Christodoulos of the Greek orthodox Church dies. Freedom of Expression: 90% of Americans think we should be able to express our religious faith (as long as it makes no one uncomfortable), what happened…
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Atheism: A friend of a friend writes a fairly insightful review of Bertrand Russell’s “Why I am Not a Christian”. Many of the comments actually fit much of modern atheism. Technology: You can now download TV episodes on itunes. Yay! Now I can get the stuff I’ve been avoiding for a decade by not owning…
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Manners: A brilliant article by Mark Steyn on rudeness and the what it says about society. Environment: An Australian professor believes that there should be a tax on having excess children, to better help the planet. Canada: A young Muslim woman in Canada is murdered, and her father is in custody. There seems to have…
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One of the side effects of a public health care system such as the one in Canada is that every hospital is honestly a study in class dynamics. I notice this as I cut through the local hospital on my way home from the university (something I often do so that I can avail myself…
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