At the Intersection of Christian Faith, Worldviews, Nature, and the Arts
Over the last couple of days, self-identifying Atheist Facebookers (not necessarily "card-carrying members," just folks) have been reposting a slam against Christians and the Bible from The Richard Dawkins' Foundation for Reason and Science. Referring to the King James version of the New Testament, the piece asserts that "21st century Christians believe the 'Word of …
I came across this advertisement today on Craigslist. I share it unedited: “I know my posting must seen strange but when you run out of resources you do things you normally wouldn't do. I am 33 and I am married m husband is 42, we have 5 children together and he has two from a …
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Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Colossians 3:12-13, NIV, 1984. French author Victor Hugo, best known for Les Miserables and The Hunchback of …
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I am a dyed-in-the-wool New Englander. I’ve often used that expression over the years without ever knowing its origin and I never thought to ask other dyed-in-the-wool New Englanders why we refer to ourselves as such. I’d read, at some point, that the expression means “thorough-going and uncompromising” but it wasn’t until today that I …
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“It’s on account of people like you that I send prophets and wise guides and scholars generation after generation – and generation after generation you treat them like dirt, greeting them with lynch mobs, hounding them with abuse” (Matt. 23:34, The Message). The Barna Institute estimates that a pastor in the United States is forced out …
