Thursday, April 19, 2018

Amusing Our Infantile Selves to Death

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Store, in Ann Arbor Over 2000 years ago the Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote: "It is indeed a strange thought that the ...

In the Real Church Influence, Not Numbers, Matters

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My praying chair, in my backyard by the river, emerging from the winter Reading Eugene Peterson's  The Pastor: A Memoir , solid...
Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Join Me This Summer in Green Lake, Wisconsin!

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Of all the conferences Linda and I have attended, the annual HSRM Conference is our favorite. Much more than a conference, this annual ev...
Monday, April 16, 2018

God Speaks to Me Today

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Our back yard  - 4/16/18 Our front yard -  4/16/18 It's early Monday morning. I'm in our home office. It's on the seco...
Saturday, April 14, 2018

Our Sermons Online

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Sermons given at Redeemer by myself, Tim Curry, and others can be found HERE .
Thursday, April 12, 2018

The American Church Is Mostly Powerless In Influencing American Culture

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Western Michigan shoreline If I am conformed to the pattern of this world , then I will be rendered impotent when it comes to influenci...

Stephen Jay Gould and NOMA (Science Does Not Explain Everything)

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(For my MCCC Philosophy of Religion Students. Gould's essay "Nonoverlapping Magisteria"  is an important one and serves...
Wednesday, April 11, 2018

The Presence-less Pastor Pulls People Away from God

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Assisting pastors in their praying lives in Eldoret, Kenya The pastor who loses sight of living in God's presence, as their first or...
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

How to Deal with Anger - Some Resources

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Tonight on One-Hour Seminary I responded to the question "How Are We to Deal with Anger?" Here are some resources, some of which...
Monday, April 09, 2018

Bertrand Russell's "A Free Man's Worship" (For My Philosophy of Religion Students)

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Philosophy of Religion Exam 3, Question 2: EXPLAIN BERTRAND RUSSELL’S  “A FREE MAN’S WORSHIP” What, then, are the beliefs of atheis...