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Using Religion to Insult Others

I have been a wrestler since I was 14. From Jr. High through post-college competition, I have always loved the ...
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It’s all how you define it

Last week I posted that Jesus was, in many ways (but not in every way), woke. I define woke the ...
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Unanswered Prayer

There are a lot of stumbling blocks that keep us from fully connecting with God, and unanswered prayer is, for ...
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When a faith-based college isn’t

I was just reading about a unanimous decision by the trustees of Marymount University, a small, liberal arts college in ...
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Salt

Salt is one of those things we don't think of much, yet it is essential in so many ways. Too ...
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The New McCarthyism?

I was shocked when I learned about McCarthyism, one of the darkest times in American history. Led by Wisconsin Senator ...
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More Mean Christians

A friend posted this billboard the other day; he saw it as he was driving through Georgia. "Every Tongue Will ...
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Prayer in the Schools, Part 2

I have been in my current church in Reading, PA, through 6 or 7 mayors; a dream for an ex-UMC ...
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Prayer in Schools (Ad Nauseum)

I was born in 1960 - the Supreme Court made school-sponsored prayer illegal in 1962. Do the math - I ...
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A Little Story about Frank & Edna

Frank and Edna Howell were long-time members of Andover United Methodist Church (NJ), where I served as pastor from 1986-1990. ...
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