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2010-09-14T06:00:16-04:00

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Teaching worship

Last updated on: September 14, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Last Sunday our Pastor, Rev. James Douthwaite, did something he does once a year or so: He teaches us the significance and why-we-do-what-we-do in the liturgy. He uses an adaptation of The Narrative Commentary on the Divine Service by Prof. John Pless, who gave permission to post it on the church website and to thus make it available to others. (You can find the version we used here as a .pdf file. You can also find it online here.) The... Read more

2010-09-14T05:30:01-04:00

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Koran burning update

Last updated on: September 14, 2010 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Well, the Florida preacher who threatened to burn the Koran decided not to. But some other people took his idea and ran with it. Iranian television has been broadcasting this information throughout the Muslim world. Rioting has erupted. Christian schools and churches are being attacked. The death toll so far: 15. Notice how burning the Koran, far from striking back at the jihadists, is actually playing right into their hands. Iranian-backed TV broadcasts US Koran desecrations, inflames deadly Kashmir riots;... Read more

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Koran burning

2010-09-14T05:00:50-04:00

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Preachers and singers fighting for wireless mics

Last updated on: September 14, 2010 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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The Federal Communication Commission is planning to release more broadcast channels, but the prospect of improved cell phone reception and WiFi on steroids has provoked opposition from preachers, singers, and others dependent on wireless mics: Two decades ago, the FCC released similar airwaves to the public, but no one thought doing so would have much impact for consumers. They were wrong: That band of short-range radio waves spawned baby monitors, garage-door openers and thousands of WiFi hot spots at Starbucks,... Read more

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2010-09-13T06:00:45-04:00

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Witness, mercy, life together

Last updated on: September 13, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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What do you make of the new LCMS President Matthew Harrison’s themes for the church body, taken from the very rich Greek New Testament words Martyría, Diakonía, and Koinonía? What do they suggest about the direction he wants to take the church? via The ABC3s of Miscellany: LCMS Board and Commission Orientation — Day 1. Read more

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2010-09-13T05:30:32-04:00

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The charge of Republican racism

Last updated on: September 13, 2010 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Gerard Alexander disputes a narrative that we keep hearing: The narrative usually begins with Barry Goldwater opposing provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and with Richard Nixon scheming to win the presidency through a “Southern strategy” — appealing to the racial prejudice of working-class whites in the South to pry them away from the Democratic coalition assembled by Franklin Roosevelt. In this telling, bigoted Southerners were the electoral mountain to which the Republican Moses had to come, the key... Read more

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2010-09-13T05:00:01-04:00

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China is reconsidering its one-child policy

Last updated on: September 13, 2010 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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A lesson for population-control zealots from a country that put the concept into bloody practice: An aging population and the need for more workers have prompted China’s Communist Party to consider relaxing the decades-long ban that restricts most couples to one child, a harsh policy marked by forced abortions, sterilizations and fines for those who have more than one. In 2011, China will start pilot projects in five provinces, all of which have low birth rates, to allow a second... Read more

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2010-09-10T06:00:15-04:00

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A new Lutheran church, gnosticism, and the Bible

Last updated on: September 10, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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A new Lutheran denomination is being formed, the North American Lutheran Church. It consists of ELCA congregations that are pulling out because of that body’s acceptance of homosexuality. Christianity Today did a story on a theological conference held by the organization that has started the new church body. The story cites some annoying comments, with the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod being dismissed as “fundamentalist” and criticized for following 16th century Lutheran orthodoxy rather than Luther. (Note to Christianity Today: If... Read more

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2010-09-10T05:50:44-04:00

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Zone blocking & the football season

Last updated on: September 10, 2010 at 5:50 am By Gene Veith

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The NFL season is upon us. I’m a Packer fan, but one can hardly be in an area with a professional sports team without getting drawn into its orbit. The Washington Redskins have a new head coach, Mike Shanahan, who is trying to implement an interesting new approach with the offensive line: Zone blocking. Offensive linemen, instead of taking on the man in front of them, head to an area and hit the defender who occupies it. “It’s the difference... Read more

2010-09-10T05:18:04-04:00

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A physicist on Hawking’s self-creating universe

Last updated on: September 10, 2010 at 5:18 am By Gene Veith

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Physicist Stephen Barr discusses Stephen Hawking’s recent book, explaining his arguments, explaining what physicists mean by multiple universes, and, finally, explaining why none of this diminishes the case for God at all. Instead of my trying to paraphrase or quote from what was said, you can just read it yourself: Much Ado About “Nothing”: Stephen Hawking and the Self-Creating Universe | First Things. Read more

2010-09-10T05:00:47-04:00

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The Koran burning is off

Last updated on: September 10, 2010 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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The minister has cancelled plans to burn the Koran on Saturday, claiming a rather questionable quid pro quo: The leader of a small Christian church in the U.S. state of Florida says he has canceled plans to burn Qurans on Saturday. The minister’s intention to burn the holy book of Islam caused international outrage, including condemnation from President Barack Obama. The Reverend Terry Jones said Thursday he has called off his planned protest because he has reached an agreement with... Read more

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