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2010-01-11T06:00:36-05:00

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Tolerance embraces proselytizing

Last updated on: January 11, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Michael Gerson makes some excellent points about the Brit Hume controversy, particularly that religious freedom and religious toleration require accepting people’s rights to try to make converts: The American idea of religious liberty does not forbid proselytization; it presupposes it. Free, autonomous individuals not only have the right to hold whatever beliefs they wish, they also have the right to change those beliefs and to persuade others to change as well. Just as there is no political liberty without the... Read more

2010-01-11T05:30:22-05:00

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Elvis as preacher/Preacher as Elvis

Last updated on: January 11, 2010 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Elvis Presley would have turned 75 on January 8. His former wife said that if he were alive today he might be a preacher: <blockquote>“I think Elvis would always be a part of music, no matter what,” Priscilla Presley told TODAY’s Matt Lauer Friday from the King’s Graceland home in Memphis. “It was in his blood. I don’t know if he’d be doing rock ’n’ roll right now; I think that maybe he’d be going into gospel. Maybe even preaching... Read more

2010-01-11T05:12:34-05:00

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Al-Qaeda’s new strategy

Last updated on: January 11, 2010 at 5:12 am By Gene Veith

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Counter-terrorism expert Bruce Hoffman has a fascinating op-ed piece, Al-Qaeda has a new strategy. Obama needs one, too. – washingtonpost.com. Here is a summation of that strategy, which Hoffman explores in detail: Overwhelm. Divide. Bankrupt. Spread. Diversify. The terrorists have certainly succeeded in dividing us, both from our allies and from each other. Al-Qaeda is trying to take credit for our current financial woes, which is ridiculous, but the direct and the indirect costs of the war on terrorism are not... Read more

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2010-01-11T05:00:59-05:00

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NFL playoffs

Last updated on: January 11, 2010 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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What a thrilling game it was, with the Packers coming back after spotting the Cardinals two touch-downs, thanks to two opening turnovers, and yet losing in overtime with a whopping score of 51-45. I can’t think of any playoff game–or any football game, for that matter, that I have witnessed, in which the two teams scored a total of 96 points! And the Packers’ strong point was supposed to be their defense. Oh, well. At least the Packers made the... Read more

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2010-01-08T06:00:54-05:00

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No end runs around the Cross

Last updated on: January 8, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Here is a graphic that our pastor, Rev. James Douthwaite, at St. Athanasius Lutheran Church in Vienna, Virginia, uses to explain how we should always factor in the Cross when we consider our relationship to God and His relationship to us. (A parishioner made this visual image to illustrate what our pastor had been teaching.) So, in God’s relationship to us, we might wonder, “Am I really saved?” “Am I of the elect?” “Is God angry with me?” “Why does... Read more

2010-01-08T05:45:05-05:00

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The most controversial two words you can say in public

Last updated on: January 8, 2010 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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Brit Hume, in an interview about his controversial statement on television that Tiger Wood should turn to Christianity: It is certainly true in secular America today that the most controversial two words you can ever utter in a public space are ‘Jesus Christ,’” Hume said. When asked to speculate about the reasons for the mainstream media’s vitriolic reception of Christianity, Hume initially expressed bewilderment “I’m somewhat at a loss to explain it because so many of the people who purport... Read more

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2010-01-08T05:30:44-05:00

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Atheists’ two principles

Last updated on: January 8, 2010 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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In bidding Goodbye to the Decade of the New Atheists?, Touchstone’s James Kushiner quotes Doug Wilson from the DVD of his debate with Christopher Hitchens: “Atheists have two basic principles: First, there is no god. Second, I hate him.” Read more

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2010-01-08T05:00:47-05:00

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The Bible in 72 hours

Last updated on: January 8, 2010 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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A church in Superior, Wisconsin is sponsoring a Bible-reading marathon. SUPERIOR, Wis. – Superior’s Central Assembly of God is ringing in the New Year with a marathon Bible-reading session. Over three days, members will read the entire Bible aloud from the pulpit into a live microphone. “It’s an incredible thing to think you can read through the whole Bible in 72 hours,” said Rhonda Horyza, church secretary. The “Take Up the Sword” event is more of a relay than a... Read more

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2010-01-07T06:00:36-05:00

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Online churches

Last updated on: January 7, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Think how mega your church could be if you were not limited by space or by the need for expensive “campuses.” Think of a church so mega it could bring in people from around the country. Think of a church that eliminated the barrier of making people leave their houses to go to church. Think of a congregation whose whole existence is online. From via Church … Virtually | LeadershipJournal.net: </blockquote>Recently a number of churches have made the leap beyond... Read more

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2010-01-07T05:49:06-05:00

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Those multiple universes

Last updated on: January 7, 2010 at 5:49 am By Gene Veith

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The respectable Scientific American has an article on multiple universes, also known as the Multiverse: Several physicists have argued that a slight change to one of the laws of physics would cause some disaster that would disrupt the normal evolution of the universe and make our existence impossible. For example, if the strong nuclear force that binds together atomic nuclei had been slightly stronger or weaker, stars would have forged very little of the carbon and other elements that seem... Read more

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