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2013-06-10T14:01:14-07:00

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Idol Makers

Last updated on: June 10, 2013 at 2:01 pm By Paul Louis Metzger

Listen to this piece. We Christians need to be on guard in our understanding of such movements as contemporary Paganism. We tend to lump all of modern Paganism into one general and distorted category. We often fail to account for the vast complexity within the movement and articulate Paganism accurately. For all our concern about pagan idolatry, we may be guilty at times of making their idols for them. We need to develop the practice of respect for understanding their... Read more

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2013-06-10T14:02:45-07:00

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WANTED: World Christians on Mars Hill

Last updated on: June 10, 2013 at 2:02 pm By Paul Louis Metzger

Listen to this piece. Paul was a world Christian. He not only traveled the known world of his day to places such as Corinth, Athens, and Rome, but also lived in the world, even though he was not of it. As a world Christian Paul did not go around his Christian convictions to engage those outside the church. Nor did he stop short at his convictions. Rather, he went through his convictions to engage those outside the faith. In contrast... Read more

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2013-06-10T14:04:41-07:00

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“Please Don’t Squeeze the Charmin!”: On Comparing Religions

Last updated on: June 10, 2013 at 2:04 pm By Paul Louis Metzger

Have you ever seen those old Charmin bathroom tissue commercials, where shoppers get addicted to squeezing the Charmin because it’s irresistibly soft? The shopkeeper tells them: “Please don’t squeeze the Charmin!” The point of the commercials is to get people to buy Charmin because it’s softer than any other bathroom tissue brand. Whether or not you have seen those commercials, you may be wondering what all this has to do with comparing religions. We tend to compare religions as if... Read more

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2013-06-10T14:06:40-07:00

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The Holy Mother’s Day All Year Long

Last updated on: June 10, 2013 at 2:06 pm By Paul Louis Metzger

Now that the venerable holiday—Mother’s Day—has passed, I would like to reflect upon what I will call the Holy Mother’s Day. Typically, Mary, the mother of the Lord, is honored at Annunciation, which occurred this year on Monday, April 8, 2013. There is a sense in which every day should be this holy mother’s day, since she manifested the kind of radical obedience to God in honoring Christ that should be true of every Christian every day of the year.... Read more

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2013-12-28T09:30:08-08:00

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The Radical Middle & Fundamentalist Extremes: Crossing the Divide

Last updated on: December 28, 2013 at 9:30 am By Paul Louis Metzger

Fundamentalism comes in all shapes and sizes. Liberals can be fundamentalists, too. I am not talking about doctrine, but an inflexible posture that makes dialogue impossible. Tom Krattenmaker’s Huffington Post piece titled, “A Progressive’s Confessional Journey to Focus on the Family,” is a shining example of a secular progressive who is progressive on dialogue. I wish I could say the same for some of the respondents at the close of the article. Of course, we Evangelicals are well-known for our... Read more

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2013-06-10T14:10:04-07:00

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Charles Ramsey: Kidnapped Heroism Unleashed

Last updated on: June 10, 2013 at 2:10 pm By Paul Louis Metzger

Listen to this piece. What is it about Charles Ramsey, the hero in the Cleveland kidnapping saga, that takes America’s imagination captive? Whether or not his appeal lasts a short or long period of time, his words and deeds have gone viral. There are no doubt numerous reasons for Ramsey as a web phenomenon. One is how unbelievable the story is of his (and quite possibly others) freeing three women and a child brutally imprisoned for ten years in Ramsey’s... Read more

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2013-06-10T14:11:32-07:00

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Documented and Undocumented “Parasites”

Last updated on: June 10, 2013 at 2:11 pm By Paul Louis Metzger

A friend of Hispanic descent shared with me after New Wine, New Wineskins’ recent conference on immigration reform that someone seated near her said, “I hate parasites.” My friend said that the person in question—presumably a Christian given the Christian setting of the conference—was questioning the value of undocumented people living here in the U.S. I have a hard time not devaluing the statement and perspective of the unidentified person to whom my friend referred. There are several reasons why I find... Read more

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2013-06-10T14:13:37-07:00

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Predatory Proselytism: The Hard Sell

Last updated on: June 10, 2013 at 2:13 pm By Paul Louis Metzger

By Paul Louis Metzger and John W. Morehead Have you ever had a salesperson try and get you to buy something you did not want, and the person could not take “No” for an answer? The salesperson came across as a consumer predator. Many salespeople are aware of the negative associations people have concerning their trade. So, they engage in soft sale tactics to avoid the perception that they are engaged in predatory proselytism. You may be as amused as... Read more

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2013-06-10T14:15:20-07:00

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The Trayvon Martin Case: A Case for Race?

Last updated on: June 10, 2013 at 2:15 pm By Paul Louis Metzger

Listen to this piece. The Trayvon Martin case is back in the national news. The other night, an African American pastor posed the question to a group of people: why has the Trayvon Martin case captured the American public’s eye? Tragedies like this happen all the time. Why did this one shoot America in the face on the evening news? In reflecting upon his question, I thought back on other high profile cases that raised questions about race: celebrity trials... Read more

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2013-06-10T14:16:55-07:00

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Aborting Tim Tebow

Last updated on: June 10, 2013 at 2:16 pm By Paul Louis Metzger

Listen to this piece. The Jets released Tim Tebow this week. Now the debate is on as to what team, if any, should sign him. Great athlete. Great person. But does he have the makings to be a good NFL quarterback who can win with his arm, not just his legs? I wonder if at some point he will abort an NFL career for another career path. Yesterday, in an ethics class, my students and I discussed various models of... Read more

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