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Homosexuality in Western culture: a cultural/theological perspective (Part 1 of 3)

Homosexuality in Western culture: a cultural/theological perspective (Part 1 of 3)

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  PART ONE: The Cultural Perspective In general I try to keep my articles much shorter than this, however because this topic is so convoluted it required much more. In one sense this article is a result of a personal journey through my study of homosexuality within our culture. The article is divided as such: Part One: The Cultural Perspective This section aims at understanding ...

The Ken Ham Bill Nye Debate: a full analysis

The Ken Ham Bill Nye Debate: a full analysis

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Ken Ham vs Bill Nye. It's not the Bud Bowl, but it will suffice as an entertaining way to spend one's evening. I generally don't like formal debates. Their formalities tend to get in the way of the conversational tone necessary for the transmission of ideas. In other words, they seem mostly pointless. However, one of the most highly anticipated public ...

The Bible is NOT the Word of God: Postscript (Part 2)

The Bible is NOT the Word of God: Postscript (Part 2)

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Is the Bible the word of God? Read the first article Read the third article A brief note on the form of things: Last April I wrote a post titled The Bible is NOT the WORD OF GOD: a polemic against Christendom. The article was meant to be a provocation towards rethinking the way we speak about the bible. The reaction it received was ...

The Metaphysics of Witnessing

The Metaphysics of Witnessing

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Ludwig Wittgenstein’s (1889-1951) linguistic philosophy is both convoluted and profoundly elegant once the basic ideas are unpacked into digestible pieces. One such idea is his theory of language games. Wittgenstein posited (among many other things) that within every subculture, there are specific ways language is used relative to that particular culture. Moreover, how that particular subculture chooses to use its ...

Why Christians should NOT support Phil Robertson of “Duck Dynasty”.

Why Christians should NOT support Phil Robertson of “Duck Dynasty”.

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My wife is a huge fan of this television show “Duck Dynasty”. And…I’ll admit that there have been a few times where I have watched the show and got sucked in to the quirky southern charms that makes this series such a hit. For those unfamiliar with the premise of the reality show, it’s based on the Robertson family and ...

Christ AND Culture, OR Christ IN Culture (Continued)

Christ AND Culture, OR Christ IN Culture (Continued)

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Below is the message I delivered at Papio Creek Church on Sunday, September 1, 2013. Brief Summary: Title: Christ and (IN) Culture Passage: Ephesians 4:17-32 Synopsis: In the last 10 years or so we have seen an unbelievable cultural movement both in our society as well as in the Church. If the church continues to ignore dissenting voices and take the issue seriously not only ...

Either, what is truth? OR, Why Religion and Science are both asking the wrong questions.

Either, what is truth? OR, Why Religion and Science are both asking the wrong questions.

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I am still amazed as I peruse various blogs around the internet how much of an issue religion and science still is. For some reason, when it comes to intellectual discourse about these topics rationality seems to be thrown out as a requirement for conversation – or perhaps more accurately, arguing. It seems to me that the majority of this problem ...

Obama, Racism, And Being White

Obama, Racism, And Being White

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  You can find the President’s remarks about Trayvon Martin at the bottom of this article. As you know I recently wrote on the tragedy related to Trayvon Martin and the irrational response from certain Civil Rights leaders in our country. Recently, Barack Obama made some helpful remarks regarding the entire situation as it relates to the outrage in the African-American community ...

What Americans should learn from the Zimmerman case

What Americans should learn from the Zimmerman case

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I am so tired of all of this! I am becoming more and more frustrated over the role special interest groups, the media (all of it!), and politics is playing in shaping our cultural perceptions. I am a ardent supporter of Civil Rights in this country, and am utterly offended by the lack of integrity and character displayed by so called "civil ...

Either “Is Homosexuality A Sin?” OR “Is Homophobia A Sin?”

Either “Is Homosexuality A Sin?” OR “Is Homophobia A Sin?”

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The modern Church’s overall inability to properly engage the culture in which it exists is none the more evident than in the issue of homosexuality. There is nothing more appalling (except perhaps our treatment of African Americans and women), than the pure hatred that the church has shown to the homosexual community. This will be my attempt at helping to add ...