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Monthly Archives: April 2013
John and John: Openness to Biblical Criticism
My church started a new Bible study last night. We’re going through John’s Gospel: Wisdom from Ephesus, with Michael Card. What impressed me most last night was the openness of people in the group, and Michael Card on the DVD, … Continue reading
Seize the Moment 1
I started Richard Nixon’s 1992 book, Seize the Moment: America’s Challenge in a One-Superpower World. In today’s post, I’ll just comment on four passages that stood out to me. Tomorrow, I’ll write about Richard Nixon’s views regarding post-Soviet Russia. 1. … Continue reading
A Place Where People Can Be
I started M. Scott Peck’s The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace. I’d like to use as my starting-point something that Peck says on page 103, as he describes a hypothetical group that has entered into a state of community: … Continue reading
Posted in Alcoholism, Asperger's, Community, Social Skills
Tagged m scott peck, The Different Drum
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Nixon Off the Record 4
I finished Monica Crowley’s Nixon Off the Record, which is about Monica’s time working for former President Richard Nixon in the 1990’s. A lot of the book was Nixon lecturing to Monica about policy and politics, but there were a … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Political Philosophy, Politics
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God Provides When You Give?
I was watching Bill Maher’s Religulous recently, and one part of the documentary that stood out to me was when a televangelist was telling his television audience that he knew people on welfare who had committed to give his ministry … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Movies, Religion, Television
Tagged Church, Religion, tithes and offerings
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Nixon Off the Record 3
For my write-up today on Monica Crowley’s Nixon Off the Record, which is Monica’s recounting of her time working for former President Richard Nixon in the 1990’s, I’ll use as my starting-point something that Nixon says on page 204: “You … Continue reading
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Continuing the Dialogue
Although I’ve already finished the book, I’d like to talk in today’s post about something in M. Scott Peck’s Further Along the Road Less Traveled: The Unending Journey Toward Spiritual Growth. Peck has a chapter about Alcoholics Anonymous, which he … Continue reading
Posted in Alcoholism, Asperger's, Religion, Social Skills
Tagged Further Along the Road Less Traveled, m scott peck
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Nixon Off the Record 2
Monica Crowley’s Nixon Off the Record is about the time that Crowley worked for former President Nixon as a foreign policy assistant. This was during the 1990’s. In my latest reading, Crowley talks about Nixon’s pontifications regarding the 1992 Presidential … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Political Philosophy, Politics
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Is Deuteronomy 32:8-9 Earlier Than the Rest of the Song of Moses?
Deuteronomy 32:8-9 states (and here I will be using the New Revised Standard Version): “When the Most High apportioned the nations, when he divided humankind, he fixed the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the gods; the … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Daily Quiet Time, Deuteronomy, Religion
Tagged Religion, song of moses, theology, yhwh
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Remember Sunday
I watched a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie last night that I actually kind of liked. It was called Remember Sunday. It was about a man named Gus who had the same sort of problem that the Drew Barrymore character … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Television
Tagged 50 first dates, comedy, drama, entertainment, hallmark hall of fame, multiple personalities
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