Category Archives: Intelligent Quotes

Life and Tests

Posted on July 29, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

John Shore has a post about Chad Holtz entitled Chad Holtz now believes in hell. As to homosexuality . . . ?  You can read John’s post or do an online search to get more information about Chad Holtz, but … Continue reading →

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Aspies in the Church

Posted on July 29, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

On Rachel Held Evans’ site, there is an excellent post by Erin Thomas on Embracing Faith As an Aspie.  The post is excellent, as were many of the comments.  But my favorite comment was by lainiep: “As an aspie female … Continue reading →

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Jay Gilbert on Chick-Fil-A, Boston, and Chicago

Posted on July 27, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

In an online discussion, Jay Gilbert made the following insightful comment about the Chick-Fil-A controversy and how government officials in Boston and Chicago are treating the business: “I fully support boycotting the restaurant (I have for years), but I think … Continue reading →

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Insightful Quotes of the Day

Posted on July 8, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

I have two insightful quotes for today. 1.  Ezra Klein, Is the Obama administration the best vehicle for conservative health care ideas? “The fact of the matter is that the key policy ideas that reigned over conservative health-care policy thinking … Continue reading →

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Quotes of the Day

Posted on June 30, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

Here are some quotes for the day! 1.  Rachel Held Evans is looking for feedback about topics that she should cover for her blog.  I especially liked Katy-Anne’s comment (which I have slightly edited in my quotation of it): “I … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day: Michael Craft on Good Christian Manhood

Posted on June 3, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

Kathy Escobar has a good post, Ex-Good-Christian-Women, in which she talks about the burden Christian women carry of having to meet (presumably certain evangelical) expectations of what it means to be a good Christian woman.  Kathy then asks if men … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day: Volnaiksra on Trying to Smooth Over the Bible’s Hard Passages

Posted on June 2, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

On his blog, The Dubious Disciple, Lee Harmon has a book review of Paul Copan’s book, Is God a Moral Monster?  Lee was not particularly convinced by Copan’s attempt to smooth over some of the troubling passages of the Bible, … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day: Carson T. Clark on Christian Apologetics

Posted on June 1, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

In a recent post, moderate blogger Carson T. Clark characterizes a lot of Christian apologetics as follows: “Generally speaking I can’t stand the self-assuredness, snooty condescension, intellectual pride, defensive posturing, offensive aggression, judgmental tenor, graceless attitude, petty one-upmanship, scriptural proof-texting, … Continue reading →

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Intelligent Quote of the Day: Brett

Posted on October 24, 2008 by jamesbradfordpate

My friend Felix has a feature on his blog called “Intelligent Quote of the Day.” I also have an intelligent quote for you: this is under BryanL’s post, Changing Your Mind, and it’s by Brett: “I used to be a … Continue reading →

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