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Oct 29 2007

Memo from a church consultant

 From http://www.mirabilis.ca/archives/cat_religion.html February 08, 2003 When the Baptist visited the Orthodox church When Baptist minister Dwight Moody visited an Orthodox church, he found himself in a cloud of incense, trying to figure out what the worshippers were chanting, why they…  [more]

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Oct 29 2007

Tradition

 You had to know this was coming…  A few thoughts on yesterday’s message:  How much of the clapping phenomenon is really a demonstration of spontaneous, spirit-led worship?  Or were your first instincts the right ones — that clapping is a…  [more]

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Oct 26 2007

The millennium

 To my pastor: I find the most unusual things on the Internet.  Take a look at this:  http://books.google.com/books?id=2OIRAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA453&lpg=PA453 The doctrine of the millennium does not properly belong in eschatology, but is rather a part of Christology, coming under the head…  [more]

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Oct 25 2007

Islam 101

 Norwegian friend Barre has scanned the 1948 edition of the Iraq Petroleum Company’s handbook.  The section on Islam, starting here: http://almashriq.hiof.no/lebanon/300/380/388/ipc/ipc-hb-1948/pages-html/021.html …is probably as good a summary as you’ll find.  There are overtones of Western superiority in the writing, but…  [more]

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Oct 20 2007

Camel method?

While I still cringe at the insensitivity of the Camel Method’s name (or perhaps at my own hyper-sensitivity), I am finding some positive comments:  From a missionary’s blog: The Camel method sure is a hot topic right now! I am…  [more]

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Oct 08 2007

Ticking Clocks and “Accidental” War

 http://joshualandis.com/blog/?p=418  In addition to furthering our conversation/speculation about a coming war with Iran, this article by Alistair Crooke is interesting in that it mentions yet another idea about the recent IDF “attack” on Syria (one you won’t likely hear from…  [more]

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Oct 07 2007

In the beginning

 Thanks for reminding me that we miss the real point of Genesis when we try to make it “play” by the rules of atheistic science.  Having said that, I’ve always (well, maybe not always) had a lot of skepticism…  [more]

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