Here we go again. Is there no limit to the willful ignorance that manifests itself on these pages? If the writers who routinely berate Charley Reese for his studied sympathies ever stop scouring the Internet for imaginary jihads, we’ll all …
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Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2007/11/07/once-more-with-feeling/
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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