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 rarely sat down and when the 9 a.m. service was going to end so that …
Category: Culture
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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 reflection of widespread bad manners and more evidence of worship-as-entertainment and further infiltration of fringe-sect antics based …
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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 of “Government by Christ.” Putting it into its proper place, we shall find that not a …
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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 amazed at how much heat it is generating in the blogosphere. In the training we …
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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 for a universe and especially an Earth apparently billions and billions of years old according to …
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Sep 11 2007
Horse beaters
Did anyone watch Glenn Beck on CNN last night? I did not, but someone who did was able to recite its premise almost verbatim today. In short, Muslim extremists are among us and planning a “Perfect Storm” that will make the Beslan school attack (near Chechnya) from a couple of years ago seem mild by comparison. Beck …
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Sep 11 2007
Background noise
I was flipping channels a few minutes ago. Faux News had a “Breaking News” banner below their bobble-head anchor of the hour, trumpeting that Petraeus’ Iraq report was calling for a 30,000 troop reduction by next summer. I switched to C-Span and started watching the general’s questioning in the Senate. Jack Reed, a Democrat from …
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