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Open Discussion: Former Sex Offender Now in the Pastorate…Does Grace Cover This?


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Help me out here… The Associated Press reports: “A tiny Louisville church’s newest minister is a gifted music leader and popular among its three dozen members. Mark Hourigan is also a sex offender. Almost a decade ago, long before he joined the flock at the City of Refuge Worship Center, he was convicted of sexually [...]

"Let's Make Mommy Happy" or Martin Luther on Zoloft


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Anti-depressants are now the most commonly prescribed drug in America. They are prescribed more than drugs to treat high blood pressure, high cholesterol, asthma, or headaches. Between 1998 and 2002, the use of antidepressants had risen 48%, and this trend has continued at an astounding rate. And this does not even include other similar forms of medicine [...]

Open Discussion: Across the Spectrum on Abortion and Religion


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The question for the graph is “should abortion should be legal in all cases / most cases vs illegal in all cases / most cases. Source: Patheos and U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, June 2008 If the issue of abortion were the only issue, maybe Evangelicalism is the second best option. [...]

Least We Forget


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HT: JT

I Walk For Green Peace . . . What do you Walk For?


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Come on folks. “I walk for the planet earth”? I wonder if the school would have “I walk for the unborn.” What do you think? Again, while I have nothing against biblical stewardship of creation, I have much against the presentation of this type of indoctrination and unbalanced agenda. I feel like saying “I don’t [...]

 

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A tradition in Christianity that claims to represent the church the most faithfully due to its adherence to the traditions, beliefs, and practices of the early church. Though many would see the Eastern Orthodox church as simply “Catholicism without a Pope,” the Orthodox would reject such a simplified identification. Not only do they not have [...] continue reading