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May I become at all times,
Both now and for ever,
A protector for the helpless,
A guide for the lost ones,
A ship for those to cross oceans,
And a bridge to cross rivers,
A sanctuary for those in danger,
A lamp for those in darkness,
A refuge for those who need shelter,
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… and then it all becomes clear..
Posted on December 30, 2011 via things that grow wild with 2,116 notes
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In the original Hebrew, the 10th Commandment prohibits taking, not coveting. The biblical Jubilee year is named for an animal’s horn and has nothing to do with jubilation. The pregnant woman in Isaiah 7:14 is never called a virgin. Psalm 23 opens with an image of God’s might and power, not shepherding. And the romantic Song of Solomon offers a surprisingly modern message.
But most people who read the Bible don’t know these things, because extensive translation gaffs conceal the…
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All four gospels tell us that the message of the Resurrection was given to women to proclaim to men. That leads some of us to believe that is evidence that God just might call a woman to be pastor.
Roger Gilbert, pastor of First Baptist Church of Mount Airy, N.C., explaining why he thinks a Baptist association’s vote to remove a church for calling a woman pastor isn’t what Jesus would do.
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…whoever finally gets the Republican nomination will be a deeply flawed candidate. And these flaws won’t be an accident, the result of bad luck regarding who chose to make a run this time around; the fact that the party is committed to demonstrably false beliefs means that only fakers or the befuddled can get through the selection process.
OP-ED COLUMNIST Send in the Clueless PAUL KRUGMAN: December 4, 2011
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“People ask me if I believe in global warming. I tell them, ‘No, I don’t,’ because belief is faith; faith is the evidence of things not seen. Science is evidence of things seen. To have an open mind, we have to use the brains that God gave us to look at the science,”
Katharine Hayhoe is a climatologist who teaches at Texas Tech in Lubbock, TX. A rising star among climatologists, Hayhoe, the daughter of missionaries, is also an evangelical Christian. Though the science supporting climate… -
This book would say to the modern layman “Don’t exclude yourself from the fellowship of Christ’s followers because of mental difficulties. If you love Christ and are seeking to follow him, take an attitude of Christian Agnosticism to intellectual problems at least for the present…In the meantime, join in with us in trying g to show and spread Christ’s spirit, for this, we feel, is the most important thing in the world.”
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Unless we can break out of the prison of old-fashioned expressions, creeds and formularies, we shall never be free to find the far more glorious truths which are inherent in the Christian religion.
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Frankly, I often wonder why so many people do go to church. Christianity must have a marvelous inherent power, or the churches would have killed it long ago.
Leslie Weatherhead, The Christian Agnostic
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