Archive for September, 2008

Robbing Peter to Pay Satan

September 30, 2008

I’ve recently really been thinking about some of the ways I live.  The reality of how I do things came to bear when I saw that Brad Pitt is donating $100,000 dollars to support an organization that is fighting the anti-gay marriage bill in California.  Now, never mind that the amount would in itself pay for my house, the bigger thing that came crashing home is- where did he get the money?  I have to say that, at least in principle, some of it came from me.

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Why the Church has become an Irrelevancy

September 29, 2008

Big words.  While I will need to explain the scope of what I mean, I don’t think that many would disagree that more and more, the church is becoming an irrelevancy.  The difference in how I mean it and the way most others would mean it is where this post will address itself.  You could best sum up what I am going to say by saying: the church is becoming an irrelevance to the church.

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