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There is a story – the truth of which is questionable – about Schrödinger. It claims that his doctoral dissertation was so advanced and revolutionary that none of the evaluation committee could understand it. So, they asked Einstein to review it and give his opinion. He came back and said, “It’s very interesting and is…
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Let’s reflect on how God is all knowing. I’ve heard some very erudite Christians quote Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, and let us reason together,” as proof of God’s has some limitation in viewing the future. They usually go on to explain His method of presenting the future to the prophets in one of two ways.…
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As you look at Bambie Ray Robinson and see that she made herself into Bambie Thug a self-proclaimed queer witch you find yourself amazed that someone would willingly fall so far. Yes, this make over did allow her to be Ireland’s entry in the latest Eurovision but at what cost? I would say her soul…
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There has been a series of characters in popular movies and television that can be seen as archetypes. Andrea “Andy” Sachs in the Devil Wears Prada, Susan “Rita” White in Educating Rita, and Diane Chambers in Cheers to name a few. These characters are striving to be, or even claiming to be, intellectuals. And in…
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In a previous post I talked about some movies that would on the surface seem truly horrible. These are movies with a hard R rating that have a lot of sex, violence, and vulgarity. However, when you consider them more objectively, they show to have some really Christian themes. Conversely there are some that appear…
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Have you ever noticed that Jesus tears into the Pharisees quite a lot in the Gospels, but the only time he goes after the Sadducees is when they come to question him. Why is it that he takes the Pharisees to task and says next to nothing about the excesses and wrongs of the Sadducees?…
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Back when I was a teenager Mad Magazine was very popular. It tended toward sophomoric and adolescent humor, but it did have some good satire and cultural commentary. It also had a unique feature you didn’t see in any other periodical, not even the comic books from DC or Marvel. That is until it was…
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It is very easy to feel pessimistic about the nature of the world, especially if you’re a Christian. We don’t need to go into the lengthy list of things such as pedophilia grooming, wokeism and all the hundreds of things point to social and civilization collapse. But now there are some things that are giving…
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There is a story I like to tell my Judo students when they are feeling down because they’re not mastering the techniques as easily as they wish. The feeling of inadequacy is common with any difficult endeavor, and I usually see it within the first six months to a year after starting Judo. Anyways, this…
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I was perusing YouTube when I came across John Anderson interviewing Louise Perry. For those who don’t know her, she is (along with Mary Harrington) a feminist who feels that feminism needs to rethink the sexual revolution and modern feminist views on motherhood and marriage. You can hear more from both these women on John…
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Belief, faith, grace, obedience, and works. These are words that seem to be in constant contradiction, but they aren’t. They are really complimentary, and in many cases can be seen as a different manifestation of the same thing. Just as steam, ice, and water are merely the different states of H2O. How can you have…
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Most people think you are being redundant when you say Christ is our savior and redeemer. Because they see salvation and redemption as synonymous, but they’re wrong. There is a significant difference between them. The best way to explain this is the parable of the Prodigal Son. Allow me to give a quick summary to…
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