I do not remember my high school years with fondness. My parents didn’t let on at the time, but they worried about me. Apart from playing the guitar, I was disengaged. Subjects like English and Social Studies came easily to me and I excelled without … Continue reading Postcards from my maladjusted youth
At my fortieth high school reunion a former classmate remembered me as a Bible-thumper. Frankly, I was shocked by this characterization. I can’t recall talking religion at Strathcona High School, and I suspect I rarely did. On the other hand, my speech was largely free … Continue reading How prairie politics shaped my parent’s religion
Then I realized that this close association between Christ and Creator allows Jesus to define the heart of God in the most extraordinary fashion.
Is liberal Christianity worshiping the better angels of human nature while giving up on divinity altogether? I have always suspected so.
We have grief without glory all the time; but glory always walks with grief. Always.
For many Americans, the flag stirs emotions far deeper than anything God inspires.
A lie with widespread backing is easily mistaken for the truth.
Psychological manipulation of this sort drives Richard Dawkins, the king of the New Atheists, to distraction. It’s bad enough that the parents believe such rubbish, Dawkins says, but using the fear of hell to pass on your warped worldview to the next generation is tantamount to child abuse.
Somehow I got the idea that if I died in my sleep I would wake up in hell and that baptism would ensure it didn’t come to that.
Buffet Christianity means that the kingdom teaching of Jesus will either be ignored or grossly misinterpreted.
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