Theology
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July 11, 2021
Evolution
The trees did it long before us.
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May 25, 2015
I fear that those of us who have never known war first hand will, in our ignorance of and inaction to distant evils, serve only to give them time to perpetrate those horrors again and again.
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February 10, 2015
On the one hand there are those who, given the opportunity, would kill us without any thought of our individuality. “American” or “United States” or “Christian” is sufficient reason for them. I know. I’ve seen their stares and overheard their not-so-softly-spoken threats walking the streets of my world travels.
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June 24, 2013
As the pie chart shows, there are plenty to consider, and that’s without sub-dividing Christianity into its dozens of factions from the Bible-thumpers to those that barely mention Jesus, or breaking up Islam into the multitude of Jihadists versus peace-lovers in that rather significant slice.
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June 4, 2013
"Jesus said, 'One can't enter a strong person's house and take it by force without tying his hands. [Only] Then one can loot his house.'"
The image is of the rock beneath which the Nag Hammadi documents were found in 1945 inside a sealed jar. The Gospel of Thomas is one of several early Christian documents found inside.
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May 15, 2013
As near as I can translate, I’m quite sure that God said,
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April 29, 2013
Who was Jesus? Who is The Christ? Are they the same or was the reality molded to become a stronger unifying influence – with all good intent, mind you – by the early church?
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November 12, 2012
This is the Chapel at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland.