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My Blog Has Moved
Dear Readers,
After a year with Beliefnet, I've decided to move to my own domain for my blogging. It's been a fine year -- some things worked, other things didn't. But in the end, I'll be a better blogger on my own. My thanks to the Bnet editorial staff; they've been very supportive.
Ple
posted 12:13:57pm Nov. 13, 2009 |
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The Most Important Cartoon of the Year
By Steve Breen, San Diego Tribune, October 18, 2009
posted 8:51:22am Oct. 25, 2009 |
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Social Media for Pastors
Following up on Christianity21, we at JoPa Productions are developing a series of boot camps for pastors who want to learn about and utilize social media tools like blogging, Twitter, and Facebook. These are one-day, hands-on learning experiences, currently offered in the Twin Cities and soon
posted 10:45:52am Oct. 22, 2009 |
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Ending Christian Euphemisms: "Fundamentalist"
I've taken some heat in the comment section for using yesterday's post on "unbiblical" and a "higher view of scripture" as a thin foil for my own disregard of biblical standards. To the contrary, I was pointing to the use of the word unbiblical as a stand-in for a particularly thin hermeneutic. Ther
posted 10:15:41am Oct. 21, 2009 |
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Why You Should Get GENERATE
Last week at Christianity21, GENERATE Magazine debuted. With the tag line, "an artifact of the emergence conversation," it fit perfectly at the gathering. When I actually got around to reading it last weekend, I was truly surprised at how good it is.There have been several efforts to begin a paper j
posted 3:14:37pm Oct. 20, 2009 |
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posted November 17, 2008 at 2:24 pm
My pastor, Tim Keel, posted his reflections on the election a few weeks ago: http://www.timkeel.com/timkeel/2008/10/election-2008-some-perspective.html . Some of the comments he received on this post are both disturbing and enlightening concerning the current state of the church. I should add that I don’t think the authors of any of the really disturbing comments are from Jacob’s Well, but found Tim’s blog through Google or the like.
Scot talks about people having an “eschatology of politics”, and this past election has really brought this out. I mean some of these people are vilifying their brothers and sisters in Christ, who will remain their brothers and sisters eternally over an election that will be quickly forgotten.
posted November 23, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Interesting. I would be against someone being persecuted for their vote for Obama. I think it is an infringement of his right to free speech.
But, before you get all upset about free speech, consider the fascistic disclaimer on your site “But, before you write your next comment, consider this: If all you do is call me a false teacher and then go on to cut and paste Bible verses into my comment section, you will be deleted. If you keep doing it, Beliefnet will block your inbound URL”
Before you condemn someone else for infringing on the minister who voted for Obama, don’t you think you need to reconsider your suppression of speech?