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What the Same-sex Marriage Discussion Brings to Light
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by Steve Kindle [ncsoc_items product_list=”1631990093″ width=”150″ height=”250″ type=’h’]Many of you read the post and comments in opposition to and in favor of same-sex marriage. What did it bring to light? I know some of you are thinking–Nothing! Most of us are probably set in our considered opinions on the subject of gays and gay marriage….
Energion Political Roundtable Question 5
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I’ve been avoiding my favorite issues because everyone else is just concerned about the economy, but this time I get to go with an issue that’s hot! Do you approve or disapprove of President Obama’s and Governor Romney’s responses to the violence in Egypt and Libya and now in other countries in the middle east?…
The Concept of Authority
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by Edward W. H. Vick (a) The term ‘authority’ refers to a relationship. It is a relational term. The term, like ‘revelation,’ points to a two-term relationship. Someone or something has authority over or for someone else. Someone reveals himself to someone else. Someone acknowledges the authority of another. Someone understands what is revealed….
A Theological "Chicken or Egg"
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by Bob Cornwall In a previous posting I raised the question of what baptism might look like, or at least be understood, in the context of the practice of the Open Table. If all are invited to the Lord’s Table, where does that leave baptism? As I’ve noted in previous essays I am part of a…
Forty Days of Lent? What About the Fifty Days of Easter?
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by Allan R. Bevere One thing I have noticed as a Protestant whose tradition observes the forty days Lent: We don’t seem to be very good at observing the fifty days of the Easter season. Yes, we pull out all the stops in worship on Easter Sunday, but then we seem to immediately go back…
Overcomers in Christ
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by Iris Subel Davis Hello Reader: Prayers for you as you read today; may the Lord have brought you here for a special reason in your life. Last month, we talked about negative experiences. This month’s entry will continue to discuss those in terms of what they can produce in our lives. I found the…