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A Little Birthday Theology Pun

24 March 2013by Allen O'Brien Leave a comment

For my birthday, my family showed me that it’s sometimes ok to be a dispensationalist.

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Theology
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Sunday Reflection: And God Blessed The World With The Babel Incident

17 March 2013by Allen O'Brien 1 Comment

“…from there the LORD dispersed them over all the earth.” -Genesis 11:8 The Tower of Babel is not about human pride and divine judgment.* Crazy, I know. But before we […]

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Theology
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3 [Untrue] Christian Stories – Know A Parable When You See One

12 March 2013by Allen O'Brien 2 Comments

“There’s nothing wrong with stretching the Truth. We stretch taffy, and that just makes it more delicious.” – Stephen Colbert You’ve seen the stories; the one about the little girl […]

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Science, Theology
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Sunday Reflection – John 9 and the Sassy Blind Man

10 March 2013by Allen O'Brien Leave a comment

“It’s the quiet ones you have to watch out for.” In this episode, Jesus heals a blind man on the Sabbath and upsets the religious authorities.  They’re upset because Jesus, […]

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Theology
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The “Divine Coin Flip”: A Perfect God Using Less-Than-Perfect Means

5 March 2013by Allen O'Brien 1 Comment

“Work smart, not hard.” -Anonymous It is entirely uncontroversial in Christian circles to suggest that God communicates through culture; we believe that God speaks through written books and human mouths. […]

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Theology
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The Art of Listening

6 February 2013by Allen O'Brien 1 Comment

“The average person receives very little of this high-quality listening from other people, probably less than five or ten minutes a week.” William Miller and Kathleen Jackson Listening is high […]

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