Tag Archive: christianity

May
25

Dreams of An Ultimate Father

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I and the Father are one. (John 10:30) In a human family, the father is traditionally recognized as leader of the pack. He is physically the largest, and he frequently has the meanest temper. In my own family of ten, dad was alpha. As with many families of my generation, this alpha often went MIA. …

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May
22

A Spiritual Journey to Atheism

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As a child, I always had a deep reverence for the Presbyterian Church I attended in the Philadelphia suburbs. It wasn’t so much the religious teachings that inspired me as it was the ambiance – creaky wooden floors, hard brown pews, arched doorways and windows, a pleasant musty smell, rich stained-glass, colorful tapestries, graceful floral …

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May
12

More Than I Can Bear

A few years ago a close friend (whom I’ll call Tom) convinced me, against my better judgment, to visit the Sunday school class that he and his wife were attending. It was in a fundamentalist Baptist church. He was so pleased with his experience there that my wife and I finally gave in. We attended …

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May
11

Some Folk Have Special Needs

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May
04

Jesus in the Football Huddle

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Here’s the question: Does the team that prays together get arraigned together? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (Acts of the Apostles 16:31, King James Version) A few football seasons ago I discovered that if a football coach fervently believes in the Lord Jesus …

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