March 12th, 2008

Bulletin vs. Announcement

O.K., this was just too funny not to pass along:
Concerning Announcements  In one of my pastoral daydreams, I imagined that Paul had penned a lost chapter of the First letter to the Corinthians. In this chapter, he was seeking to correct an announcement problem in the Corinthian church. My thoughts drifted. What would it say…Hmmmmmmm….
Chapter […]

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November 1st, 2007

The Tyranny of Omnipotent Moral Busybodies

There are a few blogs (web logs) I read on a regular basis. One of them is written by Wade Burleson, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Enid, Oklahoma. Wade’s a friend and he’s preached at Boulevard a couple of times. His blog is called “Grace and Truth To You” (http://kerussocharis.blogspot.com/).  His latest entry was so […]

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August 1st, 2007

The DaVinci Code and Real History

By Gregory M. Danaha
A current best-selling novel has generated a good deal of discussion about Jesus and Christianity in recent months.  Dan Brown’s The DaVinci Code (New York: Doubleday, 2003) is a suspense novel that its dust jacket blurb says exhibits “remarkable research”.  The author claims to have carefully researched the artworks, architecture, rituals and […]

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