God Hits the “Smite” Button (Bonus Heretics Guide “Year D” Content For June 16, 2013)

May 31, 2013 By 1 Comment
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God Hits the “Smite” Button A Heretic’s Guide to the Bible Bonus Readings from Beyond the Lectionary by David Ackerman for Proper 6: June 16, 2013 Bible Cliff’s Notes Gospel Matthew 12:43-45:  This is a strange statement by Jesus in which he talks about how an unclean spirit wanders through deserts after leaving a person and returns [...]

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Jesus, Don’t Let Me Die Before I’ve Had Sex

May 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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I wrote a piece recently about the Christian challenges of what I call “marriage worship,” in which we focus so intensely on getting kids married before they have sex that we neglect necessary education and discourse about healthy emotional, spiritual and physical sexual expression. Though lots of people seemed to really appreciate the perspective in [...]

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God is a Sock (Heretic’s Guide Sampler for Sun, June 9th 2013)

May 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Bible Cliff’s Notes (My dog ate my Bible!) First Reading 1 Kings 17:8-16, (17-24) A widow and her son living in Sidon are starving to death as the result of the famine. Elijah assures her that her food source will not run out. He also resurrects her son after he gets sick and dies. Because [...]

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