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There seems to be a fair bit of theological humor circulating today. David Opderbeck<\/a> shared a link to The Semi-Pelagian Narrower Catechism<\/a>. To find it funny, you have to be familiar with both a certain brand of American conservative Evangelicalism and also with one ore more classic catechisms.<\/p>\n

I also had pointed out to me this article on \u201cCoffee as a Means of Grace.\u201d<\/a> Coffee is, of course, no laughing matter, but the article is admittedly amusing.<\/p>\n

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There seems to be a fair bit of theological humor circulating today. David Opderbeck shared a link to The Semi-Pelagian Narrower Catechism. To find it funny, you have to be familiar with both a certain brand of American conservative Evangelicalism and also with one ore more classic catechisms. I also had pointed out to me […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Semi-Pelagian Narrower Catechism<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There seems to be a fair bit of theological humor circulating today. David Opderbeck shared a link to The Semi-Pelagian Narrower Catechism. 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