Twice a week, every week, anyone who needs a meal can sit down and eat, together, for free, thanks to some good people in central Massachusetts. Some folks are getting it right. Plus: Some other folks are still NOT getting it right. Read more
Twice a week, every week, anyone who needs a meal can sit down and eat, together, for free, thanks to some good people in central Massachusetts. Some folks are getting it right. Plus: Some other folks are still NOT getting it right. Read more
"Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day, and oppress all your workers. Look, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to strike with a wicked fist." Read more
• It’s New Year’s Eve, so I hereby give you permission to give yourself permission to empty your inbox. As in “Select All” followed by “Delete.” Think of it as email Jubilee: And ye shall hallow the fifty-second week, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every one unto their possession, and ye shall return every person unto their family. A jubilee shall that... Read more
"Too many things have happened that weren’t supposed to happen, and what was supposed to come about has not." Read more
Tim LaHaye has an ax to grind with fellow "Bible prophecy scholars" who disagree with him on the arcane details of their End Times check list. And so occasionally instead of celebrating his fictional triumph offer those who scoff at "Bible prophecy," he celebrates his fictional triumph over the wrong kind of Bible prophecy. Read more
The victim-blaming aspect of this assertion that life, contra Qoheleth, is "generally fair" isn't due to a particular animus toward those victims. It's defensive. Read more
It takes an awful lot of chutzpah for witch-sniffers to avoid accountability by claiming they're the victims of a "witch-hunt." Also: Some year-end lists, a handy guide to high crimes and misdemeanors, the grave of a great American, and why honest drug-dealers are better than dishonest ones. Read more
"Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love." Read more
"And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them ... and the angel of the Lord said unto them, 'Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people." Read more
I thought about writing a click-bait parody headline for this post, something like “Soul-winning Secrets of a Master Missionary” or “This One Trick Turned a Revival into an Awakening.” You can find headlines like that all over the Web. The following are all real, results of a Google search for this kind of thing: “3 Little Known Secrets to Effective Evangelism” “7 Proven Methods to Be an Effective Soul-Winner” “8 Quick Tips for More Powerful Christian Evangelism” “7 Habits for... Read more
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