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And Man Made Life
The title of today’s post is the same as the title of the latest edition of the magazine, The Economist. Their full title is: And Man Made Life: the first artificial organism and its consequences.
A new world emerged recently and many of us missed it. On Thursday, May 20, 2010 the [...]
The Cave Drawings of Lascaux
A young and influential emerging leader decries the evils of religion.
Religion is condemned as a work of man. Christianity, on the other hand, is not about religion. It is about relationship.
Photo: Lucas, my youngest son, and I read this text on Easter while in Kenya together
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The Bible is only human literature.
Breathe.
I have a question I want to consider, and I have asked this question at the end of this post. But let’s begin with this lesser question:
Why does embracing the Bible as [...]
It’s 1983.
I’m in a Baptist church.
That’s scary enough.
I’m sitting before a council of men who are testing my readiness to enter the ministry.
It isn’t going well.
First of all, I didn’t know that one had to “enter” the ministry.
But, in order to fulfill one of the qualifications to participate in launching a new church, something I [...]
Ideas have consequences. TIME Magazine published their list of 10 Ideas that are Changing the World Right Now. Inspired by Time, I’ve created a list of my own. See if you agree.
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Jesus did not come to make the world Christian.
He came to make it human again. While many see Jesus as the religious leader that established the Christian religion, Jesus was moved by dreams far greater than this. He dreamed of a world reconnected to the very energy that gave rise to the mysteries of the cosmos and the human consciousness.
Parepidemos: Interesting, but I don’t think it is a parallel case. What we’re reading about in the...
John Gnotek: “When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about... Parepidemos: Wow, Bret. On other forums, a post like that is referred to as a “discussion killer.” I...
Shaman: Excellent thoughts! Now just one thing left. If these are ideas that truly transcend the Christian ghetto...
Theo: Hi Alex, I enjoyed your post but am a little confused by it. I think you’re saying the Bible,...
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