Staying Stag: Celebrating Singleness, Pt 2
Yesterday we saw the first two of Paul’s injunctions to unmarried: 1. Be pure, 2. Be realistic and 3. Be informed. Here are the next three… 4. Be grateful 1 Cor 7:7 I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift [...]
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Staying Stag: Celebrating Singleness, Pt 1
1Almost everyone is single at some point in their lives. I say “almost” because while I was touring in the Himalayas I encountered an odd cultural phenomenon– a society without weddings. This diffident enclave of mountain dwellers bear offspring with pre-arranged spouses already lined up for them by [...]
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Of Marxists & Bloggers: The Writer’s Manifesto
Publishers used to try their best to keep trash off the market (unless they were particularly strapped for cash that year), or at least clean up the frightful grammatical atrocities most contemporary writers inflict on their readers. Now with the bittersweet advent of self-publishing and inhibited blogging, [...]
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“Shall Shock” How to exploit the shall/will dynamic duo.
“Shall Shock” How to exploit the shall/will dynamic duo. This is a brief grammar post I’m presenting at TheWritePractice.com, but I thought I’d test it out here. So feel free to proofread and make suggestions. Unless you are auditioning for a role in Downton Abbey, [...]
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How you Know You’ve Arrived as a Writer
Writers are seers. We view the world coded in apt words, crafted phrases, tweaked syntax, and fine-tuned paragraphs. New vocabulary titillates us, while mangled grammar irritates like a crooked painting in a gallery. We are connoisseurs of catchy copy, and we always recognize with admiration [...]
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Agree to Disagree: 4 Ways to Know it’s Time to End Discussions
Cults don’t foster independent thinking or dialogue. Just agree with the leader, drink the Kool Aid when he tells you and everything will be fine. Christianity, on the other hand, encourages people to engage their minds and ponder truth for themselves. Jesus’ teachings were characteristically [...]
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True or False Miracles: 4 Litmus Tests
So you’re having coffee with a seminoid from a different denomination. You are both sharing ways God is moving in your churches and it’s very edifying and God-glorifying. Then, as you sip your mocha, your seminoid buddy regales you with a riveting account of a [...]
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Pistols at Dawn: 5 Steps to Discussing Doctrine
The seminary cafeteria can be a veritable gunslinger’s saloon of theological repartee. Quick minds, earnest souls, armed to the teeth with truth, and packing Greek lexicons loaded to draw exegetical blood, can look to the casual observer as volatile as the OK Corral. It’s all good-natured, [...]
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