Month: January 2018
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THE SOCIAL GOSPEL SLANDER
Every once in a while someone decides to smear those who advocate social righteousness in the practice of both the church as congregation, and the church as members, as the “Social Gospel.” It is perfectly fine with me to have brothers and sisters debate the extent or parameters of local churches, or the denomination,…
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ARROGANCE
THIS TOWER HAS MY NAME ON IT “All who walk in pride He is able to humble,” Says Nebuchadnezzar. A proud king, if there was ever And ever was there a tree Quite as tall as me? As large, as strong So high Whose top can touch the sky? Where beasts find a bed And…
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UGLY RELATIVES
I have been watching the unfolding Evangelical internecine squabble, the civil war of social/theological embarrassment. I have been listening to the racial/cultural commentary of the “woke,’ the sometimes arrogant, condescending, and despising rhetoric from those seeking distance from the uncool part of Jesus followers. I too have been embarrassed by my so-called brethren excusing…