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Pagan Christianity

Posted on: Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in: bible, books, church, questions, tradition

If you are an avid blogger then you’ve probably heard about the latest edition of Pagan Christianity by Frank Viola and George Barna. The first edition of Pagan Christianity was written solely by Frank Viola (as far as I know), Barna is included in the second edition.
The book, Pagan Christianity, is all about answering the [...]

The Pursuit Strip - #13

Posted on: Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in: The Pursuit Strip, comic strip, humor

Sorry all, for some reason Blogger was giving me fits yesterday…I will try to reply to comments and post yesterdays post, today.Until then, here is today’s regularly scheduled strip.

Christians and the Pledge - Part 6

Posted on: Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in: church, discipleship, government, ministry, philosophy, politics, service, teaching, tradition

As a child, every morning in school, I stood up with all my classmates and we put our hands over our hearts and in unison recited the Pledge of Allegiance. Only the hippy outcast types refused to say the pledge. I remember seeing one teacher’s blood boil every time time this one girl refused to [...]

The Pursuit Strip - #12

Posted on: Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 in: The Pursuit Strip, comic, comic strip, humor

Christians and Military - Part 5

Posted on: Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 in: church, discipleship, government, ministry, philosophy, politics, service, teaching, tradition

Having and maintaining a military has always been very important to growing and sustaining a nation. The military allows a nation to grow and also defend itself from other nations growth. The Just War theory was developed using Augustine’s writing The City of God. The theory is mildly complicate, but basically purports that a Christian [...]

Help, I don’t want to go to church and other funny searches

Posted on: Monday, January 21st, 2008 in: Thanksgiving, bible, books, christmas, church, hell, holidays, humor, just for fun, ministry, money, pastor, prayer, teaching, ten commandments, tradition

I use Google analytics to track what is happening on my blog. I get to see which pages are most popular, how long people spend at my blog, and also what people search for to end up on my blog. Here are the top 11 funniest searches I’ve had in the past 30 days (in [...]

Christians and Lobbying - Part 4

Posted on: Thursday, January 17th, 2008 in: church, discipleship, government, ministry, philosophy, politics, service, teaching, tradition

According to Wikipedia.org Lobbying is defined as “a concerted effort designed to effect influence, typically over government authorities and elected officials. It can consist of the outreach of legislative members, public actions (e.g. mass demonstrations), or combinations of both public and private actions (e.g. encouraging constituents to contact their legislative representatives). The term is normally [...]

The Pursuit Strip - #11

Posted on: Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 in: The Pursuit Strip, comic, comic strip, humor

Christians and Voting - Part 3

Posted on: Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 in: church, discipleship, government, ministry, philosophy, politics, service, teaching, tradition

In the Roman Empire only Roman citizens had the right to vote. Usually you had to own land and had to be a male to vote in the Comitia Tributa (Tribal assembly). From what I have been told there was a word the Greek world would use for people who had the power to vote, [...]

Christians and Politics - Part 2

Posted on: Thursday, January 10th, 2008 in: church, discipleship, government, ministry, philosophy, politics, service, teaching, tradition

The United States of America was essentially formed by Protestant Christians who fled from Europe because of the persecution they were suffering from mainly the Roman Catholic church and the Church of England. One major group that came to America was the Puritans. They decided that they were going to be a “city upon a [...]