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Have you heard? The stories we’ve heard—the official story—of what happened on September 11, 2001, is a myth. A lie. A deception.

That’s what Dylan Avery and others like him want us to believe. The creator of “Loose Change”—a documentary film created in 2005, then revised in 2006 and 2007—claims President Bush was the real [...]

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The Scandalon

The cross is an unlikely choice for the symbol of a religion. The Jews have the Star of David as their symbol; the Buddhists a Lotus flower; Muslims display a Crescent and star. These symbols were beautiful or good from the beginning. The cross was a horrible form of execution.
Max Lucado understands: “Would you wear [...]

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A couple days into the new year, I noticed about 30 geese in perfect formation. Beautiful. Flying in a V-pattern helps them cut through the cold wind better. The geese in the back have less wind resistance. The geese in front work harder, but they take turns being in the lead. They can fly farther [...]

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Lovers of Self?

Numerous websites offer “Tips for How to Love Yourself”. A google search for “love yourself” produces more than a million hits. One site—written by a psychotherapist—gives such an extensive list of ways to “boost your self-love” that if you followed all the directions, you would be constantly talking to yourself. Writing yourself notes. Indulging your [...]

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Our Roots

Is Christianity more like golf or football?
Someone might say, “Golf because Christianity is like walking through life and it helps you deal with one problem after another until finally you arrive at that great club house in the sky.” But I think Christianity is more like football (don’t overanalyze my metaphor too much here). I [...]

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Dear Roman Catholic friends,
Whether or not my old Roman Catholic friends will ask me directly, I feel certain many of you wonder why I chose to leave the RCC. Even if some of you don’t care, I really want you to know. That is the purpose of this letter and I [...]

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These articles and links are not here to cause a fight. If you’re a Roman Catholic, my intent is not to offend you. My intent is to communicate what I believe is of supreme importance for every person on the [...]

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Seventy thousand people in Australia have claimed “Jedi” as their religion. Seriously! In the last Australian census, one out of every 300 people wrote-in “Jedi” as their religion of choice. In New Zealand, more people claim to be Jedi than Jew.
Are they serious?
Hard-core Star Wars fans have been trying to have Jedi declared an official [...]

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There are two ways to learn: The hard way and the easy way.
Some lessons you definitely DO NOT want to learn the hard way. Never lick a steak knife. Never pet a growling dog. Never look directly at the sun. These lessons need to be learned the easy way.
What’s the easy way? Learn from someone [...]

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More Than Ink on Paper

I went to my office yesterday and I was blown away! One of my favorite Bible teachers was sitting in my office! We spent most of that afternoon together. He talked. I listened.
Today, I was studying and I came across a difficult passage. I really wanted to know the opinions of some of my seminary [...]

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