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Frederick Douglass on the 4th of July
July 5, 1852: Frederick Douglass—a former slave turned abolitionist leader—delivers a speech to the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester, New York. Fellow Citizens, I am not wanting in respect for the fathers of this republic. The signers of the Declaration of Independence were brave men. They were great men too—great enough to give fame to a great age. It…
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The greater fool
I love the old show “The Newsroom.” It is about journalism and people who want to do good journalism, and often fail badly at it. They still try. They still risk. It’s a favorite show I love rewatching from time to Tim. At the end of season one is an episode called The Greater Fool. It’s explained a bit in…
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Living in Babylon — the allegiance test
Daniel 3 focuses on Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. The test is still a good example for us in our days of “living in Babylon.” It is the allegiance test.
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Reading Fiction
I’ve not been very good at reading fiction. I read constantly, but drift more toward theology and history/biography. I’ve learned over the years to read fiction I truly like and not torture myself on skipping things I can’t really “get into” all that well, like James Joyce.
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Living in Babylon
It’s been awhile since I’ve visited this topic in any form. I find myself reading through Daniel in my Daily Office reading and I am preparing a sermon on Daniel 2 now. The thoughts of this topic I began to truly dive into back in 2017-2018 are flooding back in. We’re still in a Babylon of our own making. I…
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Be, Go and Be, Come and See
I had the honor of preaching this past Sunday. I invite you to take in the whole service to see what it is like to walk in Anglican worship. My message begins around 21:24.
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Bible notes
To whoever inherits my Bibles… good luck trying to decipher my notes in each one. (I’ll also leave my Logos password and log in so you can try and decipher all that as well.) And I also have hundreds of notebooks to decipher… So… good luck.
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The risk of the gospel
Recently I preached on the passage in Matthew 10:16-25. The focus was on the RISK of sharing the Gospel. Our “risk” here in the U.S. is anxiety that people may not like us. They may not respond the way WE want…
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How to Inhabit Time
How to Inhabit Time by James K A Smith is a wonderful surprise. His voice in this book is different from his other works. It comes out of brokenness. These are lessons learned in the hardest parts of his life and this voice is quite refreshing. One aspect of time I’m reading about now is how to live in the…
