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The Devil on Display

  Wednesday, January 8th, 2014      Artist rendering of satanic statue proposed for Oklahoma, City Capitol. By now you’ve probably heard the story going ’round about the Satanists who claim the right to put up a statue of their Dark Lord outside the Oklahoma state Capitol, which since 2012 has had a Ten Commandments …

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Ashes to Beauty

  Tuesday, January 7th, 2014      Oskar Zepeda had 25 operations after being hit with a hand grenade in Afghanistan. Isaiah 61, one of my favorite chapters in the Bible, speaks of bringing about “beauty for ashes,” or as we say in the vernacular, “turning lemons into lemonade.”  That’s what 29-year-old Oskar Zepeda is …

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The Devil Made Me Do It?

  Monday, January 6th, 2014      The graph above was printed front page in USA-TODAY last week. No article, no comments; just the poll results. So, I’ll add the commentary. Some might say that a 4% drop in belief in the devil isn’t much (it’s actually a 6.5% drop from 62%) but extrapolate that …

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Pagan Perfume

  Friday, January 3rd, 2014   . I took the photos above while Christmas shopping a few weeks ago. In the perfume section of a major department store, one you may have frequented, was this demoniacally inviting display: Goddess of Prosperity, Goddess of Power, and Goddess of Love. I’m sure that some clever marketing maven …

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Church Signs

  Thursday, January 2nd, 2014   . We pass by them all the time. Sometimes we laugh. (“Don’t Let Worry Kill You, Let the Church Help.”) Other times we’re reflective. (“Many who Seek God at the Eleventh Hour Die at 10:30.”) Church marquees, those sloganized signs out front to be seen by cars passing by, …

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Global Warming?

  Tuesday, December 31st, 2013     . It’s still there, tapped in deep, Antarctic ice. The passengers have been on board for nearly a week with nowhere to go. An Australian vessel has tried reach them. Same for a Chinese rescue boat which came within six nautical miles before turning back because of the …

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Humanism Revisited

  Monday, December 30th, 2013     Sculpture of Marcus Aurelius. “Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not …

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Crossword Puzzles

  Friday, December 27th, 2013     Typical crossword puzzle matrix. Mormon Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah. I see people playing them all the time, mostly to pass the time. On planes, in waiting rooms, on trains, wherever people need something to occupy their minds. Mental health experts says it is one way to stay …

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Flipper vs. Einstein

  Thursday, December 26th, 2013     Flipper flips out of the water. Einstein in a moment of deep contemplation. It’s not even a contest: Flipper v. Einstein. Yet there was a time several decades ago when the brightest and best among us believed that dolphins were super-smart creatures who held in their high-pitched squeaks …

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The Name of Jesus

  Tuesday, December 24th, 2013     This time of year we think a lot about Him and His name. Wonderful Counselor. Prince of Peace. Savior. Jesus. Mary and Joseph knew the Name but they couldn’t have possibly understood what it would really mean. How could they know that His Name would cast out demons, …

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