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Our Failures are Due to What We Forget
Over the past year we have seen quite a few significant failures in evangelical and charismatic leadership. We have, perhaps, listened to The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill podcasts, an excellent series that concerns much wider issues than Mars … Continue reading
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Tagged charismatic movmement, Gifts of the Spirit, politics
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Presidential Fallout
The recent rather contested presidential election in the United States raises all types of issues, which have certainly been discussed by many, but I am particularly interested in its implications for the Christian community, specifically the Church itself and certain … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Church, Catholicism, Church and State, Pro-Life
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DAVIDS’ ADVENT LETTER 2019
A new year approaches with a coming new decade. The Davids have so many new things in our lives that we can scarcely keep up with ourselves. First, we have a new address: 5499 East State Hwy 29, Georgetown, TX … Continue reading
AntiChrist
I grew up in a Christian community that emerged during the post-Napoleonic period. It is no surprise that it was concerned about identifying an AntiChrist. Of course such identifications have multiplied over the years – Mussolini, Hitler, a Russian leader, … Continue reading
Behold Your god
I have watched with fascination and then boredom as each mass shooting or attempted mass shooting has unfolded in the USA. There is, of course, horror and anger. Then there are the calls for keep weapons out of the hands of such … Continue reading
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Myths about Tolerance and Acceptance
One keeps hearing the claim that followers of Jesus should practice tolerance and acceptance, that this is the way that love is expressed, and that this is the way Jesus lived, that he accepted sinners and tax collectors. Specifically, the … Continue reading
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Mid-Summer Update: Living on the Fast Train, Rooted in St. Francis
Peter and Judy Davids June 21, 2014 Dear family and friends, It is time that we posted a newsletter on my blog that brought you up to date on where we are at, for that is better than brief notes … Continue reading
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Roots and Fruits
If the roots are bad, so is the fruit, or so the saying goes. I have been thinking about that as I listen to two things: (1) the evangelical infighting going on about homosexual relationships and (2) the Catholic teaching … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholicism, divorce, evangelicalism, Homosexuality
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Why Do Christians Love Obama?
I admit to being ironic in the title of this blog. What is clear to me is that many, probably most of my friends on Facebook are orthodox Christians. Probably they would call themselves conservative evangelicals, whether they were from … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian politics, Facebook, Obama, Right wing Republican
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Daily Conversion
Evangelicals have traditionally talked about one’s conversion, often using the term “saved” as in “When were you saved?” Over against that the monastic tradition and the Catholic and Orthodox churches in general have talked about continual repentance and continual conversion. … Continue reading