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Month: October 2006

Imitation Me

Posted By michael October 30, 2006 under Desperate Suggestions

I’m told that we learn to talk by imitating our mothers, and that disturbs me. I don’t think I sound much like my mother, nor do I want to. I thought I sounded like air naturally passing through my larynx and past my tongue and lips. Maybe that isn’t so.
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I think I am, therefore I am

Posted By michael October 24, 2006 under Notes from Cyberspace


Neumatikos
writes:

“So many people believe that they have the Holy Spirit because they are Christians, and Christians are, by definition, those who have the Holy Spirit. This is backwards; it cannot be! Continue reading “I think I am, therefore I am”

Imaginative conversions

Posted By michael October 18, 2006 under Desperate Suggestions

For years, I was involved with Christian theater. In fact, three of my acquaintances became Christians through evangelistic drama and films. Later, the first became a Marxist. The second became a Rotarian. The third murdered his wife.

Oh, that explains it.

Posted By michael October 8, 2006 under Incisive Quotes

God’s fire only falls on sacrifice. An empty altar receives no fire!

– Frank Bartleman

What have you been saved from?

Posted By michael October 2, 2006 under Desperate Suggestions

If you don’t know, maybe you weren’t saved at all.

ploughing at dusk

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  • Always trust the men in the white (rain)coats.
  • Subtract before adding
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  • A thermometer does not improve your comfort
  • What is a homecomer?
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  • Real Christians don’t dance.
  • Defenseless Christians
  • Do you then take such pains to seek souls?
  • Are you holier than God?
  • Preparing to relocate?
  • I am a deconstructionist.
  • I will tell to the world an incredible thing.
  • A million good atheists in New York City?
  • The cost of discipleship
  • What have you been saved from?
  • Distant relationship with Jesus
  • Lead us not into decision.

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