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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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