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In Memoriam: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
By Steve on February 28, 2015
A couple days ago a friend posted a news article saying actor Leonard Nimoy had been admitted to the hospital for chest pains. I remember thinking, “At 83, he won’t be with us too much…
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Top Eleven Doctor Who Quotes That Sound Like Something Jesus Would Say!
By Steve on February 27, 2015
Beyond the Pale readers should be made aware of the fact that that I am in BIG Doctor Who fan. You know, the T.V. show about a 900 year old alien who travels through space…
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An Affirmation For Brandan Robertson
By Steve on February 24, 2015
Evangelicals are gaining quite a reputation as of late for being a tribe that eats its own. Case in point, the recent flurry surrounding speaker and writer Brandan Robertson. Brandan Robertson is an Evangelical Christian….
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Weekend Distractions: My Academy Award Predictions 2015
By Steve on February 22, 2015
It’s Oscar time again and this is the first year since returning to Hong Kong that the Academy Awards fall on Chinese New Year holiday. Because the awards are on Monday morning in Hong Kong due…
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Rob Bell & 9 Things Evangelicals Should Never Do: A Response To R.C. Sproul
By Steve on February 22, 2015
Bloggers love Rob Bell and Mark Driscoll. Whenever either of them do anything whatsoever all we have to do is write a blog post commenting on their latest statement, decision, or action and sit back and…
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American Sniper: Why Christians Want Their Jesus To Be Chris Kyle
By Steve on February 17, 2015
American Sniper, the Clint Eastwood film starring Bradley Cooper as Navy Seal Chris Kyle, has been the topic de jour among many bloggers since its recent premier. My Facebook feed has been littered with diverse opinion…
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The Divine Magician: or How To Make Real Life Appear By Smashing The “Sacred Object”
By Steve on February 10, 2015
In grad school I took a class once called The Politics of Ideas. On the first day the professor warned us that each class period he would take us all into the metaphorical abyss where we would…
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Mike Huckabee & Gay Weddings: or How Not To Be A Christian “Tribesman”
By Steve on February 4, 2015
Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee defended Christians who refused services (like baking wedding cakes) to the gay community based on their convictions saying, “it’s like forcing Jews to serve bacon-wrapped shrimp in their deli. Both foods are violations…
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Jesus Riding A Donkey Was The Moment Everything Changed!
By Steve on February 3, 2015
I think it was C.S. Lewis who noted that the trouble of a childhood Sunday School education is that as adults a childlike version of Bible stories remains in our head. Noah is a sweet old…
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Tom Read: I’m A Patron And You Can Be Too
By Steve on January 28, 2015
Artists have always had a difficult time maintaining the balancing act of giving the world their art…while still trying to pay the bills at home. Historically an artist would develop patrons; wealthy people who loved the work produced…