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Ending Slavery: Bringing Heaven to Earth
By Steve on January 6, 2013
I wanted to share a great video I saw on CNN yesterday. Christians, particularly young people, raising awareness and making a stand against the the blight of slavery which still runs rampant across the globe….
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N.T. Wright & How God Became King
By Steve on January 5, 2013
Followers of Beyond the Pale know that the theme of the Kingdom of God has been resonating in my heart this last year. In fact its probably the driving force behind my re-launching the blog…
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“Does God Really Not Like Me?”
By Steve on January 3, 2013
Just before the Christmas holiday I wrote a piece on Christ as “God with us”. I’ve been mulling that idea over in my mind through endless renditions of Silent Night and Hark the Herald Angels…
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My Year End Book Reviews: 2012
By Steve on December 31, 2012
Last year I did a year end book review and as I look at it I realize how much my reading tastes has changed in a year’s time. In 2011 not a single “Christian” book…
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Les Miserables: A Story and A Review
By Steve on December 28, 2012
Tragedy…Sacrifice…Redemption…Grace. I don’t think there is a story told that embodies the human condition nor reflects its salvation more than Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables; and Tom Hooper’s theatrical release of the Schonberg-Boublil musical more than…
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James Dobson, Fear, & The Shooting in Connecticut
By Steve on December 27, 2012
About 10 years ago a Christian friend gave me a CD with a teaching by James Dobson on it. Dobson at the time was rallying Christians to support a judge who refused to remove a…
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A Hong Kong Christmas Story
By Steve on December 24, 2012
For the last month my department at school has been working on a film to be the “main event” at the yearly Christmas assembly held on the last day before the holiday break. While I…
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My Christmas Movie Classics!!
By Steve on December 20, 2012
Its that holiday time of year again! After a long day’s work I enjoy nothing more than turning on the Christmas tree lights and kicking back on the couch to watch a Christmas movie with…
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Apollo 8 Reminds Us that God Says the Earth is Good!
By Steve on December 19, 2012
In December of 1968, the crew of the American spacecraft Apollo 8 became the first human beings to travel to and orbit the moon.Today we have grown used to seeing views of the earth from…
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When Tragedy Strikes!
By Steve on December 16, 2012
20 children and 6 adults shot dead at an elementary school! A tragic event that Americans are seeing happen with uncomfortable frequency. And now the collective question rises up from the nation… WHY? Asking “why?”…