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Beyond the Pale 2.0
By Steve on October 26, 2012
Welcome to the launch of the new “Beyond the Pale“. I was really happy I found out how to import the posts from the original “blogspot” site over to the new home here at www.stevehackman.net. …
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Changes coming to Beyond the Pale
By Steve on October 10, 2012
Some changes are coming to Beyond the Pale soon. When I started Beyond the Pale back in 2008 it was simply a fun little project to keep me occupied while I lived in a very…
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Prophecy & Nationalism? Proceed With Caution
By Steve on October 4, 2012
“In my opinion, the next event on the prophetic calendar will be the rapture of the church. I think that could happen at any moment and as we see all of these other things happening…
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Blue Like Jazz: Movie & The Book
By Steve on October 2, 2012
When Donald Miller’s Blue Like Jazz came out in 2003 and was the “must read” book throughout most of the decade in the Christian community I thought “this will be the book for me.” It…
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Book Review: The Gospel in Ten Words
By Steve on October 1, 2012
I’ve been doing a number of book reviews here at Beyond the Pale but this is the first review I have done where I have known the author on such a personal level. Paul Ellis,…
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My love for “Relevant Magazine”
By Steve on September 28, 2012
My wife and I have a little inside joke between us; Whenever we are a little critical of someone or something, that person or thing will, without fail, turn around and demonstrate some act of…
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Why Young Evangelicals are going Liturgical
By Steve on September 26, 2012
I have a confession to make; I have been, and probably still am, a “sneaker.” Now, don’t look so surprised. There are a LOT of us and if you are a Beyond the Pale reader…
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Keeping Heaven, and Toy Story Land, in our Hearts!
By Steve on September 25, 2012
Ethan just stood…and stared! One of the best things about living in Hong Kong is that I have a Disneyland about 30 minutes from where we live. Yes, God, in his infinite wisdom and knowing I…
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Book Review: Things Unseen by Mark Buchanan
By Steve on September 22, 2012
If there is is a passion for me right now, it would have to be the Kingdom of Heaven. For someone who spent years (decades) as a political junkie, I think many who have known…
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Does the Chinese Government understand Christianity better than America?
By Steve on September 16, 2012
I was in a meeting a couple weeks ago with some Americans and the topic of the U.S. election came up. O.K., full disclosure, I was watching the Republican National Convention with a group from…