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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…
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4 Qualities of David That Made God “Smile” or How to “Get” God!
By Steve on January 22, 2015
David, the shepherd boy who became king is talked a lot about in the Bible. Fact is many people don’t realize he’s actually mentioned more than Jesus. I mean hey, there were lots of…
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Christianity Without Hooks: Gay Pastors & Angry Bloggers
By Steve on January 15, 2015
Last week’s post on whether the Apostle Paul would have lunch with a gay pastor stirred up a hornet’s nest of comments. The contributors were a pretty passionate group but after 40 or 50 comments…
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Would The Apostle Paul Have Lunch With A “Gay” Pastor?
By Steve on January 8, 2015
I had a very interesting question e-mailed to me this week: “Steve, in light of 1 Corinthians 5: 8-12 do you think Paul the Apostle would break bread (have a meal and fellowship) with…
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Why Do American Christians Have A Hard Time Understanding The Kingdom of Heaven?
By Steve on January 6, 2015
Crosses have become quite popular in fashion these days. Not exclusive to people of the Christian faith anymore, pop stars, rap singers, and Manhattan socialites alike proudly display diverse representations of the ancient symbol. (Because…
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A New Year’s Resolution in 2015 You Should Have
By Steve on January 3, 2015
The great thing about new days, new months, or especially new years is that chance we have to start again. If you’ve fallen down, you have a chance to get up again. If you’ve had…
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Top 5 Posts of 2014
By Steve on December 29, 2014
Well another year of blogging is winding down and I can hardly believe I’ve managed to keep Beyond the Pale going for more than six years now. Over 525 posts! People often say to me “Where…