Archive for November, 2006
30 November
Posted by rey
Every Halloween Christians argue about what they should do on Halloween (I dealt with that
here). Every Christmas and Easter another group of Christians points out the pagan origins of those holidays and level a similar charge. But rarely has the same point been raised about Thanksgiving. “It’s a time to thank God for all He has done” are the usual words while any pagan relationship to the holiday is ignored. My main premise with this post is not to validate or deny the celebration of the day but rather to show how far spread certain practices and celebrations are across religions and how that’s not surprising in the least.
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19 November
Posted by rey
| What Kind of Reader Are You?
Your Result: Obsessive-Compulsive Bookworm
red at 80%
You’re probably in the final stages of a Ph.D. or otherwise finding a way to make your living out of reading. You are one of the literati. Other people’s grammatical mistakes make you insane.
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| Literate Good Citizen |
red at 79%
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| Dedicated Reader |
red at 76%
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| Book Snob |
red at 65&
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| Fad Reader |
5%
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| Non-Reader |
0&
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What Kind of Reader Are You?
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Our Lord is known by many names throughout scripture and countless pictures and in each of those we can see a different aspect of him. Looking at these aspects we see the multifaceted glory of our Lord and the lengths by which he saves.
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In an effort to prove that God’s atonement is limited to elect individuals some Calvinists have taken to highlight the context of enemy camp proof-texts to show how the “all” contained in those verses refers to a limited group. That’s fine to do; context always defines a word so when I shout at the guests who have overstayed their welcome with “all people in my house; get out” I am not referring to all the people in the world nor am I including myself or my immediate family in the statement—I’m referring to the guests. The context restricted the meaning of the words and the fact that Calvinists point that out is to be applauded.
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