Category: Church and State
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Christian History 101 Now on Podcast!
Hi all, My series entitled “Christian History 101,” is now uploaded, indexed, and ready for on-the-go listening on my PodBean Podcast available here. Older archives of additional talks will be added regularly. Thanks for listening and sharing. – RM
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The Politics of Jesus
Unaccompanied Alien Children. That’s the official nomenclature assigned to some 12,000 minors held in custody by the United States Office of Refugee Resettlement (O.R.R.). And make no mistake about it: They are in custody, and are not being actively resettled anywhere except repurposed Walmart stores across more than a dozen states. About five years ago, […]
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Co-Opted Christmas
Each December many a believer enters the Holiday Wars with more energy than it takes to power Clark Griswold’s Christmas lights. “Keep Christ in Christmas” is the battle cry. But Jesus really isn’t the reason for the season. For Christmas, as we celebrate it today, is a rather modern invention. For the first few centuries […]