Stranger in a Strange Land

Grace and Peace to all my faithful blog-checkers!
I have been soooooo busy with school this semester that I have fallen down on the blogging job. In addition, I have been living on Facebook (add me!) and Twitter (mcgrawmatty… follow me!) because they are small, quick outlets and don’t require quite as much thought as [...]

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Below is a portion of an on-going conversation between myself and someone else being held via facebook.
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The homosexual issue is one that conservative, evangelical Christianity has landed on as being of particular importance and I’m not sure why. God does not rank sin. *If* homosexuality is in fact a sin, it [...]

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Greetings and Blessings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!
You have discovered my blog. Welcome! I am glad you are here. I invite you to take a look around and read some of my thoughts. As you do, however, I would like to say the following by way of introduction.
I, [...]

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I have been blogging about McCain and Obama a lot lately as well as posting items and making comments on Facebook about the upcoming election. I have been getting LOTS of grief from friends and even people I don’t know because I have been supportive of Obama/Biden and critical of McCain/Palin. I wanted [...]

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“The Shack” is a book by William Young. It is a story he wrote for his kids that has become a NY Times best-seller. It is one of the most important Christian books on the market today. I believe it may be able to do more for Christian spiritual formation than any [...]

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With all the talk this election and convention season about patriotism and flag pins, I wanted to address one of many “targets” in the patriotism debate, The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. First, let’s read it together since many of us haven’t said it since elementary school:
I pledge allegiance to the flag of [...]

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I watched all but the first 5 or 6 minutes of the Saddleback Civil Forum yesterday and much of the coverage afterwords. I must say, anyone who has been concerned about the media “love fest” for Sen. Obama should feel much better after listening to hosts from CNN, MSNBC and Fox News gushing over [...]

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The Associated Press has released an article in response to an 18 minute “rant” (for lack of a better word) by Jimmy Dobson broadcast on his “Focus on the Family” radio program. As the AP has a record of suing bloggers over using their articles, you can read the article yourself via the Denver [...]

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This month, Christianity Today Magazine published an article entitled Evangelical Leaders to Support McCain. I encourage you to go read the article, not because it is at all profound or surprising, but because many of the comments and reviews of the article are.
I will be voting for Barak Obama [...]

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Ok all you music junkies… I want to recommend the best music podcast out there. Go to www.boredagainchristian.com and subscribe to the podcast there or check it out in iTunes.
Hosted by “Just Pete, your indie sweetheart”, this podcast is full of uplifting, family-friendly songs that just make you happy!
Give it a listen… you’ll be [...]

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