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Husband, father, army chaplain, teacher, autism/disability advocate, writer, podcaster & blogger. Loves Tolkien, Lewis, history, classic rock, sci fi & comics.

Wasaga Beach, Ontario
Joined April 2009
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"I don't wanna hear no profelactics in front of the veterinariansย on Novembrance day.โ€ - Erroll Gapp
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Beware of any Christian movement that acts as though the world is full of enemies to be destroyed rather than full of neighbors to be loved.
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A nationโ€™s progress is also measured by how it welcomes all people with disabilities and particular needs. Their lives are not a burden on society. They are a blessing, because they can help us to remember the foundation of the dignity of every human being and what is truly important in life. #ApostolicJourney #Argentina
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Iโ€™m done with the God gender debate. I donโ€™t care if you think God is male. I only entered it because people were condemning those who reject the genderedness of God, even though thatโ€™s the consensus of theologians.
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The Gospel Coalition wrote about this a decade ago
I'm amazed at the # of Christians who believe, since God took on the human form of a biological male, we can conclude that God the Father is eternally male. Also amazed at the anger generated by pointing out this is not historic Christian teaching.
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One mistake people are making is that if Jesus is God, then God is Jesus and all of Jesusโ€™ characteristics apply to the entire Trinity.
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Red white and blue Christians are so consumed by modern culture wars and proving a point about masculinity that they are practically desperate to force an infinite, immaterial God into being a biological male. What happen to sola scriptura???
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We cannot turn a blind eye to the fact that there are children who do not go to school. We cannot silence our conscience when we see a mother lacking the means to feed her children. We cannot ignore the many people around us who are suffering, alone and vulnerable. We need to commit ourselves to the charity and closeness of the Good Samaritan who did not remain indifferent upon seeing misfortune, but took responsibility for his brotherโ€™s life. (Lk 10:29-37) #ApostolicJourney #Uruguay
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Part of the confusion over the discussion about the gender of God is about whether all of the Godhead took on the characteristics of the incarnation. I think some further reflection on the Trinity is required.
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Found a 95 year old painting in my attic How he got up there I'll never know
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For those claiming God is male because Jesus was male, would you also say God has a beard since Jesus has one? Some of the arguments are straying in modalism.
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Here is my theological analysis of what happened in the midterms. People voted and the candidates with the most votes won.
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Mel Brooks once recalled that Alfred Hitchcock sat beside him at the premiere of High Anxiety (1977). Throughout the screening, Hitchcock showed very little reaction, but he finally burst out laughing at the exact moment when the birds covered Mel Brooks in droppings in the scene parodying The Birds (1963). After the film ended, Hitchcock quietly left without saying a word, leaving Mel Brooks worried that he might not have liked the movie. But not long afterward, Brooks received a gift from Hitchcock: a case of six bottles of 1961 Chรขteau Haut-Brion wine, accompanied by a letter that read: My dear Mel, What a splendid entertainment, one that should give you no anxieties of any kind. I thank you most humbly for your dedication and I offer you further thanks on behalf of the Golden Gate Bridge. With kindest regards and again my warmest congratulations. Hitch.
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