Category: Culture
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EXCERPT FROM BIBLE SERMON
Sunday I preached what might have been my favorite sermon in my DOUBT ABOUT series. In the sermon I grouped our doubts about the Bible into scholarly type of doubts, experiential doubts, and doubts which arise from misuse. One part of the sermon was when I talked about the different types of doubt people have as…
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SIX REASONS WHY THE RAPTURE WILL NOT BE THIS WEEKEND
In light of recent headlines, I think it is time for Pastor Greenbean to bring some calm reassurance to the people of the world. There will be no so-called “rapture” this Saturday. In case you’d like to bet me on that, you should know I’m going all in: house, cars, bank accounts, library and stunning…
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BOOK REVIEW: A LOVER’S QUARREL WITH THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH
Earlier this week I tweeted (yeah, I Twitter; @jamiedgreening) that I was reading the book A Lover’s Quarrel with the Evangelical Church by Warren Cole Smith. Almost immediately a pastor friend of mine asked me to write a review of it when I was finished. Smith’s premise can best be summarized from a brief sentence…
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IS STEVE MCQUEEN SPEAKING TO ME?
Last week I was at the Wal-Mart with Mrs. Greenbean buying stuff. We do not frequent the Wal-Mart often because we try to shop local and avoid the whole sweatshops and “made in China” and all that stuff. Yet we were there because sometimes you need stuff and it is only at the Wal-Mart or the Wal-Mart equivalent. …