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theological snob: November 2014
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A collection of reflections and rants from a sometimes angry, often snobby, dangerously irreverent, sacramental(ish), and slightly insane Baptist pastor. Monday, November 17, 2014. The blog is moving! I am combining it with my podcast all under the name "Twelve Enough" - Theological Snob can now be found at: www.twelveenough.com/blog. Same wry wit - just a different place. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Twelve Enough - The Podcast! East Greenwich, Rhode Island, United States. First Bapti...
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theological snob: February 2014
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A collection of reflections and rants from a sometimes angry, often snobby, dangerously irreverent, sacramental(ish), and slightly insane Baptist pastor. Thursday, February 20, 2014. New podcast episode with Kathryn Palen discussing movies and spirituality. Give it a listen via the link. Or find the podcast on iTunes. Listen and then go and watch some movies and then go and rate the show on iTunes. Links to this post. Saturday, February 01, 2014. A review/reflection of A Land More Kind than Home. I'm an ...
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theological snob: October 2013
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A collection of reflections and rants from a sometimes angry, often snobby, dangerously irreverent, sacramental(ish), and slightly insane Baptist pastor. Friday, October 25, 2013. I Don't Play Well With Others. It is difficult enough to work with other Christians. Trying to get people to commit to one faith and saying at the same time that all faiths are good is annoying. I can’t say, “follow that path and you will burn in ponds and puddles of sulfur! So I have a weak sell with many other faith tradition...
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theological snob: October 2014
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A collection of reflections and rants from a sometimes angry, often snobby, dangerously irreverent, sacramental(ish), and slightly insane Baptist pastor. Monday, October 27, 2014. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. Or the geography of the Fire and Ice. Saga, or the difference between Dwarves and Elves of Middle Earth (from Lord of the Rings. For the 1% of the country that has never encountered that masterpiece… shame on you), or the role of magic in the realm of Xanth. But alas, Smith does not carr...
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theological snob: April 2014
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A collection of reflections and rants from a sometimes angry, often snobby, dangerously irreverent, sacramental(ish), and slightly insane Baptist pastor. Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Where Have All the Troublemakers Gone? What follows is a reflection/review of The Good Lord Bird. Some people are born in the right time and right place for who they are and others miss their time by a century or so. There is a wonderful scene in the film Sin City. Century he was just a big ugly mug. I do not believe that ther...
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theological snob: The Most Powerful Book in the Universe!
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A collection of reflections and rants from a sometimes angry, often snobby, dangerously irreverent, sacramental(ish), and slightly insane Baptist pastor. Monday, October 06, 2014. The Most Powerful Book in the Universe! 8220;If this weapon were to ever get into the wrong hands it could be destruction for us all.”. A large part of the challenge and the difficulty is in how we read the Bible. Many of the negative, dangerous, and oppressive interpretations of scripture comes out of a literal reading of ...
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theological snob: December 2013
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A collection of reflections and rants from a sometimes angry, often snobby, dangerously irreverent, sacramental(ish), and slightly insane Baptist pastor. Saturday, December 28, 2013. Jonathan Malone, what do you think? It may be a sad statement on humanity that even the notion of an omnipresent, omniscient God who sees and knows even more than the fat man of the North Pole does not keep us from making bad decisions from time to time to time. So I think my friend is right that we need something for co...
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theological snob: August 2013
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A collection of reflections and rants from a sometimes angry, often snobby, dangerously irreverent, sacramental(ish), and slightly insane Baptist pastor. Wednesday, August 21, 2013. Day 3 of the North South Trail. Day 3 of the RI North-South Trail. In which I almost get picked up:. Day 3 on the North-South Trail. My blisters are growing and developing personalities which is good because I need to have someone to talk to. All this nature and isolation is making me a little batty. One other thing. In c...
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theological snob: September 2013
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A collection of reflections and rants from a sometimes angry, often snobby, dangerously irreverent, sacramental(ish), and slightly insane Baptist pastor. Tuesday, September 03, 2013. What I Meant to Say Was. Summer’s over, rest time is over, and it is back to being super-productive, over-productive, and offering slightly better than average thoughts. First, let me fill you in on the rest of my North-SouthTrail adventure. Back to his methodology. His first lectures are about parapraxes. Are they so religi...
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theological snob: September 2014
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A collection of reflections and rants from a sometimes angry, often snobby, dangerously irreverent, sacramental(ish), and slightly insane Baptist pastor. Monday, September 22, 2014. Yet to claim to be devoid of politics in the religious sphere is disingenuous; religion is, by nature, political and speaks to the current political context in one way or another. At one level or another to read scripture, to pray, or to attend and participate in worship is a political act. Note: I realize that I am glossing ...
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