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The Gospel According to Mass Effect (Spoilers)
(SPOILER ALERT: If you have any desire whatsoever to play any game from the Mass Effect series, I strongly suggest you DO NOT read any further.) Say what you want about video games, but the facts are clear: Mass Effect is bigger than many blockbuster movies from sales to fan base. Overlooking the cultural…
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Trick or Treat!
On Halloween, our place as a family is in our neighborhood surrounded by people, not sequestered away from it. Today is Halloween. That means every family in my neighborhood will be outside walking around at the same time. Every parent will be going door to door with their children, laughing as they scream for candy, and…
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And He’s Buying a Wormhole to Heaven
I’m writing in response to recent comments made by Stephen Hawking. I have not the education nor the accolades that Hawking possesses. Please forgive my lack of such credentials, just as I forgive his lack of sound research or academic honesty. Reknowned physicist and uber braniac Stephen Hawking has declared that “heaven” is not real, and…
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God’s Facebook
God’s Facebook (via @Crosswalk)
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Justice, Mercy, Jesus, and Osama bin-Laden
It is never a good thing for us to celebrate death, since it is the result of our sin against God. However this time, my emotion and desire has clearly overwhelmed my theology. Osama bin-Laden is dead. The man who orchestrated massive terror attacks against the United States and other nations has been identified, killed,…
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Hygiene And You
The following is part of a new series of posts called “Top Ten: Advice For The Dudes” and will feature practical advice for guys. While the target audience is younger, single guys, I think this series of posts will be worth reading for everyone. Some guys can rock the messy hair and the vintage wardrobe.…
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Saint Patrick Deserves His Annual Recognition
I took this photo of Saint Patrick on my last trip to the Emerald Isle, near the Hill of Tara in County Meath, Ireland. Every year Americans of proclaimed Irish ancestry celebrate a day dedicated to Saint Patrick by wearing green, listening to loud music (possibly traditional folk music,) and consuming considerable quanities of alcohol in various forms…
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What can Christians learn from a bottle of Scotch?
What can Christians learn from a bottle of Scotch? In the U.K., The makers of Scotch whisky have banded together to protect the standards of their industry. Too many cheap imitations have flooded the market, hurting their sales in the short term but also ruining the consensus of what Scotch whisky really is. New regulations…