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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2017/03/12

Born again again?

 This Sunday I think I sailed as close to the  wind of heresy as I ever have . . . or will. So let me make something explicitly clear right from the beginning: the moment you move into a relationship with God through Jesus empowered by the Holy Spirit (what is frequently called “conversion”) you […]

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2014/03/16

Metaphors matter!

Whether we like it or not, we live our lives by metaphors. met•a•phor (mĕtˈə-fôrˌ, -fər) n. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in “a sea of troubles” or “All the world’s a stage” ( Shakespeare). […]

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