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    Barack Obama suggests men need gay friends to learn 'empathy and kindness'

    I am approximately the same age as Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. (Obama is my age, and Clinton is a bit older.) A lot of the Christians of my generation went through a journey in the first few decades of our lives regarding same-sex marriage, as we reflected deeply on Scripture and...
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    Advice for adjusting to a newborn

    Congratulations on the birth of your baby! Your life will probably be a sleep-deprived fog for the next couple of months, and then things will get better as the baby starts sleeping for long stretches at night. As I recall, my prayer life for those first couple of months was chiefly "Please...
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    How to grow as a Christian? Maybe personal guidance (not sure)

    I wish you success and safety as you defend your country. One possibility you might consider is to pray the Daily Office, as your schedule permits. My church's Book of Common Prayer has liturgies for Morning Prayer, Noonday Prayer, Evening Prayer, and Compline. All of these are services that...
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    Third Time Is A... Charm?

    Well, that's a lot. Whether Jesus existed, and how much the church was complicit in colonialism -- that's not going to be resolved in a single street corner exchange. Maybe just say something like "Obviously, I see it differently", and let it go. I did hear him say something at the end that...
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    How long does Purgatory last?

    I think we all agree that Purgatory is not explicitly taught in the New Testament. No argument there. It's an idea that developed over the span of a few centuries during the Medieval period in the Western part of the church. Remember, though, that there are churches like mine that value...
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    Help me move on from King Charles and Camila

    I recommend letting go of this idea: "A king ... is supposed to be righteous and holy." He's just a human being, like everyone else, except that he happened to be the oldest child of a sovereign and now holds the job of serving as sovereign himself. Not a hero, not a villain, just a human...
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    American patriotism is plummeting, and it makes no sense

    American patriotism is complicated, and I think we do well to acknowledge that complexity as we teach our children. During my teenage years, the US celebrated its bicentennial. It was a great and glorious party, flags and fireworks and red-white-and-blue everywhere. I enjoyed it tremendously...
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    Protestors confront ICE agents outside immigration court in San Francisco--VIDEO

    This is, actually, a positive that I see in the courthouse arrests (as contrasted with arrests in other locations). If the court has said that they need to leave the country, then there's been an actual judicial review of the case, so we're pretty confident that the person isn't a citizen or a...
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    Protestors confront ICE agents outside immigration court in San Francisco--VIDEO

    Sorry, who's the Mary Poppins woman? EDIT: Okay, a Google search tells me that it's Nina Jankowicz, who was the head of the Disinformation Governance Board for the first month of its four month existence. (I really didn't expect the Google search of "truth ministry mary poppins" to turn up...
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    Protestors confront ICE agents outside immigration court in San Francisco--VIDEO

    The Fox News video didn't give any context, like why ICE was there, why protesters were there, and why they were at a courthouse. Here's a New York Times article about it...
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    Guy From Medina Pride Came Back...

    I don't think there's anything you could have done better, in that setting. Some of his points are legit. For example, Christians in recent centuries did own slaves, and I've seen patriarchy and misogyny even in modern Christians. There's a complicated conversation that one can have --...
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    Anyone have good arguments against Calvinism.

    One approach is to read books and experience worship in some different, non-Calvinist Christian traditions. If you're looking for worship that's more liturgical and sacramental, visit a church in one of the liturgical traditions (Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran, or Episcopal/Anglican). If you're...
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    Fla. public school teachers can't demand students, staff use wrong pronouns: Appeals court panel

    Whether the Florida law is unconstitutional, I can't tell. As I once heard William F. Buckley remark, not every bad law is unconstitutional. But, wow, what an oppressive law. I wonder if a non-gendered title could be a workaround, and whether the Florida law would allow it. A friend of mine...
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    6 state university systems form first-of-its-kind accreditation agency to counter 'woke' 'monopoly'

    The piece of this story that's most alarming to me, as someone who periodically needs to do accreditation paperwork, is the whole business of switching to a new accrediting body. Evidently, "In 2023, the North Carolina General Assembly passed legislation prohibiting UNC constituent institutions...
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    American Revolution was not Christian

    The American Constitution is definitely Enlightenment political philosophy implemented as a government, so I agree with that. I disagree with the characterization of the Enlightenment as man sitting on the throne of God. When Jesus returns in person as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, all...
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