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		<title>Why Liberal Churches Are Stupid</title>
		<link>http://bringerofpeace.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/why-liberal-churches-are-stupid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The title is a bit unfair, of course; one shouldn&#8217;t diss such a broad category of churches with the same brush. What I should really say is, (A) &#8220;liberal churches who put politics before the gospel are stupid&#8221; or the equally true (B) &#8220;liberal churches who become social clubs and forget the gospel are stupid&#8221;. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bringerofpeace.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3776347&amp;post=86&amp;subd=bringerofpeace&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On the Natural and the Supernatural, Part III</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, so I have the following challenge for my dear brothers and sisters who have doubts about miracles. It seems to me that you&#8217;re doubting one of two possible things: (1) God&#8217;s willingness to perform miracles, or (2) God&#8217;s ability to do miracles. I&#8217;ll concentrate on (2): for some reason, you doubt God&#8217;s power to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bringerofpeace.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3776347&amp;post=85&amp;subd=bringerofpeace&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On the Natural and the Supernatural, Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, due to the overwhelming response to my last post, I decided to focus only on the objection I mentioned in it First, the claim is that belief in the supernatural can be used to exploit people. Well, no doubt unscrupulous people exist who are apt to use all sorts of beliefs in exploitative ways [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bringerofpeace.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3776347&amp;post=84&amp;subd=bringerofpeace&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On the Natural and the Supernatural, Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So in our contemplative prayer group the other day the subject of angels and demons came up during our discussion. The context was that of trying to understand the nature of logismoi (see my entry on logismoi on my page Reflections on Christian Mysticism). According to the Orthodox, negative logismoi are thoughts of particularly strong [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bringerofpeace.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3776347&amp;post=76&amp;subd=bringerofpeace&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Bin Laden and Self-Reflection</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 00:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although there is some politics in this post, my main concern is the spiritual implication of recent events.  For some good writing on the political implications, see Glenn Greenwald http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/05/06-8, and Ray McGovern http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/05/05-7, both of whom make a lot of sense. But suppose everything the government has recently told us about the raid in Pakistan is true (whatever the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bringerofpeace.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3776347&amp;post=68&amp;subd=bringerofpeace&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Universalism the Christian Way</title>
		<link>http://bringerofpeace.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/universalism-the-christian-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 21:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a lot of controversy going on currently about Rob Bell&#8217;s new book and whether it means he&#8217;s a universalist. This author has done a good job addressing the issue in this article on the Hope Beyond Hell site. I&#8217;d love to know your thoughts on the issue!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bringerofpeace.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3776347&amp;post=67&amp;subd=bringerofpeace&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Libyan Strikes: A Just War?</title>
		<link>http://bringerofpeace.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/the-libyan-strikes-a-just-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry folks, looks like I&#8217;ve got to get a bit political on this one. Many people are trying to use Just War theory to justify the US air strikes on targets in Libya, and I feel I need to point out why that doesn&#8217;t fly. Pun intended Why the US Military intervention in Libya is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bringerofpeace.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3776347&amp;post=65&amp;subd=bringerofpeace&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Loving All Things</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some more wisdom from the Orthodox mystical tradition about learning to love all things can be found in this article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-cairns/the-responsibility-of-eac_b_684745.html. Very cool. I also want to mention that including all beings in the scope of the Jesus Prayer (I discussed this practice in the last post) is changing the associations I make with the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bringerofpeace.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3776347&amp;post=63&amp;subd=bringerofpeace&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re All in the &#8220;Me&#8221;: A Note on the Jesus Prayer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 06:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been increasingly aware recently about the extent of my self-centeredness in prayer (well, in life in general really), and whether I should change some of my prayers in light of this consciousness. In particular, in using the Jesus Prayer, &#8220;O my Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, Have Mercy on Me&#8221; I&#8217;ve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bringerofpeace.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3776347&amp;post=62&amp;subd=bringerofpeace&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Mystical Interpretation of the Seven Seals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just added a page where I placed the last sermon I gave at Trinity United Methodist. Since it&#8217;s a mystical interpretation, it aims to bring the meaning of the scripture directly into your everyday life, rather than only some later end times. I welcome your comments!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bringerofpeace.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3776347&amp;post=61&amp;subd=bringerofpeace&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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