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If the soccer gods were in charge of tennis…
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Scot McKnight
If the soccer gods were in charge of the game of tennis, and of Wimbledon in particular, instead of a 70-68 marathon record-breaking 5th set, what would we have had? Yep, you guessed it. First service ace wins! Or, each person gets three serves and the most aces wins.
The Heroic Dimension of the Monastics
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Scot McKnight
An element of the monastics that seems passed by is the heroic efforts some of them endured or attempted. Here on the top of Skellig Michael, one hour boat ride from shore, 12 monks constructed over 600 steps from the side of the mountain to the top and at the top built bee hive looking…
Our Common Prayerbook 18 – 7
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Scot McKnight
The psalmist, after describing his own deliverance and victory in battle, gives praise to God for his victory. David sees this victory not only as a vindication of himself, and of God, but it reveals something about God: the one God is the God of Israel, YHWH. And David anchors this all in God’s elective…
Bobby Jindal, Nikki Haley and Hindu Converts to Christianity
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Scot McKnight
Aseem Shukla is not happy about the conversions of Bobby Jindal (from Hinduism) and Nikki Haley (from Sikhism). Shukla is a Hindu himself, and finds the public disavowal of their Dharma faiths by Jindal and Haley as well as their vocal and public profession of their Christian faith something for public concern. But, I hear…
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