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Glimpses of Heaven at the Bar

Posted in Food & Drink, Theology & Spiritual Life, tagged , , , , on October 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »

It’s been said that most people who go to a bar are really looking for heaven. Many are hurting, tired, or depressed and turn to drink in a desperate search for rest and a little happiness. Plagued by a guilty conscience or by a sense of meaninglessness, they saturate their trembling bodies with Southern Comfort [...]

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Life Together

Posted in Books, Theology & Spiritual Life, tagged , , on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s handbook on Christian community, is brilliantly comprehensive, yet humbly concise at the same time. Though only five chapters, it contains enough theology and practical instruction to help guide any aspiring assembly till Christ’s return. It is also filled with great insightfulness and reverence rare for modern books. Despite its reliance upon [...]

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Making Room for Life

Posted in Books, Theology & Spiritual Life, tagged , , on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

In Making Room for Life, Randy Frazee argues that “the biggest challenge for the church at the opening of the twenty-first century is to develop a solution to the DISCONTINUITY and FRAGMENTATION of the American lifestyle.” One of our most pressing needs is to blend the myriad worlds in which we live into one cohesive [...]

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