Micah Tillman

“Obama to expand Bush’s faith based programs” -AP
Wha?

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I have a new theory about theories. It’s a development of my theory about people. And it uses fun words.
I promised earlier that I’d have something more helpful to say about the different reading recommendations you’d get from conservative and progressives Christians. So I’ll do that in this post.
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Part 1 (of 4)
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I just turned on the TV for a second to give myself a break, and saw a woman (Terry Meeuwsen?) on The 700 Club say that new Christians should read the New Testament.
Start in John, she said, and read through to the end (i.e., Revelations).
“Never mind the first three Gospels?” I wanted to ask.
The “start [...]

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has been republished over at Precipice Magazine. You can read it here.
It was first published by The Free Liberal here.

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Dr. Gene Chase, my academic advisor and mentor from my undergraduate days, pointed out to me that my friend from the same era, Anthony DeRosa, has written up some thoughts that are rather consonant with my own re the legalization of same-sex marriage.
I tried to leave a comment over at Anthony’s blog, but the log-in [...]

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For context, here are the four articles I’ve written so far that have something to do with gay marriage.
1. Why heterosexual marriage should not be legal (or, how to relieve John Edward’s “personal conflict”)
2. Three Reasons Everyone Wants Marriage De-Legalized
3. Supreme Court of California’s Decision to Legalise Gay Marriage Leaves Many Questions Unanswered (not my [...]

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Darren at Precipice Magazine was kind enough to ask if they could reprint my article, “Jesus Isn’t Crazy: How to Bless Those Who Curse.” So I sent him the original version (Catapult’s editors had made some changes to the version they posted).
You can read it here.

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On Friday, Michael Gerson, a former Bush administration person, wrote an article entitled, “The Libertarian Jesus” for the Washington Post. It is, strangely, a defense of compassionate conservatism.
I say “strangely,” because no one believes in compassionate conservatism anymore. (I love making general statements like that.) Except Mike Huckabee, and you know what I think about [...]

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Nothing is or ever has been the way it should be. There’s no way to “get back” to “how things were supposed to be.” Our only hope is redemption, not return.
That’s what Fr. Michael Pfleger, Barack Obama’s (reported) other pastor-confidant (h/t Geraghty) doesn’t get. Here’s what he said, as quoted by Jim Geraghty:
I must now [...]

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Here’s article 3 in my four-part series on St. Paul, Corinthians, and male chauvinism (Sight Magazine).
[Article 1 | Article 2]
Also, see my posts below on the Drudge Report, and volume 5 of the WEeding Awards.

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