Passing By On The Other Side
Our history books have failed to present fairly the history of black Americans and we are reaping the results in our present society.
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St. Paul and the Identification of Heterosexuals and Homosexuals
In St. Paul’s time there was no way of thinking of people except as straight, and thus same-sex sex would have been considered as unnatural by him. Homosexual and heterosexual were not terms until the mid 19th century. In a comparative sense it was also a long time until left-handedness was generally accepted.
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Suggestions for Christians debating with atheists.
A suggested Christian (and especially Wesleyan) approach to discussions with an atheist with regard to morality, a need for God, evil in the world and a call for compassion and justice for those never heard of Jesus.
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Better understanding of the Prince of the World.
Very brief contrast of the fear of the world and the fearlessness of Jesus.
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Recommendation for the Europeans dealing with Muslims
How the American’s Joseph Smith can be utilized by the Europeans to awaken the Muslims among them to the possibility of a fraud on the part of Mohammed’s Gabriel (but not on Mohammed himself).
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Jesus without a stenographer.
A speculation as to how it could be that Jesus would not want to engage a stenographer to insure that his actual spoken words would be recited correctly, by turning them into recorded words.
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My Own Encapsulation of Wesleyan Theology
A recitation of Wesleyan theology as understood by this one Wesleyan.
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A trinity: no more absurd than the left and right versions of hand
How a trinity is no more absurd than a binity like that of the human hand which has a left and a right version. The difference is that we (as humans) can look at such a binity and see that it makes sense, but we cannot look at a trinity (although some possible exceptions are examined).
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Further Analogies for: Three Perspectives on Abraham’s Defense against Kant’s Charge of Immoral Conduct
A rearrangement of, and an addition to, the analogies used in the original essay on Abraham’s defense against Kant’s charge of immoral conduct.
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The Awakening Atonement (and from a Wesleyan perspective)
An attempt at a new theory of atonement where Jesus dies in order to show people what they must do to obtain a new nature and a commensurate holiness. Added is a comment by Kant suggesting how such an approach can be compatible with any demand for justice (divine or mundane).
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