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Last Of All: Clamoring to Concede Freedom of Religion

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Friday, May 8, 2015. Clamoring to Concede Freedom of Religion. The so-called establishment clause in the US Constitution, " Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. Even Christian charities, hospitals especially, began to clamor for government grants and government insurance payments, all of which came with strings attached, some of those strings requiring that some Christians deny or abandon core beliefs or lose funding. Charitable org...

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Last Of All: Discussion and Assessment of New Testament Theology by G. B. Caird

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Saturday, November 21, 2009. Discussion and Assessment of New Testament Theology by G. B. Caird. This paper was written May, 2004, and was the last one I turned in before graduation from Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary. Part of a course on New Testament Theology, the paper is a "discussion and assessment" of a book with the same title by New Testament scholar G. B. Caird. If you are ready for a nap, read on.after checking out my disclaimer to the right under "Why Last of All? Darryl K. Williams.

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Last Of All: July 2015

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Friday, July 31, 2015. Designated Giving, Loss Leaders, and Planned Parenthood. Often there are intersections between politics, economics, faith, and church. This is one of those cases so I am posting this on both blogs.). What are the points of this rambling? And, to Congress, until Planned Parenthood engineers that divorce, there should be no federal funding of it. Posted by Darryl K Williams. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Biographies and Other Books. Literary Structure in The Bible.

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Last Of All: Reading the Old Testament Story

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011. Reading the Old Testament Story. Note: This is another in a series of postings of material used in a Confirmation class). Skip Ruth for now and read through 1st and 2nd Samuel and 1st and 2nd Kings for the stories of Samuel, Saul, David, Solomon, and the political upheaval and series of mostly infamous kings who followed Solomon. These books end in the defeat and occupation or exile of the Jews by Assyria and Babylon. This chronological arrangement of the books Genesis, Exodus,...

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Government Acting Stupidly: Waiver Maybe Better Than Repeal

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Monday, January 24, 2011. Waiver Maybe Better Than Repeal. It is interesting to note the waivers being granted to companies and unions to excuse them from lawful requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The most recent waivers are to three local chapters of SEIU. Service Employees International Union, a big donor to the Obama campaign. Total waivers so far are well over 200. You can see a list here. Posted by Darryl K Williams. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Government Acting Stupidly: Church and State in Avoidable Slow Motion Collision

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Saturday, August 15, 2009. Church and State in Avoidable Slow Motion Collision. Here is a quote from the website of the US Embassy in Japan:. Http:/ cbs2.com/local/pastor.Reverend.Art.2.1024814.html. For a similar view from someone who thinks churches should get out of the wedding business and leave it up to government, check out http:/ faith-theology.blogspot.com/2008/07/against-marriage-or-why-churches-should.html. Http:/ news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle east/6067002.stm. Posted by Darryl K Williams. From a ...

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Government Acting Stupidly: February 2013

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Friday, February 1, 2013. Well, I see Google lists this as an "old abandoned blog." Not my intent, since my first ever blog posting is here, but not sure what to do about it. Posted by Darryl K Williams. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Sign Up for Email Notification of New Postings. Email Marketing You Can Trust. Travel template. Powered by Blogger.

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Last Of All: Richard John Neuhaus: Liberal Lutheran to Conservative Catholic

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Richard John Neuhaus: Liberal Lutheran to Conservative Catholic. A new biography, Richard John Neuhaus: A Life in the Public Square. A prolific and powerful writer, Neuhaus is perhaps best known for The Naked Public Square: Religion and Democracy in America. The journal achieved a paid circulation of more than 30,000 and has continued after his passing. The image of Neuhaus based on the biography and on his quotes therein is of a bigger-than-life, somewhat rude, impatient, and ...

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Last Of All: Big Methodists

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Wednesday, December 2, 2009. Confession and Background Information. Posted by Darryl K Williams. January 27, 2010 at 10:12 AM. Darryl, I see no mention of Orthodoxy in your comments. The Orthodox Church certainly also claims to be the one true church and is one of the largest Christian denominations worldwide. January 27, 2010 at 1:45 PM. January 27, 2010 at 5:08 PM. February 7, 2010 at 3:05 PM. March 5, 2010 at 9:37 AM. Good article, but do not leave out the Presbyterians in one of the last big churches.