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• The Hindu Festival Called Holi and The Color Run

  By CSF on September 8, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  DC Color Run 5K (Photo credit: Cosmic Smudge) Girl at Holi Phagwa (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By now most people have heard of The Color Run. The Color Run company is a “for profit” venture though the…

• In Plain English . . .

  By CSF on September 5, 2013 • ( 0 )

  At a certain, specific moment in time, the Second Person of the Godhead, came down to earth and took on a human form and identity in order to reach the human race that had been lost due to sin. He… Read More ›

• Meditation #17 By John Donne

  By CSF on August 22, 2013 • ( 1 )

  Perchance, he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill, as that he knows not it tolls for him; and perchance I may think myself so much better than I am, as that they who are about me, and… Read More ›

• Sen. Paul: US Churches Should Challenge the IRS – Politics – CBN News – Christian News 24-7 – CBN.com

  By CSF on July 24, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Sen. Paul: US Churches Should Challenge the IRS – Politics – CBN News – Christian News 24-7 – CBN.com. via Sen. Paul: US Churches Should Challenge the IRS – Politics – CBN News – Christian News 24-7 – CBN.com.

• What hath Uncle Remus to do with Phyllis Tickle? The Tickle Chronicles Part 3

  By CSF on July 23, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  Uncle Remus as portrayed by James Baskett in Song of the South (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This is part 3 of The Tickle Chronicles. Tickle, an extremely articulate and highly influential voice in the Emergence Christian movement,…

• The Tickle Chronicles, Part 2

  By CSF on July 4, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  Veritas Conversation with Phyllis Tickle and Carmen Acevedo Butcher, 3/3/11 (Photo credit: Wyoming_Jackrabbit) This is part two of my series on Phyllis Tickle. Having been exposed to her through video and print, I ventured to ask…

• What we can expect with the gay rights issue . . .

  By CSF on June 29, 2013 • ( 1 )

  Since gay rights have now successfully been elevated to the level of a civil rights issue–along with women’s suffrage and black civil rights, as per our President’s inaugural speech–I think we will see the current celebration roll into a full-fledged… Read More ›

• A Disgusting Tweet by Our President!!

  By CSF on June 26, 2013 • ( 1 )

  Texas Abortion Ban Dies in Senate after Filibuster – Politics – CBN News – Christian News 24-7 – CBN.com. via A Disgusting Tweet by Our President!!.

• Four Qualms with Alan Chambers’ Apology from the Exodus International Platform

  By CSF on June 25, 2013 • ( 1 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  If you have not heard about Exodus International and the recent apology by its president, Alan Chambers, you can read his apology here. Just Google it and you will get all the background you need.  By Scott…

• A Father’s Letter to His Daughter upon Her Graduation

  By CSF on June 22, 2013 • ( 7 )

    To My Sweet Katie, Though the feeling has swept over me many times already, it has not yet come to stay. That is, the realization that my little girl will soon be leaving me to go and pursue her… Read More ›

• The path that leads you away from home . . .

  By CSF on June 5, 2013 • ( 0 )

  All the years come suddenly to this moment and we are proud, we are thankful, we are emotional, we are nostalgic.  And there is the dawning realization that every step you take from this day forward will be pregnant with… Read More ›

• The Tickle Chronicles

  By CSF on May 13, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  By Scott Fowler Veritas Conversation with Phyllis Tickle and Carmen Acevedo Butcher, 3/3/11 (Photo credit: Wyoming_Jackrabbit) So, how is it that I have become focused on Phyllis Tickle and, more specifically, her theology and approach to…

• Dallas Willard Passed Away This Week

  By CSF on May 10, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  Dallas Willard, best known for his book The Divine Conspiracy, passed away on Wednesday morning, he had pancreatic cancer. To me he was best known as a profound thinker in the area of spiritual formation and discipleship.…

• Oh, the Logic that betrays a lack of understanding about Christianity!

  By CSF on April 30, 2013 • ( 6 )

  If you are not familiar with what happened earlier this week when Jason Collins, an NBA player, who stated publicly that he was gay (apparently the first such participant in a major men’s professional sport to do so), click on… Read More ›

• Coming Up at ccithink . . .

  By CSF on April 21, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  The Tickle Chronicles Recently, I made an effort to contact Phyllis Tickle. In case you don’t know who she is, she is the founding editor of the Religion Department of Publishers Weekly, the author of several…

• The Sinking Ship of Evangelicalism, Part I: The problem

  By CSF on April 8, 2013 • ( 1 )

  Originally posted on ccithink:
  The Evening Descends (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Scott Fowler Behind the Times According to Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Willimon (Resident Aliens), Christendom, having begun with Constantine in 313 AD, ended in 1963.1 I can still…

• George Washington Rolling Over in His Grave!

  By Scott Fowler on April 4, 2013 • ( 2 )

  Ok, not that big of a surprize when a Democratic Senator endorses gay marriage, but you gotta love the brilliant reasoning behind his decision. He said, “Simply put, if The Lord made homosexuals as well as heterosexuals, why should I… Read More ›

• And Another One Bites The Dust!

  By Scott Fowler on April 3, 2013 • ( 2 )

  Another GOP Senator, citing personal emotional reasons, has come out in favor of same-sex marriage (see link to article below).   Our leaders–in and out of the Church–are mired in subjectivity, willing to allow their emotions to influence the future… Read More ›

• Christian Youth Face Backlash after Marriage Hearings – US – CBN News – Christian News 24-7 – CBN.com

  By Scott Fowler on April 3, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Christian Youth Face Backlash after Marriage Hearings – US – CBN News – Christian News 24-7 – CBN.com.  

• The Bible on The History Channel: Final

  By Scott Fowler on April 1, 2013 • ( 2 )

  So here’s a question: Would you watch The Bible on The History Channel again? I can definitely say I would not. As far as I am concerned it missed its mark–at least the mark I set for it as a… Read More ›

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