Monthly Archives: July 2008

17
Jul

Taking a break

Dark truth (really more like an amber truth): I’m getting tired of this blog.  It wearies me.  So, for the time being, if you have bookmarks or RSS feeds aimed here, you might want to change them to: http://markhorne.tumblr.com No … Continue reading →

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16
Jul

Ending Disqus for now

www.disqus.com I somehow messed this up so that my tumblr comments and this blogs comments were all on one page.  Not knowing how to undo the problem, I decided to disable the plugin. I’m not sure what to do with … Continue reading →

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16
Jul

You can’t be hospitable if you demand your guests grovel

Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you into the glory of God. – Romans 15.7 Note that my translation of the Greek is slightly different than that of the common English Bibles. In my opinion, this exhortation has … Continue reading →

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13
Jul

Is the Obama campaign transporting anyone else back in time to an eighties comic book series?

If you don’t have vivid memories of reading this book, this post will be pretty much useless. And I can’t recommend the book due to content issues, though I also can’t deny I read it more than once. But for … Continue reading →

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11
Jul

Thoughts on Church planting by Rev. Craw

These seem very useful and the first one applies to pastoring in general and to all endeavors: ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX

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11
Jul

Romans 12.17-13:4

Reading without unbiblical chapter divisions can really bring things to light: Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.  Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.  Live in harmony with one another. Do not … Continue reading →

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10
Jul

New banner in the sidebar

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8
Jul

Economic sins, sexual sins, and conservative Christian culture warrior blindness

I totally missed something when it happened that is ancient history in blog years. This is a totally brilliant post. Steve has some disagreements, and I like some of his observations. The sexual and the economic are one in an … Continue reading →

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8
Jul

Is there a reason to stay in a liberal mainline denomination where the Gospel is compromised.

I can think of only one.  I have no wisdom on how much weight to give it in the decision making process.  Here it is: In a mainline liberal denomination you will be in a perpetual war against unbelievers who … Continue reading →

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8
Jul

A couple of quickie thoughts on Proverbs 8

Here’s the text. (BTW, I love the substantial interaction on Hebrews, monergism, etc, but I’m not at the point where I can offer substance. I just have resources for quickie posts like this one.) First: Why does wisdom boast so … Continue reading →

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