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Someone else’s rights

We live in a society that is obsessed with rights. I went online and found the following as a list of groups who have sought to identify and gain rights to which they feel entitled: Animal Rights Authors’ Rights Citizens’ … Continue reading

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Are we really equal?

I’m sure some of you noticed a shocking sentence at the end of the Wikipedia quote about Francis Bellamy, Baptist minister, and the originator of the Pledge of Allegiance. After quoting the original pledge — “…with liberty and justice for … Continue reading

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The spiritual advantage of leaving God out

The pledge that we now use as the official Pledge of Allegiance of the United States of America was originally written by a Baptist minister who chose to leave God out of it. Not only that, the original pledge he … Continue reading

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At The Catch

I am currently reading through the Old Testament book of Numbers in my daily Bible reading program. Numbers is one of those stimulating Old Testament books that reports the results of a census taken of the children of Israel under … Continue reading

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True Religion

Christians in America today need to be radical about supporting freedom of religion in public life. In doing so, we will be carrying on the grand tradition upon which this country was founded. Some have called it the great experiment.

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The cool cathedral

My first album was released in 1969 and it was called “The Cold Cathedral” after the first song by that title about a young man who wanders into a church and cries out, to no avail, for someone to hear … Continue reading

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Everyday grace

I spoke with a friend yesterday who is dealing with a mountain of guilt over his son getting into trouble. The thing that happened to him could have happened to anybody. You make one mistake and you land in jail. … Continue reading

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Lose it and use it

If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it. (Mark 8:35) I think I just figured out why I’ve been so irritable lately. Oh, you wouldn’t know because you don’t have to live with me, but … Continue reading

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Making room for the gospel

Mark wrote me the following after yesterday’s Catch: I was on my way to lunch and was following an SUV with lettering across the back: “Jesus is my friend, He died for me.” My immediate reaction was: Would I put … Continue reading

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A good question

What’s Christian about Christian? Has the name hurt the gospel? Can art be Christian? Can music be Christian? Can anything that’s not a person be Christian? If someone asks if you are a Christian, do you find it difficult to … Continue reading

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