Monthly Archives: October 2011

Answering Unitarians: Special Delivery #8

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Tom Lemke

Socinian unitarians love to throw out the execution of Michael Servetus in debates with Trinitarians.  They maintain that John Calvin “brutally murdered” Servetus, and somehow (I have yet to figure out how) believe that this is an argument in favor … Continue reading →

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Dogmatism without Scripture is bluster.

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Tom Lemke

My Pastor’s wife just gave birth to their first child this past weekend (congratulations!!!). My Pastor baptized his newborn son there in the hospital. Leaving aside the anabaptists, surely such an act is laudable – and in no way controversial. … Continue reading →

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“What is love?” pt. 2

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Tom Lemke

I was in my hometown of Norman, OK this past Sunday and attended Sunday morning service at my former congregation, Trinity Lutheran. The timing for my visit could not have been better. Having freshly written my post on love earlier last week, … Continue reading →

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Notes on the East

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Tom Lemke

This isn’t normally a topic I would post on, but given as my Pastor has been having some extensive conversations with folks who have gone Eastern Orthodox in the past several months, when I heard James White take up the … Continue reading →

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Sometimes random clicking pays off.

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Tom Lemke

I don’t remember exactly how – some random combination of link clicking as I surfed the blogosphere I’m sure – but I found a pretty spiffy looking apologetics website run by a confessional Lutheran last night.  I’ve only had the … Continue reading →

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Is Mormonism Christian?

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Tom Lemke

There’s been quite the hullabaloo about Mormonism in the news media lately.  As I’ve observed this discussion (brought into the fore due to being the religion of certain political candidates), I’ve noticed two things. #1 – There is a concentrated … Continue reading →

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“The Good Author”

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Tom Lemke

Nick Norelli makes some very insightful observations on our place as characters in God’s story in his recent post “The Good Author“. Check it out.

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“What is love?”

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Tom Lemke

In the song of the same name, Haddaway asks a profound question.  In a day where the words “I love you” are used as sparingly as sand on the seashore, and passion seems to be the order of the day, … Continue reading →

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This is how you tie the improved clinch.

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Tom Lemke

Let me go on record here with something: my goal with this blog is not to tell you what to think.  No, rather my goal is to give you the tools to enable you to think for yourself. It’s the … Continue reading →

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“I’m a Barbie girl”?

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Tom Lemke

Checking my e-mail just now on Yahoo!, I saw a little thing in my news feed that I had to look at. Here’s the link (and please be warned that it does contain one picture which you might find to … Continue reading →

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