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The U.S. Election vs. The Kingdom of God
By Steve on November 8, 2012
Yesterday there was a lot of emotion in America. President Barack Obama secured his re-election bid over the Republican challenger Mitt Romney in a marathon campaign that involved a lot of mud-slinging on both sides….
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Time for Christians to Put Away their Swords
By Steve on November 6, 2012
Last week I wrote a post on the Lord’s Supper. When Rob Bell was asked what he would do differently if he started another church he quickly answered he would have the group take…
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Weekend Update
By Steve on November 4, 2012
With the new Beyond the Pale 2.0 up at running for a week now its time for my first Weekend Update. Weekend Update is my taking the liberty each week to go off topic and…
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Freedom…Not to Judge!
By Steve on November 2, 2012
Not judging…is SUCH a relief! To paraphrase Douglas Adams, “Not judging is Big, really BIG! I mean you may think its a long walk to the chemist, but that’s just peanuts compared to not judging”…
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Nicholas Cage gets Left Behind
By Steve on October 31, 2012
The Hollywood Reporter announced that the rapture focused reboot of the “Left Behind” series has been green lit. And whats more, the casting for the reboot is moving up a notch with Nicolas Cage joining…
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You may need a little more Eucharist in your diet!
By Steve on October 29, 2012
Last week I was listening to Rob Bell being interviewed on the Homebrewed Christianity podcast. The interviewer, Bo Sanders, asked Rob a very interesting question. As many of you know Bell was pastor of the…
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Moneyball & Church
By Steve on October 28, 2012
I just returned from a week in China working with a charity project I’m involved in. The travel involved allowed me to finally watch the film Moneyball that has been on my iPad unwatched for…
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Beyond the Pale 2.0
By Steve on October 26, 2012
Welcome to the launch of the new “Beyond the Pale“. I was really happy I found out how to import the posts from the original “blogspot” site over to the new home here at www.stevehackman.net. …
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Changes coming to Beyond the Pale
By Steve on October 10, 2012
Some changes are coming to Beyond the Pale soon. When I started Beyond the Pale back in 2008 it was simply a fun little project to keep me occupied while I lived in a very…
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Prophecy & Nationalism? Proceed With Caution
By Steve on October 4, 2012
“In my opinion, the next event on the prophetic calendar will be the rapture of the church. I think that could happen at any moment and as we see all of these other things happening…