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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…
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Blue Like Jazz: Movie & The Book
By Steve on October 2, 2012
When Donald Miller’s Blue Like Jazz came out in 2003 and was the “must read” book throughout most of the decade in the Christian community I thought “this will be the book for me.” It…
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Does the Chinese Government understand Christianity better than America?
By Steve on September 16, 2012
I was in a meeting a couple weeks ago with some Americans and the topic of the U.S. election came up. O.K., full disclosure, I was watching the Republican National Convention with a group from…
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How not to get Sucked into Election Season Madness
By Steve on September 7, 2012
Wow, my Facebook news feed has really changed lately. I knew the 2012 political season was in full swing when the normal posts featuring my “friend’s” travel adventures, babies being born, and what they had…
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In Memorium: Neil Armstrong
By Steve on August 27, 2012
America lost one of her legends yesterday. Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, died at the age of 82. Armstrong landed on the moon on July 21,…
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George Washington & Religious Tolerance
By Steve on May 25, 2012
I’m a big fan of George Washington. As a child growing up he was frequently referred to as “The father of our country” in school and now as an adult I see how he created…
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Jamie Moyers: 50 is the new 30
By Steve on April 19, 2012
Followers of Beyond the Pale know that I LOVE baseball. Even though I’ve been focusing on Christian teaching themes the last few posts, I don’t think I’m straying to far by including a baseball related…
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Super Bowl 2012: Hong Kong Style
By Steve on February 7, 2012
Spent a Tim Tebow-less Super Bowl in Hong Kong watching one of the most exciting, nail biting, last minute cliff hanging games in a long while. Too often in Super Bowls past the game looked…
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Iowa Caucus results: My thoughts
By Steve on January 5, 2012
I popped over to The Whiskey Priest (you gotta love that name) yesterday afternoon to meet up with the “Republicans Abroad” and watch the results of the Iowa caucus live. (Late evening in America is lunch time…
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Cocktail Reception On Board the U.S.S. Carl Vinson
By Steve on December 29, 2011
Tammy and I had the most wonderful evening this week as we attended a cocktail reception on board the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Carl Vinson which is in Hong Kong for a few days. If you…