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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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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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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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Steve’s Letter to the Editor
By Steve on June 3, 2012
Some of you saw my photo on Facebook of the “Letter to the Editor” that I wrote and was published in the South China Post newspaper this week. Some asked for a full reprint as…
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The Church as the Conscience of the State? Bad Idea
By Steve on March 20, 2012
A video making its way around the news circuit features the church of Pastor Dennis Terry hosting GOP candidate Rick Santorum for a political “revival” meeting. Its a little scary… And its indicative of what…
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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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China News Still Not “Newsworthy” in America
By Steve on December 2, 2011
Obama greets troops in Australia Living in Hong Kong I am sometimes amazed by what International news is important in this region versus what is deemed front page news in America. Being a bit of a “news…