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10 Cool Things About Being An American Christian (But Not Living In America)
By Steve on November 22, 2013
Ah, politics and religion! The age old discussion topics everyone is warned to stay clear of lest an argument result. The online world is rife with it though and most of it is pretty inane. …
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“Piglets For Progress”: Bringing A Little Heaven To Earth
By Steve on October 26, 2013
Connie Mudore is a good friend of mine who I worked with here in Hong Kong before she left for Chiang Mai, Thailand a couple years ago. Since arriving in Thailand she has become involved…
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If Only “Answers In Genesis” Could Find Their “Answers In Jesus”
By Steve on October 12, 2013
Can the “Culture War” in America, and the Christian response to it, get any crazier. CNN reports that the the evangelical Christian group Answers in Genesis will spend up to US$ 200,000 to display billboards…
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Typhoon Usagi: Calming The Storms In Our Lives…And Others!
By Steve on September 25, 2013
Earlier this week Hong Kong, the city where I live, braced itself for Typhoon Usagi. Every indicator on the news and internet seemed to to say this was going to be “a Big One”. Supposedly…
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Living Inside the City: It’s Not So Much About Heaven or Hell!
By Steve on September 6, 2013
In Revelation 21 & 22 there is a fantastic description of a “new Heaven”, a “new Earth” and even a “new Jerusalem”. The New Jerusalem is implied to be the physical manifestation of the church,…
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Christianity Without Hooks: Why I Don’t Have “Non-Christian Friends”
By Steve on August 27, 2013
A while back I was in a Christian gathering where the speaker was announcing a series of upcoming evangelistic meetings that would be perfect to bring our “non-Christian friends” to. The speaker enthusiastically assured us…
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“It Was No Effort, You Are My Son”
By Steve on August 13, 2013
There is a wonderfully touching scene at the end of the movie Star Trek IV:The Voyage Home (or as non aficionados may remember as ‘the one with the whales’) Mr. Spock has a moment…
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Aslan Is On The Move!
By Steve on July 25, 2013
In C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe there is a wonderful portion of the story when the land of Narnia, which has been under the frozen curse of the White Witch, begins…
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Good Deeds in a Weary World: Patrick Stewart and Domestic Violence
By Steve on June 2, 2013
At Beyond the Pale I want to celebrate acts of goodness in the world that are bringing life, restoration, and the Kingdom of Heaven to Earth. In this clip below famed British actor (and Star…
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He’s Got The Whole World…In His Hands!
By Steve on February 20, 2013
“The world is not my home…I’m just passing through.” So sang Larry Norman to millions of “Jesus Movement” Christians in the 1970s. I was one of them! I loved it and the line re-enforced the…