tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14594994.post4081427252369228486..comments2024-01-09T04:20:39.453-05:00Comments on Around the Keg: Excepting ExceptionalismNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345059376742159966noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14594994.post-31386188485216889212011-06-15T07:51:58.923-05:002011-06-15T07:51:58.923-05:00Good sermon. We have a new pastor and I have been ...Good sermon. We have a new pastor and I have been impressed at how much he tries to challenge people's beliefs. CS Lewis pointed out that Christians tend to gravitate towards the passages that support what the think and ignore the ones they don't like. To some degree, it can't be avoided, as the Bible contains a fair amount of contradictions.steveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862590608695420004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14594994.post-37286835166458640592011-06-14T16:25:52.455-05:002011-06-14T16:25:52.455-05:00Yeah, I like this a lot. Thanks for posting it.Yeah, I like this a lot. Thanks for posting it.Streakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14594994.post-20119905888880072652011-06-14T15:12:26.665-05:002011-06-14T15:12:26.665-05:00"In the hands of these fearful brothers and s...<i>"In the hands of these fearful brothers and sisters the Bible has become a book of dark urges and secret codes, and victory goes to the one who figures it all out, while the rest of us can go to hell."<br /><br />"... and none of these things you do has to do with burning copies of the Koran, setting the date for the second coming of Christ, molesting children, or fleecing the flock of their millions."</i><br /><br />Dang. I dig this guy. He is on a roll.<br /><br /><i>"These are not days where it feels comfortable to admit being religious."</i> <br /><br />I too know a pastor who does not admit she is a pastor until after she gets to know the person.<br /><br />This is a great sermon. Unfortunately no one will give him a microphone or a talk radio show.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12669616484991718478noreply@blogger.com