http://stuffofwonder.com Not all who wonder are lost... Tue, 14 May 2013 19:18:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/502461a2f8c9b31b4c79e430140ea2bf?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://stuffofwonder.com http://stuffofwonder.com/2013/05/14/3-biblical-texts-that-mean-the-opposite-of-what-you-think/ http://stuffofwonder.com/2013/05/14/3-biblical-texts-that-mean-the-opposite-of-what-you-think/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 17:56:22 +0000 Bo http://stuffofwonder.com/?p=2016 ]]> http://stuffofwonder.com/2013/05/14/3-biblical-texts-that-mean-the-opposite-of-what-you-think/feed/ 1 Bowens Perhaps they were only one eligible stay away from moving from Platinum to Diamond members. Presumably because even when he suffered from amnesia, Loki was always a quick-thinker and incredibly cool under pressure. Abraham in his younger days. A far better American version of Sodom than San Francisco could ever be. That's two allusions to Seinfeld so far. I think I'll go for the hat trick. "Hey, look on the bright side, guys. What if you'd been exiled to Sodom? You remember what those guys used to do to foreigners..." "Good luck with the liberal arts degree, young man. Babylon's unemployment rate is currently 34%." Still, I'd take this guy over Mark Driscoll or Matt Chandler any day. And once you find it, ladies, make sure you keep it covered. Them's the rules. He shoots, he scores! http://stuffofwonder.com/2013/05/01/the-gospel-according-to-intolerance/ http://stuffofwonder.com/2013/05/01/the-gospel-according-to-intolerance/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 17:29:26 +0000 Bo http://stuffofwonder.com/?p=2005 ]]> http://stuffofwonder.com/2013/05/01/the-gospel-according-to-intolerance/feed/ 0 Bowens How Intolerant Christians See Themselves. How Other People See Intolerant Christians. And, yes, I am aware that I just lumped a book by a popular horror writer about an end-of-days battle in the wake of a superflu outbreak together with what is arguably the greatest novel of American Romanticism and the guy Graham Greene once called the greatest novelist of the 20th century. Deal with it. When God shakes hands, do you think He goes up-and-down like a jumprope or back-and-forth like He's sawing wood? Sadly, this is often the most accurate representation of what comes to some Christians' minds when you bring up the concept of persecution. "Good, Timmy! That's good picket sign-holding technique. Daddy's proud of you." I mean, I know pigs would probably appreciate no longer being slaughtered, but I can't start my day without a few cuts of their delicious flesh. http://stuffofwonder.com/2013/04/09/disorganized-religion-and-disliking-people/ http://stuffofwonder.com/2013/04/09/disorganized-religion-and-disliking-people/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:49:06 +0000 Bo http://stuffofwonder.com/?p=1997 ]]> http://stuffofwonder.com/2013/04/09/disorganized-religion-and-disliking-people/feed/ 4 Bowens Go ahead and throw some chocolate pudding on there, too. That's not weird at all. Hmm... I think I'll make him a God who forgives. Unless you're gay, a Democrat, or watch R-rated movies. "I'm a Chevy owner now also because that jerk drove a Ford!" Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Theresa, Mr. Eko from Lost, the dad from 7th Heaven... Need I go on? http://stuffofwonder.com/2013/03/06/christian-pessimism/ http://stuffofwonder.com/2013/03/06/christian-pessimism/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:35:50 +0000 Bo http://stuffofwonder.com/?p=1987 ]]> http://stuffofwonder.com/2013/03/06/christian-pessimism/feed/ 1 Bowens "Really? I wonder why I didn't hear from Him directly. I guess I was in the shower." It's a mad mad mad mad denomination... Whatever happened to the old adage, "If you can't say something nice..."? "I've got a tee time with Enoch, Noah and Methuselah. Tell those Babylonians to call on that Marduk fella. I'm out the door." "I'm not listening. La la la la la la la la!" http://stuffofwonder.com/2012/12/18/blind-spots-mike-huckabees-flawed-theology/ http://stuffofwonder.com/2012/12/18/blind-spots-mike-huckabees-flawed-theology/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:16:56 +0000 Bo http://stuffofwonder.com/?p=1970 ]]> http://stuffofwonder.com/2012/12/18/blind-spots-mike-huckabees-flawed-theology/feed/ 0 Bowens Attachment-123973 God as a Kid Tries to Make a Chicken (Larson) (s) (b) God school prayer ssn_sandy-hook_huffpo-533x384