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October 2014

Dead on Display

Friday, Oct 31, 2014 Today’s the day. Tonight’s the night, when all things ghostly and ghoulish come out in the form of a cultural obsession with death. Otherwise normal people will deliberately try to look like a skeleton or some fiend from the grave. But for some, Halloween is all year long. They search art …

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7th Heaven Sex Abuse?

Thursday, Oct 30, 2014 The scandal has been front page, entertainment news. Stephen Collins, former star of the family-friendly show “7th Heaven,” in which he played a minister, has been accused in court of “a long pattern of sexually abusing minor children.” Collins apparently lived a double life, approachable nice guy on and off screen, …

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Choosing to Die

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2014 Saturday, Brittany Maynard will die. Last week she checked off the last stop on her bucket list, Grand Canyon. She stood on the edge hugging and kissing her husband. Brittany has aggressive brain cancer and at age 29 has moved to Oregon, the state with the most permissive euthanasia laws. There …

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Sleep with Harry Potter?

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2014   Quick. Before Halloween gets here, there’s still time to book a last minute fare to London and celebrate October 31 in real style in your very own Harry Potter Hotel room. The Georgian House Hotel, built in 1851, has designed special Harry Potter-themed rooms.  If a magical night of spirits …

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Magic Mormon Underwear?

Friday, Oct 24, 2014   This week has seen a flurry of news articles and YouTube videos about the long-kept secret of Mormon undergarments. It seems that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is finally going on the offense and coming out of the clothes-closet. Speculation about what these underwear garments really …

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Russia Bans Halloween?

Thursday, Oct 23, 2014   It hasn’t happened yet, but some government officials in the Russian Federation want Halloween off the calendar. They charge that “horror-themed parties induce lowly feelings and turn into orgies.” The Culture Ministry has been approached with attempts to shut down any recreational establishment from featuring “youngsters dressed as corpses and …

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Going Too Fast!

Wednesday, Oct 22, 2014 If you’re like me, there are a lot of questions in life that go unanswered because we never take the time to ask and investigate the answer. Like why car speedometers list speeds that you shouldn’t attain and couldn’t if you wanted to. Unlike Germany’s autobahn (Been there driven that. Crazy!) …

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Is Marriage Dead?

Tuesday, Oct 21, 2014 Not a week goes by without my ministering to an individual who is living with someone outside of marriage. What used to be called “living in sin” or “shacking up” no longer even has a pejorative description. Sinners are simply “partners.” But now a new book, Generation Unbound: Drifting into Sex …

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The Daily Show and Demons?

Friday, Oct 17, 2014 Comedian Jon Stewart isn’t exactly a household name among Christians. Due to his frequent use of profanities, his acclaimed “Daily Show” (seen on TV’s Comedy Central channel) is probably not high on the viewing list of conservative evangelicals. Jon, a two-time host of the Academy Awards, has won Grammys and Emmys. …

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Left Behind

Thursday, Oct 16, 2014 I saw the movie “Left Behind” last weekend. You must see this movie. Tim LaHaye, the Christian leader and author behind the book on which the movie was based, is a long-time personal friend. For years we skied together every winter. I remember many years ago he told me about an …

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