Thinx

Bruce thinks. Surprise, surprise ...

Thursday, December 22, 2022

Thinx 123: Two Christmases

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Every year two Christmases are celebrated in parallel.  One is about eating, drinking, making merry in the here and now, and some fat man wi...
Sunday, June 26, 2022

Thinx 122: The preacher couldn't see the irony of what he was preaching

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I was at a Baptist church recently. The pastor was preaching on prayer and the text for the lesson was Acts 4:23-31. By Acts 4:23-31, the ...
Sunday, February 13, 2022

Thinx 121: The New Apartheid

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Full disclosure: I have received two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. When Novavax can be used for boosters I will probably get one. I am h...
Monday, October 18, 2021

Thinx 120: Dressed casually to preach

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“A son honors his father, and a slave his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me...
Sunday, September 26, 2021

Thinx 119: Stay Safe

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A friend of mine, in a WhatsApp message finished the conversation with, "Stay safe."  I responded with: "Why stay safe? What ...
Friday, September 10, 2021

Thinx 118: Conspiracy

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Yes, there is a conspiracy. It is the conspiracy of the flesh against the Spirit which has existed since Genesis 3, some six thousand or so ...

Thinx 117: Over breakfast

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We have an idolatry going on here: scientism. The lab-coat is the new surplice, the new liturgical vestment. We "follow the science...
Thursday, September 09, 2021

Thinx 116: Melanin

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I was born with a mediocre amount of melanin in my skin.  My ethnic ancestors invented the "black/white" distinction to differenti...

Thinx 115: Luther on Salvation

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Christ is full of grace, life, and salvation. The soul is full of sins, death, and damnation. Now let faith come between them and sins, deat...

Thinx 114: Custom and Creed, Conventions and Commandments

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 “This man's spiritual power has been precisely this, that he has distinguished between custom and creed. He has broken the conventions,...

Thinx 113: On Hearing a Christian Support Sexual Perversion But Not Saying Anything in Response

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So here is the question: Am I upset because I feel personally threatened or am I upset because God's name and character are being smeare...

Thinx 112: God's Gospel

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Context: Romans 1:1. Paul introduces himself and his role. He is an apostle set apart for the gospel of God.  So often we read that and thin...

Thinx 111: On Atheism

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Is this what it's all about: keeping God at arms length (or further)? Practical atheism -- seeing as absolute atheism is so hard to sust...

Thinx 110: When asked if I trust the Lord

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When asked, in the context of Covid-19, whether I trust the Lord, I wrote: I do trust in the Lord.   There's a interesting saying from t...
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