Deep Thoughts

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Friday, March 30, 2012

Hope and despair in the Middle East

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A year ago I traveled to the Middle East with four friends. Below is an account of the trip from my good friend Andrew Schill----Aaron By...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Can rich people get to heaven?

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I like stories like The Boy Who Cried Wolf or The Tortoise and the Hare , the ones where the smallest of children can grasp the moral of...
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Thursday, March 15, 2012

A Nonviolent Response to Joseph Kony

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Today I thought I'd share with you a slightly different perspective on the Joseph Kony issue. In response to last Friday's post , A...
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Friday, March 09, 2012

Should the President help capture Kony?

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I've had a couple of people ask me what I think about the president using American forces to help capture Joseph Kony, a fair question i...
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Thursday, March 08, 2012

Thank you for the tweets!

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I thought I'd take a moment to acknowledge those of you who have RT'd my articles, either from this blog or from Sojourners. I down...
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Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Christian Pacifism, 30th anniversary Kindle edition--Free!

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This came to me via e-mail this morning. I've been trying to post something every day, but I'm up to my ears this week working on...
Tuesday, March 06, 2012

An Open Letter to American Churches for Peace

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I've been interacting with Norman Horn over the past several weeks. He's the owner of the site Libertarian Christians. While I don...
Monday, March 05, 2012

These Are Your Grandbabies!

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By Bob Kellemen Sister Ellen Barney is the First Lady (Sr. Pastor’s wife) of a predominantly African American mega-church church near B...
Friday, March 02, 2012

God is pro-peace

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By Aaron D. Taylor On January 31st 2004, the late Jerry Falwell wrote an article for the World Net Dail y called God is pro-war. Whil...
Thursday, March 01, 2012

What Ireland can teach the U.S. about the separation of church and state

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I read this the other day on my Android via The Week app. Thought my readers might enjoy it too. It's a sobering reminder that even if ...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

The search for full moon eyes

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By Dan Sidey I came upon this poem recently: With That Moon Language Admit something: Everyone you see, you say to them, ...
Monday, February 27, 2012

On Jihad and the burning of holy books

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By Carl Medearis You could only imagine how many times in a week (or day) I get asked questions like “Do you think we should bomb Iran...
Friday, February 24, 2012

A father's blessing

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I thought I'd share with you a blessing I pray over my children every night before they go to bed. It's a combination of four passag...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

An Israeli response to the Arab Peace Initiative

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When it comes to proposals to end the Israel/Palestine conflict, the Arab Peace Initiative is most comprehensive one that comes to mind, ye...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

The Bible is not a public policy manual!

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By Aaron D. Taylor My pastor and I have a friendly tiff going on. He says that Jesus was strictly a-political; therefore Christians s...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Bible story of the week: Mark 1:38-45

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I'm adding a new feature to Deep Thoughts called "Bible story of the week." Hopefully, I'll be able to post one a week....
Monday, February 20, 2012

What I wish I knew in Junior High

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By Aaron D. Taylor I saw “Harrison Ford” a couple of weeks ago at Starbucks. We sat across from each other for about three hours. I ke...

Are miracles real?

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I first saw Craig S. Keene r in 1999 at a debate on women in ministry at Dallas Theological Seminar y. Keener argued the Biblical egalitari...
Friday, February 17, 2012

African Bullfrog Ant Crusher

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Note to self: Do not watch this while sitting down in a crowded room at Starbucks with head phones plugged into the computer. It'll b...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

Does a person have to be a Christian to follow Jesus?

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This article got me thinking about how God meets us where we are. Agree or disagree, the author gives us something to think about. Note: The...
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Aaron Taylor is an author, actor, producer, activist, and the editor of Middle East Experience.
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