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Category Archives: Christianity
Lunch Returns Me To Childhood
I made a new friend over lunch today. He’s a lifelong Seventh-Day Adventist. Our lives have many parallels. Our fathers were SDA ministers who were ejected from church ministry for preaching heresy. I feel light-headed. I feel like I am … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Christianity, Judaism, Orthodoxy
Tagged avondale college, freedom fries, seventh day adventism, seventh day adventists, story of abraham, vegie burgers
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Non-Orthodox Judaism Disappearing?
I’ve heard other Orthodox rabbis, such as Berel Wein, say they expected non-Orthodox Judaism to be around for hundreds of years. It would be delusional to think otherwise. Chaim Amalek emails:Isn’t that the case with all liberalizing religions in the … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Conservative Judaism, Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy, R. Norman Lamm, Reconstructionist Judaism, Reform Judaism
Tagged berel wein, gil student, norman lamm, orthodox judaism, orthodox rabbis, protestant sects, rabbi isaac
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‘Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America-and Found Unexpected Peace’
Instead of going to shul Shabbos morning (I was exhausted, I have a sore and swollen right knee from doing squats in yoga), I stayed home and read a great new book by former Los Angeles Times religion reporter William … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Journalism, Orthodoxy, Religion
Tagged christian journey, clear and present danger, David Berger, orthodox judaism, religion in america, religion reporter, unexpected peace, william lobdell
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The Bad Jew
"Would you carry this?" she asks. We’re outside the Santa Monica Co-Op on Broadway, a few blocks from where I had a passionate one-year fling with a gorgeous shiksa who was ten years my junior, five times more flexible, one-quarter … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Personal
Tagged alexander technique teacher, goyi, kipa, kosher sushi, oy vey, passionate one, shiksa
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Pastor Melissa Scott
Mary emails: Hello Luke, I read your critique of about Melissa Scott. Melissa was so brazen as to give a teaching where she refers to him openly during her lesson, believing it to be so esoteric that only the chosen … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Melissa Scott
Tagged b productions, google images, pastor melissa scott, promises of god, sacred song, trinity broadcast network
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