Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
December 14, 2006

Yet more proof that words…

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

Because we’re stupid sheep (and I mean that in the best sense of the word…), we need to constantly be reminded of simple things & concepts.
Stuff like this: Words have meaning and power.
I love words. Big, fancy words. Small, simple words. Refined words. Coarse words. Theological words. Pop-culture words. Sincere words. Snarky words. Profound [...]


September 21, 2006

Dead solid perfect

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

Go read Rev. McCain’s latest posting — The Chair of Peter Tips Over Backwards Trying to Pacify Muslims — do it now, I’ll wait…
Ok. Now, aren’t you glad you read that? I thought so. Me, too.
Rev. McCain has incisively and devastatingly cut through the falderol that surrounds so much of any discussion about religious “tolerance” [...]


April 23, 2006

Da Vinci Code - Online Resources

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

With the impending release of the movie based on the junk fiction-as-”fact” book of the same name, Rev. Chryst has done us all a service in creating a clearinghouse of resources that can be used in debunking the thinly veiled claims upon which the book is built.
Da Vinci Code - Online Resources
[HT: Preachrblog]
-ghp


April 19, 2006

Lutheranism Protestantism

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

One of regular entries on my list of “things-that-annoy-me” is the habit that so many folks have of calling Lutherans ‘Protestants’.
We ain’t that.
Ask The Pastor has just posted a great explanation of how & why this is the case, in the posting titled Protestant Christianity.
It can, but shouldn’t, go without saying that Pr. Snyder is [...]