Category Archives: Ablaze

Now We’re Really Cooking

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

You just thought you knew what it meant to be Ablaze! or as the Pentecostals have always said “on fire for the Lord.”

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Plain Label Christianity and Hall Monitors

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

There are hundreds of shampoos on the market; far too many to make any logical, rational, certain choice, so I choose one called “Generic Shampoo.”  There are hundreds of beers too.  All have competing claims and counter claims so I … Continue reading →

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Don’t Even Bother to ask Your Doctor

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

Since the late 1990s prescription drug use has grown exponentially.  In large part this has been due to the “ask your doctor if _____ is right for you” ad campaign.  Doctors are hard pressed when you say, “I have these … Continue reading →

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Have the flames been fanned or has Ablaze hit the fan?

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

This is from the official annual report on the Fan into Flames funds found at www.fanintoflamelcms.org Resolution 1-09 adopted at the 2007 Synod convention required “a detailed annual report…to be published throughout the Synod.”  The report is only 6 pages … Continue reading →

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Pope Pardons John Lennon

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

I wanted to title this “John Lennon’s Theology Better than Pope’s,” but I thought better of it. 

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In the Year 2525

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

Here we are at the end of our Church Year and at the beginning of a new one, and I’m thinking about the year 2525. 

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“Stupid Boy”

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

I must be stupid. I thought “Stupid Boy” was song by a girl when it fact it is sung by a guy.  However, since that guy is Keith Urban, I can am excused for being justifiably confused, and believe it … Continue reading →

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Coach or First Class?

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

Psalm 56: 3, 4 reads:  ”3. What time I am afraid, I will trust in Thee.  4. In God I will praise His word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto … Continue reading →

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Chasing Two Rabbits or Only Seeing One

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

Having “slandered” old African proverbs in another post, I thought I’d move on in the spirit of the recent Olympic Games to praise new Chinese fortune cookies.

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Bonheoffer, Hitler, and Holocaust

Posted on July 21, 2008 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

The January Concordia Theological Quarterly has an article entitled “Themes of the Cruciform Life in Bonheoffer.”  Bonheoffer was executed for his participation in the plot to assassinate the one man every man thinks ought to have been: Hitler.

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