Category Archives: For Anyone who dares

A Head Start

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

At last the world has given the Church a head start by openly admitting that their 45 year old Head Start program hasn’t worked.

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A Response to the Response

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

I wrote the following in response to a member sending me The Response: a call to prayer for a nation in crisis by Governor Rick Perry.  He said it should publish it, so I am.  You can read about the … Continue reading →

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A Primer on Anfechtung

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

As Jerry’s fellow comedian says, “That’s pure gold Jerry; pure gold I’m telling you” when Jerry tosses him a joke as a bone to his sycophantic friend.  Well my friends I toss not a bone but the whole steak.  First … Continue reading →

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Giants’ Shoulders

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

I’ve said for years that a Christian can safely reject anything said to them by someone who denies the reality of the Real Presence.  This dwarf now has the shoulders of giants to stand on.

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Grief Observed

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

A Greif Observed is the title of one of C. S. Lewis’ most poignant books.  It’s about losing his wife of only four years after being a confirmed bachelor.  Even as a young man it was difficult to read, now … Continue reading →

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Scripture as Graffiti

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

They finally got rid of the dingy Mobil gas station across from the church.  After hearing it was to be a new bank and then a wine bar, it became another gas station.  But this is not your father’s gas … Continue reading →

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Speaking the Same Old Things to Homosexuals

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

The fall 2010 issue of Higher Things has an anonymous article entitled “Speaking Hope to Homosexuals,” but I find it speaking the same old things.

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Bizzaro Martin

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

This post is to illustrate that Lutherans better not “believe in” Martin Luther.  We better not hold that everything he said, even from the pulpit, is a true exposition of the Word of God.  It also points out the dangers … Continue reading →

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Horsemanship

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

Now there’s a word you don’t hear every day.  I don’t know why it’s not horsewomanship since it seems to me that women are fonder of horses and better with them than men are.   But then again the “Horse whisper” … Continue reading →

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It’s a matter of Stupidity

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

In the first hearings addressing the repealing of “Don’t ask; Don’t tell,” Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said it was a matter of integrity to let gays and lesbians openly serve in the military.  … Continue reading →

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