About Me
- Steve Allison
- Husband, father to two guys. Likes to read religion and history and things. Formed by experiences growing up in the non-instrumental Church of Christ, as a preacher's son and by Harding University, the University of Memphis, and the University of Virginia.
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David Lipscomb, Proper Translation & Rebaptism - The following article, “The Revised Testament and Rebaptism,” appeared in the Gospel Advocate near the end of David Lipscomb’s career. It is significant in...
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Reruns: The Franchise Agreement - It’s (Almost) Friday! The Franchise Agreement Posted on March 12, 2009 The other day, we elders were chatting about the possiblity of canceling Wednesday n...
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234 — Are Some Just Born Evil? - C118 Ringtone C118 Ringtone Notes C1300 Cingular Free Lg Ringtone C1300 Download Free Lg Ringtone C1300 Free Lg Music Ringtone C1300 Free Lg Phone Ringtone...
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Religious History and Teaching - I love and enjoy teaching social and cultural history to that of political history; I am sure this comes as a bit of a surprise in that many of my blog pos...
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Quote from MLK's "Letter..." - "Yes, I see the church as the body of Christ. But, oh! How we have blemished and scarred that body through social neglect and through fear of being nonconf...
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Seats aren’t too shabby. Thanks, Chuck! - via tweetie Posted via web from gregkb
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The Blind Side - [image: 225px-Blind_side_poster] After opening presents Christmas morning, we went to see The Blind Side (2009,PG-13). From ScreenIt!: A confident woman...
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The Twelve Days of Christmas: Catholic Catechesis? - Today we move into Twelve Days of Christmas, often called Christmastide, the days between the Feast of the Nativity (aka "Christmas") and the day before t...
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Christmas 2009 - Sue and Hannah on Christmas morning by the fireplace. Sue's sister, Roberta Brown, flew in from Abilene on Christmas Day. Her original flight for yesterday ...
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Snow... - [image: Snow...] Snow..., originally uploaded by charlesjrichardson. ...on Christmas morning!!
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My Favorite Albums of 2009 (10–1) - Number 11 was inexplicably omitted from yesterday’s posting. That should have been Elvis Costello with Secret, Profane and Sugarcane. 10. Pierce Pettis–Tha...
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I ♥ the misfits. - I originally posted this back in December of 2005. I'm still proud of it. I love the gay elf with the revealing name of Hermey (which was later redacted to...
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Church of Christ/Christmas and Correctness - I was raised in a very traditional church of Christ. When I was a young boy, Christmas time was very confusing. I heard my friends talk about their church'...
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I Still Believe In Santa Claus - If I had a shred of innocence left in me by the summer of 1968, it was all gone by the time Mom gave me “The Talk.” No, not that talk. The one about Santa ...
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Advent Lessons - Now that I have finished reading papers, grading exams and posting grades, I hope to have some leisure time to complete my series on Salvation and begin bl...
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Break Bread. - Sometimes, advertising just flat-out gets it right. As in the case of the Panera Bread ad that appeared in Thursday’s USA Today. It’s a vision of a day in...
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Hopeful Fruit #4 - A Tradition of Pacifism - It was a trip to Columbus, OH that sealed my fate as a pacifist. I live in Columbus now, but at the time I was living, working, and going to school in Nash...
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How Long O Lord? - Here’s an advent post from several years ago. Seems appropriate to bring it back to the top of the pile. How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever?How l...
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Never Beyond Hope - Each week I teach a Searchers Class for people who are exploring faith. Last week I began a discussion that touches all of us … and every relationship we h...
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The early church’s Bible - Most non-scholars might not be aware that the people who wrote the New Testament appear to actually have read the Old Testament in a Greek translation, rat...
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Tuh-weet - I love my blog. Sometimes too much. I don’t like to sit down and slap together posts in a hurry, but in the last several months, I’ve had too many other th...
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A Little Faith is Worth Something - Meditations on Faith after reading Colossians chapter 1 -Chris Gonzalez A little faith is worth something, spotted and tattered as it may be. It is worth s...
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Quick Bit of Shameless Self-Promotion - Our EP is now available on iTunes. You can get single tracks or the whole shebang for a mere $3.96. Just search Short in the Sleeve.
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Blue Norther - Earlier this week I made a remark on Facebook about getting a little ice cream. My more-northerly friends were amused. Today it was about 70 here in Abilen...
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Meaning of Life, Part 39 - Some people today are lamenting that the "ecumenical movement is dead." What is dying and is boring is not the movement within ecumenism but the lack of it...
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Maker of the Sun - Maker of the sun, He is made under the sun. Disposer of all ages in the bosom of the Father, He consecrates this day in the womb of His mother. in Him He r...
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Dennis Brutus (1924 – 2009) - About a quarter of a century ago — when I was a young, impressionable Northwestern student wondering what I wanted to do with my life — I signed up for an ...
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Cowboy Junkies on a Sunday - Christmas brought music, some of it new, some of it old. I'm digesting the Avett Brothers cd, I and Love and You. Thanks to my cousin Hugh and Craig Jenki...
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News this week - A brief round up of the news this week Passions over 'prosperity gospel': Was Jesus wealthy? Pope ends year as he began it -- with apology to Jews House unco...
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the word of god became human… - God's redemption does not begin with the brutal death of Jesus on the cross. It properly begins with Christmas. It is God's revelation in the Incarnation t...
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My favorite reference ever... - though I can't read it. It has nothing to do with religion or science. It does have to do with murder. The cover of the book: And my reference (click for ...
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Symposium: Whose Community? Which Interpretation? - Chapters 11 & 12 - The sixth and final engagement with Merold Westphal's Whose Community? Which Interpretation? Philosophical Hermeneutics for the Church comes from the Reveren...
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Where You Came From in 2009 [1] - Ever wonder where fellow *Patrol *readers come from? A few miscellaneous geographical lists we picked out of our 2009 statistics: *Top Countries* 1. Uni...
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Halos and Avatars Available for Pre-Order - The book Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games with God (Westminster John Knox Press), edited by Craig Detweiler of Pepperdine University, will be availa...
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Break Bread. - Sometimes, advertising just flat-out gets it right. As in the case of the Panera Bread ad that appeared in Thursday’s USA Today. It’s a vision of a day in...
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The Leadership Challenge - Here’s a great video of Ron Heifetz of Harvard, author of Leadership without Easy Answers. He’s my favorite thinker on issues of leadership. I first read ...
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Why Local Churches Should Care about Conservation - “…the local church is God’s way of getting his people in the right place for the job of redemptive dominion.” Part 1 (0f 5) of my article has been posted o...
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Geography - Obi-Wan: "That boy is our last hope." Yoda: "No, there is another." In the year 2000... religion and science will finally stop the denial and admit it wa...
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It's Really All About God - It has been a joy to read Samir Selmanovic's wonderful new book, "It's Really All About God: Reflections of a Muslim Atheist Jewish Christian". If your ide...
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U2 - 360 - Rose Bowl - This past Sunday night I was part of an epic rock concert. Early in the afternoon, I walked about a mile and a half from my Pasadena abode, to the histor...
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From Patience to Action - Patience is a virtue, but I suppose at some point action is called for. Discerning that point is something we all have to do, and it will be personal. I thin...
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President Obama, Health Care, Abortion, and the Right's Credibility Gap - One of the Right's talking points against the White House health care plan is that it will allow government-funded abortions. President Obama dealt forcef...
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