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A Watched Pot
A watched pot never boils. A proverb attributed to Benjamin Franklin Most proverbs have some ambiguity about them that allows for a way of interpreting them so that they are true, but this one is clearly and demonstrably false. Anyone who has ever put a pot of water on to boil knows that it will…
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A Glimpse Into How I Read the Bible
I wrote the article below in 1983 when I was in college. We had visiting speakers talking about creation and evolution. It was my view at the time that both speakers mishandled the scripture, using it improperly to “prove” their points. The article was printed in the college newspaper, and I still stand by it.…
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Looking Back
Reading about the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah recently, it struck me how odd it is that Lot’s wife looked back and became a pillar of salt. Commentators tend to see this incident as a direct result of disobedience to the divine directive, “don’t look back (v. 17).” They see it as a cautionary tale…
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