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Prayer from Psalm 49: Penniless in Death

This entry is part 49 of 158 in the series Prayers from the Psalms

All people are penniless in death. The CEO cannot take her golden parachute to the grave. The dictator cannot take his blood-money to the casket. The celebrity cannot bring her fame to the cemetery. All people are penniless in death. Therefore, God, I will not envy my co-worker’s estate.  I will not covet my neighbor’s career.  I [...]

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Irreligious: Forsaking Religion and Finding Jesus’ Lord (Mk. 12:35-37)

This entry is part 8 of 8 in the series Irreligious

Chris Altrock – August 15, 2010 Robin Meyers grew up in Churches of Christ.[i]  Along his journey, however, he became disenchanted not only with Churches of Christ, but with all theologically conservative groups.  In his book Saving Jesus From the Church Meyers describes this disenchantment as him rejecting Christ but embracing Jesus.  In fact, the [...]

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Irreligious: Forsaking Religion and Finding Jesus’ Money (Mk. 12:13-17) Chris Altrock – July 25, 2010

This entry is part 6 of 8 in the series Irreligious

Politics and religion.  Church and state.  They are often the two topics which many people refuse to talk about.  And people are especially wary of attempts to combine the two.  A 2008 study by the Pew Forum found a significant increase in the number of people who say that churches should not get involved in [...]

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