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Celebrating Grace
by Bob Setzer, Jr.
Martin Luther marveled at music’s power to tap into the hidden wellsprings of faith. With characteristic bluntness, he wrote, “If any (one) despises music, as all fanatics do, for him I have no liking; for music is a gift and grace of God. It drives out the devil and makes people cheerful. The devil flees before the sound of music almost as much as he does before the word of God.” Thus, in addition to writing great tomes of theology, Luther also wrote hymns. He knew that for spiritual truth to reach people at the depths, they would have to sing it. Read More
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Toyota and Truth
by Bob Setzer, Jr.
Why has the Toyota recall garnered so much frenzied press coverage? Some pundits say it is because the baby boomers who pushed Toyotas into car sales stardom, are angry their heartfelt trust was betrayed.
I can’t speak for the press, but as for this baby boomer, I’d agree with that assessment.
Since I started driving at 16, there’s always been a Toyota in our family. The first was a ‘66 four-door with a straight drive on the column. My dad dubbed that little car the “Blue Bullet.” The name stuck out of humor, rather than accuracy. A “bullet” it was not. More like a golf cart on steroids. Read More
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‘Tis So Tweet to Trust…
by Bob Setzer, Jr.
A “Twitter Bible,” anyone?
For the uninitiated, “Twitter” is a web-based service that allows users to send messages of up to 140 characters to whoever is “following” the sender via a computer or cell phone. A lot of folks love Twitter, and there have been times, such as the recent disaster in Haiti, when this technology proved invaluable. But as a rule, there’s no one I find sufficiently interesting–myself included!–that I wish to know whatever free-floating association passes through their mind every hour or two.
But what if one could receive “tweets” (messages via Twitter) throughout the day . . . from God?! That’s the idea behind the Twitter Bible. Read More
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