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Hearing is Not Knowing
BY: Denis Haack
Moving from hearing to knowing is a process that takes time. The problem is that many of us are too impatient.
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Using Words to Wound Instead of Heal
BY: Denis Haack
Words have the power to hurt, to cause shame, to instill fear, to wound so deeply that being beat up seemed preferable. It’s simply not true that words can never harm you. Some can tear at the fabric of your soul.
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A Faithful, Messy Purity
BY: Denis Haack
There is a difference between keeping ourselves pure, and keeping ourselves aloof from a broken reality. It’s a huge difference. The first is courageous; the second, arrogant.
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Is Belief in God Good, Bad or Irrelevant? (Preston Jones, 2006)
BY: Denis Haack
When Preston Jones was corresponding with Bad Religion front man Greg Graffin for his book--one of the things that came up were three selections that Graffin, an unbeliever, would recommend for Christians.
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The Barbarian Invasions (Denys Arcand, 2004)
BY: Denis Haack
This Academy Award winning film (Best Foreign Language, 2004) is quirky, surprising, well-crafted, and designed to prompt discussion, if not sharp debate.
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Rickie Lee Jones: The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard (2007)
BY: Denis Haack
What we learn there, near the dreams of God, we bring back and find a hundred things that fit into places they did not fit before.
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Spoon: Ga, Ga, Ga, Ga, Ga (2007)
BY: Matthew Hundley
What Spoon offers with this release is a fairly upbeat, quirky CD that’s interesting for the ears and will definitely have you tapping your feet.
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A Practical Method of Bible Study for Ordinary Christians
BY: Denis Haack
Ransom Fellowship places such a high emphasis on Bible study and on training in study skills. We encourage believers to plan rigorous and disciplined study into their schedules and to include regular times of corporate study, since the Scriptures are addressed to the people of God.
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Walking On Christ's Property
BY: Denis Haack
Caring for the earth has become politicized, an issue to be hotly debated, conservative v. liberal. In such a setting the first responsibility we have as Christians is to refuse to be drawn in. There is nothing to debate—we are walking on Christ’s property.
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The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Unbeliever (Christopher Hitchens, 2007)
BY: Denis Haack
There have always been unbelievers, people who find religious belief neither compelling nor convincing. Not so long ago unbelievers tended to be on the defensive because the society at large tended to assume religious belief. That is changing rapidly, however, in our 21st century pluralistic world.
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That's the problem with nature. Something's always stinging you or oozing mucus on you. Let's go watch TV.
- Bill Watterson
Every year, back comes Spring, with nasty little birds yapping their fool heads off and the ground all mucked up with plants.
- Dorothy Parker
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This year spring came late to southern Minnesota, and when it arrived it brought chilly temperatures, cloudy skies, and lots of rain. Whether it is because of these factors or something entirely different I don't know, but 2013 has turned out to be The Year of the Morel. If you have never sampled these delicious mushrooms, you are in for a treat. We've found them on more than one walk in the woods, and so feel we have had a special opportunity to experience one of the wonders of creation.
Morels, goldfinches, a well crafted film, an iris bursting into bloom, a chance for an unhurried conversation in a safe place--such glimmers of hope help us flourish as persons in this broken world. These are the sort of things we are concerned with at Ransom. Thanks for visiting.
Denis & Margie Haack
Anita Gorder
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