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on ‘rules for radicals’ by saul alinsky

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1710, 13th October, 2010
Assume that society is permanently divided into Haves and Have-nots. Assume that you are a revolutionary who really badly wants to take power away from the Haves. Assume that all truth is relative and nothing is ever certain. Assume that morality and justice are far less important than you taking power. How do you do [...]
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all the places in the bible where the phrase “word of god” appears

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1654, 15th September, 2010
This post is part of an effort to demonstrate that the phrase “word of God” is not always and automatically equivalent to “the Bible”.  You can demonstrate this for yourself by taking a few of the following passages, substituting “Bible” for “word of God” and seeing whether the verse isn’t mangled. Related Posts:on ‘rules for [...]
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the health and wealth ungospel? and some thoughts on scripture

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1918, 1st February, 2010
No matter how much we try, we can’t beat the Bible for dealing with issues in a way that fully honors the complexity of the real world while still whittling down the very essence of things into simplistic stories.  It’s honestly amazing to me.  And so today I will let a story Jesus told speak [...]
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