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The LCMS won’t be able to work out its differences in the dark

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:30:15 +0000

I wish I had a nickel for every time I heard a journalism professor say, “Don’t ever do something you wouldn’t want to see on the front page of the New York Times.” It’s worse today. In the 1990s, the

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I do not agree with my church president’s forced apology over Newtown, Conn.

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:35:52 +0000

This morning, I read something in the St. Louis-Post Dispatch that disturbed me greatly. I didn’t say anything about it until I had a chance to confirm with my pastor that it is true. In the aftermath of the shooting

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Being more interested in growth than being Lutheran? Hardly.

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:06:32 +0000

On Monday, a group of protesters gathered outside the Vatican, er, 1333 S. Kirkwood Road.

Their complaint: Issues, Etc., a popular radio show on the LCMS's unpopular talk radio station, got cancelled without warning, and the host and producer were fired.

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It\’s 2004, and that means a new presidency

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 12 Jul 2004 23:56:10 +0000

I am Lutheran. Lutheran in both senses. Dad was Lutheran because his mother was Lutheran and she was Lutheran because her grandparents were Lutheran when they got off the boat in Philadelphia. But that's not the end of my Lutheran background--my ancestry hits Baron Jost Hans Hite (Heydt) at least twice.

But I'm not a Lutheran just because my forefathers were Lutheran. I left the church, and at 22 found myself at another church that I sensed was teaching things that were wrong, but I wasn't sure why. So I read the Bible cover to cover trying to find out why. And in the end, I realized the Lutheran explanation of all this stuff made more sense than anyone else's.

So here's my take on the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod's much publicized convention.

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My well-dressed visitors

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 02 May 2003 22:54:37 +0000

One evening early in March--the first really nice day of the year, as I recall--my doorbell rang. My girlfriend was coming over that night, but I didn't expect her for another 45 minutes or so. I looked out the window and saw two guys in their early 20s, wearing black dress pants, white shirts, ties, and engraved nametags.

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Linkfest since I’m busy

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 02 Oct 2002 12:00:26 +0000

I wasted way too much time with this, so I'm passing it along.

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Where are we now?

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 11 Sep 2002 16:48:53 +0000

It's September 11, and I'm mad.

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The ten-minute guide to oppressing women

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 25 Aug 2002 14:17:15 +0000

"Promise Keepers is here in St. Louis, but not without controversy..."

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The best week of my life revisited

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 23 Aug 2002 05:13:26 +0000

Well, I got word this week that my first video of significant length landed on the desk of the founder of Adventures in Missions. And he liked it.

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My spiritual journey

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 08 Jul 2002 12:24:31 +0000

I guess this is as good of a time as any to write my spiritual autobiography. It's not as long of a story as some--years of apathy have ways of shortening stories.

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