Reform & Revive is shut down
Mon, 9/08/10 – 11:52 | No Comment

Well, it’s been a good run.
As of today, Reform & Revive, as the online magazine, is shutting down.
As even the most casual of readers can see, the most recent original article posted on this site …

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Explaining Health Care Reform & “Christian” Reflections Thereof [REPOST]
Tue, 19/01/10 – 19:17 | 6 Comments

Can the common man understand this health care debate? Is there a particularly Christian perspective on health care? Also, a curious and unexpected memorial to Ted Kennedy. Read on.

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[Editor's Note: This is a repost of an article posted in August.  It was fairly popular at the time, and in light of the potential difficulties the current health care bill may be facing due to the fight for Senator Kennedy's Senate seat, I thought it might be helpful to post this up again.  I'm also posting this to go along with a recent post I put up on my personal blog called "I sort of want this health care bill to die."  It has to do with this Massachusetts's Senate race and health care reform.  I hope these resources spur your thoughts on these issues facing our country.]

Below is a series of illustrations by Dan Roam and Dr. Tony Jones of Digital Roam explaining the current Health Care system and proposed reforms to that system. This is by far the best explanation I’ve seen. So much so, it is forcing me to break a bunch of my own rules concerning this site and perhaps even give some new freedoms for what I post up here. Take a few moments and look through this series of slides and familiarize yourself with these ideas. Analysis will follow below. A couple of things before you start: I have no idea why this guy calls these “napkins” nor do I know why he says there are only four. Don’t let that distract you too much. The quality is such that I am more than willing to forgive these minor lapses of clarity.

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the pursuit of proverbs 31.30 (+ one who loves distance driving and semi-colons)
Tue, 22/09/09 – 4:14 | 3 Comments
the pursuit of proverbs 31.30 (+ one who loves distance driving and semi-colons)

by David Schrott

It burns in my soul like few other things. And it has for as long as I can remember. In kindergarten, while all the other boys were afraid of cooties, I was tackling …

Explaining Health Care Reform & “Christian” Reflections Thereof
Thu, 27/08/09 – 14:00 | 6 Comments
Explaining Health Care Reform & “Christian” Reflections Thereof

Can the common man understand this health care debate? Is there a particularly Christian perspective on health care?  Also, a curious and unexpected memorial to Ted Kennedy.  Read on.
by Paul Burkhart
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Below is a series of …

bright as yellow
Tue, 4/08/09 – 0:42 | 2 Comments
bright as yellow

by David Schrott
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Time has had its way with me, my broken, tired hands can’t build a thing…
Coffee’s a murdering bitch, you know? It started with the arrhythmias, sometime in Oh-Three. They were added frustration on …

WTFWJD? | (on Christian cursing)
Tue, 28/07/09 – 14:00 | 17 Comments
WTFWJD?  |  (on Christian cursing)

"Andrew Murray" by Amy Roberts
More Christians of prominence are being “accused” of profanity from the pulpit.  How do Christians navigate the increasingly clouding waters of holiness in speech?
by Paul Burkhart
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[NOTE: no curse words are used …

For your life – Flee!
Wed, 8/07/09 – 16:01 | One Comment
For your life – Flee!

Come out from among them. Run for your life. Because this is about your life. This is not just about an opposing viewpoint or conflicting theology; this is about your life.

Independence Day?
Thu, 2/07/09 – 20:52 | One Comment
Independence Day?

Is it really the fact that “both sides are right” on the whole Sovereignty question?
by B.Rayshawn Graves
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“There is another and worse evil which springs from this basic failure to grasp the radical difference between the …

John Piper on Obama & Abortion
Sat, 27/06/09 – 22:41 | 4 Comments
John Piper on Obama & Abortion

by Reform & Revive
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This is a video by John Piper of Desiring God Ministries in Minneapolis Minnesota.  This is powerful.  I’m still kind of really from it.  The are difficult times in which to live …