Melvin's Musings

Beware of Anti-intellectualism

Beware of Anti-intellectualism

Melvin Otey

I sometimes see and hear statements suggesting preachers should not become scholars or academics and aspiring preachers should not read the writings of people they disagree with theologically. These are...

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Beware of Anti-intellectualism

Melvin Otey

I sometimes see and hear statements suggesting preachers should not become scholars or academics and aspiring preachers should not read the writings of people they disagree with theologically. These are...

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Why So Disagreeable?

Why So Disagreeable?

Melvin Otey

Have you noticed that people seem incredibly disagreeable today? Rather than acknowledge the merits of a political proposal, some almost reflexively deflect to ad hominem attacks having no relationship to...

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Why So Disagreeable?

Melvin Otey

Have you noticed that people seem incredibly disagreeable today? Rather than acknowledge the merits of a political proposal, some almost reflexively deflect to ad hominem attacks having no relationship to...

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Regarding Religious Traditions and Judgments

Regarding Religious Traditions and Judgments

Melvin Otey

Judgments and traditions from God are binding on those to whom they are directed (immediately or ultimately). People are free to believe what they want religiously, and people are accountable to...

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Regarding Religious Traditions and Judgments

Melvin Otey

Judgments and traditions from God are binding on those to whom they are directed (immediately or ultimately). People are free to believe what they want religiously, and people are accountable to...

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A Word of Compassion for Preachers

A Word of Compassion for Preachers

Melvin Otey

What a profound and undeserved privilege it is to minister to the Word of God and invest in others on Jesus's behalf! What joy is ours when we see people...

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A Word of Compassion for Preachers

Melvin Otey

What a profound and undeserved privilege it is to minister to the Word of God and invest in others on Jesus's behalf! What joy is ours when we see people...

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