Daniel Botkin
Dec 8
The Christmas Question
IS IT REALLY PAGAN? Throughout Israel’s history, God’s people often mingled their worship of the one true God with customs and traditions...
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Daniel Botkin
Nov 12, 2023
Letting the Devil Redefine Words and Symbols
I’m gay and not ashamed to admit it. Yes, readers, I’m coming out of the closet and admitting that I am gay. I’m happy and carefree....
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Daniel Botkin
Oct 15, 2023
Syncretism: A Blending of Paganism & Truth
Syncretism is defined as "the combination of different forms of belief or practice" (Webster's). The word syncretism does not appear in...
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Daniel Botkin
Jun 11, 2023
Seven Guidelines for Understanding Paul’s Letters
The following is excerpted and adapted from my booklet The Ghost of Marcion, written circa 1990. – DB How should a disciple of...
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Daniel Botkin
Mar 26, 2023
Bede Bashing by Facebook Buddies
About this time of year, we can look forward to seeing the first signs of spring: flowers pushing their way up through the soil, robins...
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Daniel Botkin
Dec 26, 2021
The Curse and the Cure
The Curse: A God-Sent Insanity Upon Our Land “The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart” (Deut....
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Daniel Botkin
Jul 11, 2021
The Seventh Sneeze
Pagan cultures have different superstitions about sneezing. Sneezing, depending on the number or type of sneezes, is believed to be a sign
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Daniel Botkin
May 30, 2021
Sodom and Gomorrah on Steroids
The title of this article is a line I borrowed from Art Cox, the pastor of our local congregation. Some time ago Art was preaching about the
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Daniel Botkin
Mar 28, 2021
PASSOVER: A Time for Separating Hebrews from Egyptians
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who put everybody into one of two categories, and those who don’t. I do because the Bible
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Daniel Botkin
Apr 19, 2020
Things That Should be Left Behind
As I write this, Passover, the festival of freedom, has passed. Now we are counting the seven Sabbaths to Shavuot (Pentecost), the anniversa
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