Donny’s Ramblings: Diary of a Former Porn Producer

I don’t really tell you I’m proud of you, do I? I can’t remember doing that in the recent past. The “man” in me doesn’t really let me open up and do that in person, I guess. So I’m writing it publicly, right here on my blog. One thing the two [...]

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This is a follow up on an encounter I had with a man who had just recently lost his wife to cancer.
Two days shy of a month ago I wrote about Ali the Muslim (you may remember that article, because a sentence I used in it began a bit of debate, prompting me to follow [...]

Filed under: Ali the Muslim, Craig Gross, Donny Pauling, First Christian Church, God, Grace, Huntington Beach, Islam, Londen Institute, Love, Porn and Pancakes, Prayer | 16 Comments »

I’m clueless and I had no clue just how clueless I was until I showed up here in Louisville to listen to those who do have a clue talk about… their clues. I can’t even begin to describe to you how my cluelessness has been reinforced in my mind in the last 3 [...]

Filed under: Class Notes, Dave Stone, Donny Pauling, Dr. Bob Russell, Life Church, Lifechurch.tv, Londen Institute, Residency, Seminary, Southeast Christian Church | 23 Comments »

I sit inside my room at the Homewood Suites in Louisville, Kentucky.  In two hours I have to be out in the lobby.  Seminary has begun.   This is my first Residency.  Three times a year I’ll be attending one of these Residencies, at 3 different locations across the country. Had I started a few months [...]

Filed under: Donny Pauling, Jack Londen, Londen Institute, Seminary, XXXchurch | 9 Comments »

If you’ve heard my story, you’ve undoubtedly heard me speak about the anger, bitterness and hatred I once harbored towards Christians. It was pretty bad, let me tell ya. For many years, I did all I could to cause as much grief as possible to as many Christians as would talk to me. [...]

Filed under: Anger, Bitterness, Dionysus, Donny Pauling, Hatred, Hosea 13:16, Lee Strobel, Mithra, The Case For the Real Jesus, Zeitgeist | 9 Comments »

I posted this as a comment to an article I read on another blog, where the author has given up all belief in God and is instead professing “atheism”… that article, should you wish to read it, can be found here. This is definitely NOT good writing… I read an article and started typing [...]

Filed under: Atheism, Donny Pauling, Free Will, God, Grace, Love | 6 Comments »

You’ve been with me on this journey since the beginning. You’ve faithfully read each rambling article. You’ve shaken your head in disbelief at some of the content that is written on these ePages. You’ve cringed at some of them, perhaps.
But today… oh today… today is different. Today I want to share [...]

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Today is National Porn Sunday. I was flown into Oklahoma City to spend the weekend with the XXXChurch team at LifeChurch.tv, who hosted this event. I have to tell you: Life Church overwhelms me. This church has done something no other has done before: they use advanced technology to broadcast to [...]

Filed under: Donny Pauling, Lifechurch.tv, National Porn Sunday, XXXchurch | 7 Comments »

I’ve been reminded that one’s time is always better spent concentrating on one’s relationship with God rather than arguing with others over theological differences, and that if love for Jesus is what people see bubbling out from inside of us, Jesus inside of us will change lives.
I’m the type who needs to be [...]

Filed under: Debate, Donny Pauling, Theology, Wendy | 7 Comments »

When I posted Ali, The Mulim, a sentence in my post began a bit of discussion in the comments area. I feel that discussion merits it’s own article, so I’m writing this one to clarify what that sentence means.
Here is what I wrote:
Muslim’s serve the God of Abraham , which happens to be the [...]

Filed under: Allah, Christianity, Donny Pauling, God, Islam, Muslim | 28 Comments »