Posted on March 24, 2008 by Donny Pauling
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m working toward a Seminary degree. The Londen Institute For Evangelism (LIFE), with whom I’d originally enrolled, merged with Hope International University not long ago (the merger was announced in January). Just last week Hope International gave us a list of options that we can choose from based [...]
Filed under: Donny Pauling, Elaine Pagels, Gnosticism, Hope International University, Londen Institute, Lost Gospels, Nag Hammadi, Religion, Seminary | 15 Comments »
Posted on March 23, 2008 by Donny Pauling
After speaking to Willy in downtown Redding yesterday, I decided to continue my walk along the Sacramento River Trail, which is a walking trail I really love. I had my pocket camera with me, which has the ability to record audio files. So as I walked the trail I began speaking into [...]
Filed under: Christianity, Donny Pauling, Judgementalism, Love | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 17, 2008 by Donny Pauling
The author of Letters from a Skeptic (a book I HIGHLY recommend), Greg Boyd is a former atheist who surrendered his life to Christ in 1974. He graduated with honors from Yale Divinity School and Princeton Theological Seminary. Greg was a professor of theology for 16 years at Bethel University and is the founder [...]
Filed under: Bible, Christianity, God, Greg Boyd, Infallible, Jesus, Letters from a Skeptic, Random Reflections | 7 Comments »
Posted on March 12, 2008 by Donny Pauling
When a change of perspective is needed, sometimes God works in mysterious ways.
Meet Willy:
Willy lives at the local rescue mission. He was hit by a car a few months ago, on Dec 28th. He receives no government financial assistance. Yet despite being homeless and injured, his attitude is amazing.
I met him while [...]
Filed under: Contentment, Downtown Redding, Homeless, Man on the Street, Willy | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 5, 2008 by Donny Pauling
Roschel Wynn modeled for me when she was 19 years old. Yesterday I interviewed her for this podcast (which is also going to be released on the XXXChurch podcast as well as Jason Harper’s Triad Podcast). She wanted to share her story, her experiences.
Beginning with a shoot that incorporated both photos and video [...]
Filed under: Donny Pauling, Forgiveness, Former Models, God, Grace, Playboy, Podcast, Porn Stories, Porn's Human Toll, Pornography, Roschel Wynn, Triad Podcast, XXXChurch.com, XXXchurch | 8 Comments »
Posted on March 2, 2008 by Donny Pauling
From an email I received, sent by someone close enough to me to feel comfortable saying such a thing:
Each side was equally split. Each had one piece of eye candy and one fat guy.
Hee Hee.
Filed under: Craig Gross, Donny Pauling, Face Off, Monique Alexander, Nightline ABC, Porn Debate, Ron Jeremy, Sex Week at Yale, Yale University | 5 Comments »
Posted on March 1, 2008 by Donny Pauling
I’m flying home from Orlando, Florida at the moment. The GPS map on the seat in front of me says the plane’s path will soon cross the Oklahoma/Kansas border and continue slightly south of Pueblo, Colorado.
Last night Craig and I watched the Nightline Debate from our hotel room, not long after receiving an instant message [...]
Filed under: Craig Gross, Donny Pauling, Fleecing The Saints, Lightspeed, Porn and Pancakes, Random Thoughts, Steve Jones, XXXchurch | 4 Comments »
Posted on March 1, 2008 by Donny Pauling
I don’t have a lot of time to write this at the moment, as I’m in Orlando, Florida for a Porn and Pancakes event that starts in a little over an hour. I’ll then be on an airplane home. But I wanted to write a quick note and give links to more of [...]
Filed under: Craig Gross, Donny Pauling, Martin Bashir, Monique Alexander, Nightline ABC, Porn Debate, Ron Jeremy, Sex Week at Yale, Yale University | 3 Comments »
