Pastor cuts his shoulder-length hair and makes national news: Persuasive reasons to believe and share biblical truth
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 23 June 2021
⏱️ 8 minutes
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A pastor in California had his shoulder-length hair cut last Sunday. In The Daily Article for June 23, 2021, Dr. Jim Denison explains why this story made national news, offers other examples showing that perception does not change reality, focuses on secular reasons for believing biblical truth, and closes with an invitation to the joy of Jesus that "lifts up life to be celebrated."
The Daily Article is written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Nichter.
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| 1:14.0 | important time. Reverend Steve Ranny is a Presbyterian pastor in Tustin, a town in the Los Angeles area. |
| 1:24.1 | Last week, his hair was shoulder-length. If I had met him before he led last Sunday's |
| 1:29.2 | worship service, it would not have occurred to me that he'd stopped cutting his hair in December |
| 1:33.8 | 2019 as a sign of lament that his congregation was not able to meet in person due to the coronavirus |
| 1:40.6 | pandemic, or that he would have cut it after the service to celebrate the full |
| 1:45.6 | lifting of pandemic restrictions. As we have noted this week, perception is not always fact. |
| 1:52.5 | Here's a dangerous example. One of the deadliest plants in North America is both blooming |
| 1:57.8 | and spreading. Poison hemlock is so dangerous that it can cause respiratory failure and death if eaten. |
| 2:05.4 | Even touching it can cause blisters. |
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