Author Archives: R.P. Nettelhorst

About R.P. Nettelhorst

I'm married with three daughters. I live in southern California and I'm the interim pastor at Quartz Hill Community Church. I have written several books. I spent a couple of summers while I was in college working on a kibbutz in Israel. In 2004, I was a volunteer with the Ansari X-Prize at the winning launches of SpaceShipOne. Member of Society of Biblical Literature, American Academy of Religion, and The Authors Guild

I Don’t Know

Posted on March 21, 2019 by

Toward the end of Paul’s famous chapter on love in 1 Corinthians 13, he comments that: “For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. When I was a child, … Continue reading →

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Who’s in Charge?

Posted on March 12, 2019 by

The author of Ecclesiastes writes: I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and … Continue reading →

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For the Love of God

Posted on January 17, 2019 by

Telling people how to vote and getting angry at those who vote differently than you do, or who have beliefs different than yours is not the answer. Democrats are not all alike. Republicans are not all alike. Not all Democrats … Continue reading →

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A Hammer and Sickle Is Not an Appropriate Fashion Accessory

Posted on January 29, 2018 by

Tyler, the Creator, who was nominated for Best Rap Album of the year for Flower Boy, showed up on the Grammy’s red carpet wearing a Russian hat, known as the ushanka, with a Sickle and Hammer soviet symbol on the … Continue reading →

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Money Well Spent

Posted on December 28, 2017 by

According to CNN, Americans love buying lottery tickets. They spent more than 80 billion dollars on them in 2016. That’s more than they spent on movies, video games, music, sports tickets and books — combined. The budget for NASA in … Continue reading →

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Reformation

Posted on November 2, 2017 by

October 31 is Halloween, a favorite holiday of children, when they get to go out trick or treating dressed as ghosts and goblins. I’ve always enjoyed Halloween. But October 31 can also be remembered for another reason. On October 31, … Continue reading →

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SpaceX Launches X-37B

Posted on September 7, 2017 by

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Latest SpaceX Launch and Landing for August 24, 2017

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SpaceX CRS12 Launch and Landing

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Website Updates

Posted on August 9, 2017 by

One of the things that took an enormous amount of time and energy was the moving of the www.theology.edu domain to a new hosting service. As if that weren’t enough, I also decided to get new domain names for our … Continue reading →

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