CHRISTIANITY WITHOUT DOOM AND GLOOM HIS CALVINISTIC DOCTRINE FEATURES A SMALL BOY AND A FUN-LOVING TIGER

Evansville Courier & Press | April 20, 2002| | Copyright

The Rev. Robert Short has read the great tomes of Christian theology, but when he talks to people about finding the true meaning of God, he often uses a devilish little boy and a talking tiger as teaching tools.

One of his best sources of insight into the human struggle to avoid the temptations of sin comes straight out of the comics section, a place where Short has found an abundance of divine wisdom.

Consider one of his favorite citations, a "Calvin and Hobbes" cartoon in which the mischief-loving, 6-year-old Calvin considers what heaven may hold.

"If heaven is good and if I like to be bad," ...

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