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Opinions are valuable but no two people share every opinion. These days you’re fortunate if you can find others who share even some of your views. For our nation, cultures, and faiths to live in peace we have to find better ways to search for common values.
For this to happen, the first step is to ask ourselves what we believe and then challenge ourselves to sincerely ask why we believe as we do.Β
The second step is to allow others to challenge our views. They may be right or they may be wrong. Either way we should respectfully hear each other out. Sometimes this will mean that we must be quiet, take a deep breath, and pause before we react. The views expressed in this blog are simply sketches of ideas. Respectful, considered, well-researched discussion may prove these views wrong. Again, it may prove them right. I’d love to hear from you.
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Scripture tells us that we are “fearfully and wonderfully made.” Regardless of how we view the mechanism of God’s creation, there is an element of intelligent design at work. One of God’s most ingenious designs
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I’ve been wanting to watch this movie, First Reformed, for a while. I’ve always admired Ethan Hawke’s ability to inhabit a role and the premise of this movie is deep and challenging. I will say,
Noun– lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder. Two weeks ago, I lamented that while work was being done on our water filter system, we had a minor flood that meant I have to
Romans 12:18- “If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” Peace with others is a wonderful thing, but not always possible. Peace always begins with God. If
“For day after day they seek me out;they seem eager to know my ways,as if they were a nation that does what is rightand has not forsaken the commands of its God.They ask me for
Complementarianism: Our big theological word for the day. In essence, it is an oversimplification and intentional misrepresentation of scripture for less than godly purposes. This concept is being wielded as a cudgel by some who
Have you smuged anyone lately?Β Smugness is the opinion that our own views are always right, and it’s our mission in life to prove others wrong. God calls us to “do justly, love mercy, and walk
When David was a young man he had great faith in God to protect and deliver him. When Goliath came along, everyone said that he was too big and couldn’t be defeated, but David said