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Faithful and Just
Read and comment on my blog. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9) “Faithful and merciful” I can understand, but “faithful and just?” Why does John reassure his readers with God’s justice? Wouldn’t God’s mercy be more…
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All Things
Read and comment on my blog. He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? All things. I used to think this meant that God would give me things I want. He already gave me Jesus. He…
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On Selfishness
Read and comment on my blog. The concept of selfishness has such a wide variety of meanings and contradictory nuances that it is almost impossible to disentangle them all. Selfishness has been lauded as a virtue and castigated as a vice. Some have even attributed selfishness to objects that have no ‘self’: most notably to…
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Guns in Church
Pastor Ken Pagano’s invitation to his congregation to bring their guns to church made the New York Times. It apparently made the news in other countries as well. Great. Conservative Christians are gun-toting sociopaths. Liberal Christians are peace-loving and reasonable, like Jesus. Only Jesus wasn’t. He told his followers that they would have enemies everywhere.…
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Jesus Weeps
Jesus wept at the grave of his friend, Lazarus. Those who were present thought he wept for Lazarus’ death. But how could that be so since he knew he was about to restore Lazarus to life? What was it that made Jesus weep? I’m not sure what it was, though I have some ideas. Actor…
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