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Hearing Without Understanding
When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. Matthew 13:19 Before Jesus explained the meaning of the Parable of the Sower, he answered a question his disciples asked. Why,…
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Grief and Grievance
Grief and grievance are both responses to loss, and when loss occurs both responses often occur. There is no hard line between them, but there are distinguishing marks that separate them. Grief tends to focus on the sadness of a loss, missing the person or thing that was lost. That sadness can appear as anger,…
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Changing My Mind
Most of us believe a myth about how knowledge is acquired, especially about how we ourselves go from ignorance and error to knowledge and truth. We tell ourselves that when evident facts contradict what we believe, then we will change our minds. That has not been my experience. Deeply held beliefs require a lot of…
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Why Evangelical Christians Voted for Trump
A personal perspective. I grew up in the Assemblies of God, a Pentecostal church that practiced adult baptism and featured thunderous sermons and speaking in tongues. Unlike many teenagers with a similar background, I never rebelled, never left the faith. Indeed, in college I avoided situations I feared might prove too great a challenge for…
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A Watched Pot
A watched pot never boils. A proverb attributed to Benjamin Franklin Most proverbs have some ambiguity about them that allows for a way of interpreting them so that they are true, but this one is clearly and demonstrably false. Anyone who has ever put a pot of water on to boil knows that it will…
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