Sunday, June 28, 2015

Resisting Hate-bait: Guarding against the tendency to dehumanize "the enemy"

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I've seen it -- and have been appalled by it -- in political rhetoric, where opponents are said to "slither" (snakes aren'...
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Sunday, June 21, 2015

Parallel parables: wheat/weeds, and unmerciful servant

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The kingdom of heaven is like ... Jesus tells us that the kingdom of heaven is like someone who planted good seed, but found something els...
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Sunday, June 14, 2015

How marriage became a piece of paper, and what Christians could do to strengthen it

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As my children get closer to the age where they might, some day, marry, I think about some of the objections I hear to marriage from their g...
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Monday, June 08, 2015

Celebrating my daughter's graduation

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I took this weekend off from posting because of my daughter's graduation. I'm intending to go back to regular posting next weekend. ...
Wednesday, June 03, 2015

Testing if a theology is from God: Reasoning from the fruit of the Holy Spriit

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As a corollary to the previous study of the Holy Spirit, it also seems to follow: If: a) the fruit of the Holy Spirit in our life is lov...
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Sunday, May 31, 2015

What God is like: Reasoning from the nature of the Holy Spirit

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Who among men knows the thoughts of a man except his spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit ...
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Sunday, May 24, 2015

The fellowship of the Holy Spirit: understanding

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The Spirit of the LORD shall rest on him: The Spirit of wisdom and understanding ... (Isaiah 11:2) This may seem obvious -- and sometimes ...
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