At this point in history, the last 45 days of each year have become a season marked by the twin positives of gratitude and giving. In and of themselves, these two actions are wonderful, moving people to do all kinds of things for other people....
Read MoreChances are many of you remember back in the day when Burger King opened up a world of options and possibilities to us fast food customers by telling us “Have it your way”. Oh, you remember the commercial: “Hold the pickle, hold the lettuce, special orders don’t upset us…”
And the church hasn’t been the same since.
Read MoreConfession is good for the soul, so let’s all make an admission: none of us really likes it when our world is shaken up. Freeing, isn’t it?
Read MoreBy any conservative estimate, there are hundreds of millions, if not billions of screens crammed into the daily lives of Americans as a whole, which we use to look at myriad images of innumerable kinds. This fact has made us a very sensory-dependent culture, wedded to the tangible.
You’ve heard the statements before: “You can’t judge me!”, or “Don’t judge me!” These statements do holdsome truth, but likely not for the reason most users of them would think. Centuries of misinterpretation notwithstanding, we (Christians) should recognize that, biblically, we can't judge anyone with a measuring stick that’s from the one we will be judged by.
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