If, before we get our hands on people, we recognize God’s hand is already on them, we tend to be less patriarchal and preachy. Our evangelistic efforts then look more Socratic than posturing. C.S. Lewis described himself as “a fellow patient in the same hospital who, having been admitted a little earlier, could give some …
The Law is the Law, or is it? – Romans 13 and the Refugee Crisis (Part 4 of 5ish)
“Romans 13 gives the government … the authority to do whatever, whether it’s assassination, capital punishment or evil punishment to quell the actions of evildoers like Kim Jong Un.” Southern Baptist Pastor Robert Jeffress We’re looking at Romans 13:1-7 directly instead of obliquely like many preachers (such as Jeffress) and politicians (like Jeff Sessions) in …
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A Relaxed Urgency In Sharing Christ
Knowing that I’m simply appealing to the Spirit’s attractive pull already going on in a person’s soul relieves me of an unbearable weight on my shoulders. I can be less scripted in my efforts and a little more agile in my interactions. My witnessing then becomes more of a collusion and less of a collision! …
Faith: Formulaic or Friendship
If I aim my faith at the character of God— his goodness, wisdom, and lovingness— I’ll receive whatever I need to get well or be able to suffer well. When I’m not sure if I should be contending for a healing miracle or pleading for grace to endure my malady, it helps me when I …
The Law is the Law, or is it? – Romans 13 and the Refugee Crisis (Part 3 of 5ish)
“Through your scientific genius you have made of the world a neighborhood, but through your moral and spiritual genius you have failed to make of it a brotherhood.” Martin Luther King Jr. in his message, Paul's Letter to American Christians. Various lawmakers and Christian have quoted Romans 13 in support of the present administration’s policy …
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