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Golden Silence
I wonder if Job’s “friends” had ever personally sat at the Sufferers’ Club table. If they had never been exposed to their own “valley of shadows,” it’s no wonder that they were limited in their ability to relate to his. They started out well when they “sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.” If only they had remained there on the ground, lips sealed.
There’s nothing like having a friend with whom very little needs be said. Silence, in such cases is “golden.” That’s real fellowship!
– Originally published in The Other End of the Dark: A Memoir About Divorce, Cancer, and Things God Does Anyway
Patriots, Christian Nationalists, and Good Citizens
There’s been quite a bit of talk lately about what constitutes patriotism, nationalism, and good citizenship. I suppose any one person could be all three, but they’re not necessarily the same thing. I love Christ and I love America in distinct and vastly unequal ways of course. That is, I love Jesus in an altogether …
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Is America Divinely Favored?
Before liking, loving, or clicking on the scowling face of dissent, please read this post which I've written in response to Hobby Lobby's full-page ad in newspapers nationwide on July 4th. Then, feel free to weigh in with your own thoughts, pro or con. Among the quotes included in the ad, the one by Justice …
It’s Madness!
When Jesus healed the man with the withered hand in the synagogue on the Sabbath the religious leaders were livid (“filled with senseless rage” - Luke 6:11 NASB). About half of the English translations of this passage render it as “madness.” Jesus does a radical miracle in front of them and instead of celebrating the …
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