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Which is more problematic for you (if either), when secular society objects to your Christ-centered Christmas celebration or when your church’s Fourth of July service is more about country than Christ? I merely pick those holy days becoming holidays and holidays becoming holy days just as examples. There are others. For me, it’s the latter …
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“What is a conscience?” asked the young man. “If you see a turtle upside down with its legs trying to get right side up, what's your instinct?” replied the old man.” “I guess it's to turn him over.” “Well, that's conscience.” The term “conscience” comes from con, which means with and science, meaning knowledge. So, …
In 1951 C. S. Lewis received a letter from Prime Minister Winston Churchill. In it, Churchill offered to recommend him for a C.B.E. (Commander of the British Empire). The C.B.E. is one class in the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, a chivalric order established to recognize gallantry and service to the Empire, and …
I posted this prior to the 2020 election. I credit David French for some of these thoughts. One: I vote for the person who most broadly shares my values. (No one agrees with me entirely nor I them, so I say “broadly.” There will always be things I don’t support in my support of a …
We’re in charge of requests, not results. Results are God’s department. I don’t think God’s waiting for us to wince enough when we pray or to use certain spiritual formulas (which tend to be more magical than spiritual). Donald Miller writes, “Formulas seem much better than God because formulas offer control; and God, well, He …
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