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We’ve been talking about hysteria, hatred and vengeance as inappropriate reactions to the trauma of terrorism in our world. These play right into the hands of the psychopathic terrorizers and only make the circumstances worse. Now if we must be utilitarian about it, how do these reactions affect us? What does a hateful and inhospitable …
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Last time I talked about how hysteria and hostility tend to dominate American minds and mouths in relation to terrorism, and how this plays right into the plans of the Captain of “Team Hate.” When we think and talk the talk of the hysterical we’re tossing it up right over the plate and into the …
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We’re all beleaguered by the appalling realities of terrorism, mass shootings, and suicide bombings these days. I’m personally frustrated that I don’t have any solutions and don’t even know exactly how to pray about these genocidal maniacs who have brutally murdered hundreds of thousands of innocent people, driven millions from their homes and countries, and …
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One of the benefits of not pastoring a church is that I can express my opinions without having to worry about losing church members. Over the years I’ve developed ideas, considered by most of my brothers and sisters, to be of an aberrant ilk and therefore, usually kept them to myself. I had even refused …
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