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Rejecting the Lies
If you are like many, you will reject some lies,Sometimes even daring to stand up in frontOf your fellow man and call the lies out. And if you are like many, you will doSuch rejecting and calling out—Even as you … Continue reading
Debating vs. Understanding
If you listen to a group discussion—especially about a controversial topic—and I mean really listen, like you had to write it all down just right all by yourself—what you’ll likely be hearing, whether you can get your head around it … Continue reading
Conflating Forgiving and Empathy with Excusing
I see in Christian circles a good deal of talk about empathy these days, and in that discussion, I think I perceive a wide movement that’s conflating excusing with forgiving. Here’s what I mean: Jesus says this about forgiveness in … Continue reading
Obligation
Is it wrong to think that a person is obligated to live as God has obligated all humans to live? Is it wrong to remind him of the same and to hold him to it?
Numbers on the Foreheads
If on the forehead of every human there were magically to appear a number in neon red—from zero to ten—put there by God himself to show to the world in undeniable terms how much each person cares about God, I … Continue reading
He Is Mad at the World
He is mad at the world for its dismal failureTo fill his personal void to his satisfaction—That void existing in him on account ofHis refusal to take in the things of God,For which that space was designed.
The Teacher Who Loves
I see that the teacher who loves the subject matter is often found teaching and discussing it, whether being paid for it or not—even if he or she really needs the money. And this is doubly true of the teacher … Continue reading
How To Ask A Stupid Question. Method #4
In the previous methods, we looked at questions that are actually stupid. Today, we consider a scenario in which you want to ask a question that will be taken as stupid. METHOD #4 1. Find a person who has these … Continue reading
“I Feel Like You’re Trying to Trap Me”
As I asked him questions about the doctrinal assertion he had made, he said, “I feel like you’re trying to trap me.” But what I was trying to do was to demonstrate, by way of my questions, that he was … Continue reading
That Most Efficacious Exercise of Wondering
Surely, God could have written us a manualWith precise explanations of everything,So clear as to defy misunderstandingAnd disagreement.