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“As I was on my way and drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly shone around me. And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ And I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And he said to me, ‘I am…..
We cannot base the case for Christianity on the argument that it will make us better behaved humans because both Atheist and Christian alike are image-bearers capable of doing good things. Likewise, we cannot argue that Christianity will prevent us from doing bad things because the church has also been involved in morally questionable behavior. A tally sheet of good and…..
When we talk about the “moral high ground,” we are talking about a ground on which none of us is completely competent to walk since we are all prone to Fall. In fact, clinging to the illusion that we can walk a perfect moral tightrope gets us into a lot of trouble when onlookers see us tumble into the crowd. It is the politician who repeatedly denies the illicit affair, or the sports star who goes to great legal lengths to preserve…..
The Christian church is under constant cultural attack while every other religious persuasion is given a free pass. We feel like we have been good citizens, yet the villagers relentlessly come at us with torches and pitchforks. While others are allowed to meditate, pray and worship, we are told to scold our deity and make Him sit in the corner with an “Unknown God” sign around His neck. Despite all this hostility…..
The other night at church I noticed a young woman with Down’s Syndrome several seats ahead of me. As we entered into a time of singing, I found myself in awe of the way she worshipped. She was so remarkably animated, raising her hands and singing as if every verse was part of a personal conversation with God. I got weepy as I…..
The church is the body of Christ whose sole purpose is to take the Gospel to the world. We are called to walk the same lonely paths Jesus walked and be rejected and persecuted because of His name. However, in our zeal to make an imprint on the world we frequently put on evangelistic shoes that are one size too big and end up eclipsing…..
Jesus made it clear that the defining characteristic of His disciples would be the way they loved others. Inspired by Jesus’ words we get down to business and start combing the neighborhood for people to love. We pull out our checklist and begin our agape Christian marketing scheme: Family -check; friends – check; church – check. We…..
While Christianity has many critics their complaints are rarely if ever directed at Jesus. They blame the Christian machine and those who call themselves followers of Christ, but feel compelled to claim Jesus as their own. While they may deny that Jesus is the only way they seem convinced that He needs to have at least a little skin in…..
