Asking good questions is the foundation of the learning process. The form in which a question comes is as important as the answer that is given, because the question can reveal some assumptions and expectations of the questioner. To simply answer a question without first recognizing the questioner as a real person with a real […]
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Why the Church Should Be Outraged by Hate Crimes
A hate crime (also known as a bias-motivated crime) is a prejudice-motivated crime, often violent, which occurs when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her membership (or perceived membership) in a certain social group. View Source I don’t really remember the first time I heard the term “Hate Crime” but I have […]
3 Practices of Good Decision Making
It is said that our God works in mysterious ways, and my experience has certainly confirmed that, but Satan is not so mysterious. He is quite obvious in fact; the problem is that we’ve really stopped looking for him altogether. Many of us have simply neglected the reality of Satan in our everyday lives. We’ve […]
America is NOT the Kingdom of God
From Starbuck’s Winter Cup design to the legalization of gay marriage, from the right to bear arms, to the issues surrounding refugees; our country has found itself in an unwinnable battle between Right Wing Christians who think the world around them should cater to their personal beliefs about morality and ethics because, “Thomas Jefferson, and Winston […]
Misconception 2: Dualism
Dualism is the idea that there is an equal amount of good and evil in the world, and they compete with each other for dominance in the world. Another way to look at dualism is to say that there is a balancing of good and evil in the world and as evil rises up, good […]
Sharing Compassion
Sharing CompassionIt is important that we remember as Christians, that the compassion that matters, is that that extends to the people who least deserve it. I am profoundly interested in teaching my students to extend mercy and grace in the same way that it was extended to us. The Lord Jesus Christ died to save […]
The Passover Lamb
Passover LambYesterday was Lamb Selection Sunday, when traditionally, the Passover lamb was selected by a family to celebrate the passing over of the angel of death during the Exodus from Egypt. As our church was celebrating yesterday, our primary focus was on the way that Jesus selected himself as the Passover lamb to be sacrificed […]