1. Unity. An appeal to unity can only be taken in good-faith if will also be applied to things you disagree with as well. So I will assume that when someone appeals to unity, they would also do the same to those who might be vocal against Black Lives Matter
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Someone recently asked me: I’m confused by Elijah killing 450 prophets...that just seems so cruel and excessive. Like, if someone told me that worshipping/following God meant killing hundreds of people - or anyone - I’d be like “uhm I’m not sure about this God.” I
A Christian who calls for capital punishment is like someone picking up a stone and declaring, “I’m without sin; let me do it.”
You cannot simultaneously believe that God is the God of redemption, forgiveness, and transformation and believe that the best response to certain kinds of crime is execution. I mean, I guess you can—people clearly do. In the U.S., executions happen most often where Christians are most concentrated (85%
God, let's be honest—this year is off the rails. We hardly need remind You. But, Christ, there's so much pain. Pain that has gone unseen, unnoticed, unwept for. So we lift up our prayer for all the forgotten sufferers, The invisible pain, the sorrow too
The ingenious, radical thing about Jesus' teaching is that at the moment we discover someone to be our enemy, we have simultaneously found someone to love and serve. Whoever we have decided is a "sinner" immediately becomes the person we called to forgive and welcome. The way
Shopping is hard right now. Kids put their hands, mouths, and sometimes tongues on everything. Entering any indoor space feels like reverse scuba diving—instead of keeping track of how much oxygen you have left, you're measuring how many viruses you may have breathed in. I know all
But You Said As parents, Emily and I quickly realized that it's not always the best idea to tell your kids when you have something planned for the future. First of all, kids have little to no concept of time. You can tell them that their birthday is