if you want great lakes water you should move to the great lakes watershed. we have a binational agreement that we can’t use it outside of this region. you shouldn’t get to siphon our local resources just bc you decided to grow alfalfa in the desert half a continent away
Christianity should sound like, "the world is full of neighbors to be understood and loved," not "the world is full of enemies to be feared and conquered."
When we Christians interpret the Bible with an unforgiving literalism towards our fellow citizens, yet interpret it with great graciousness towards our preferred politicians, that is when we can be certain we are worshiping power instead of following Jesus.
The SBC won. They filed an amicus brief in Kentucky AGAINST a woman who was sexually abused as a child, arguing she shouldn't get justice because too much time had lapsed.
They did it so they wouldn't have to face consequences themselves of their own evil deeds.
Jesus sees.
Keller points back to Christ and the Cross as the final and ultimate standard, not a cherry picked sin that the interviewer wanted to focus on.
Keller, still, answers yes very clearly more than once to the question of homosexuality being sin.
This is the Gospel.
No. The message is that Jesus had compassion for people and served them even if he disagreed with them.
Comments like these show how far some in the Church are from understanding the humility of Christ. This is a culture war ethic not a Christian ethic.
Begin this year reminding yourself that
• when you are exhausted, God isn’t.
• when you are discouraged, God isn’t.
• when you are unfaithful, God isn’t.
• when you are weak, God isn’t.
We have hope and a future because God isn’t like us.
—@PaulTripp
always weird that these guys can’t just be like yea slavery was horrific and it was bad that presidents owned human beings” instead of tryna pull off some 5D chess analysis about how they actually secretly intended to maybe lay the groundwork for other people to some day stop
If God inspired the Bible and it has multiple books (Psalms, Habakkuk, etc.) filled with people questioning God, then maybe questioning God isn’t sinful.
Maybe authentically voicing our questions/doubts is exactly what God wants us to do.
Maybe God is big enough to handle it.
I do not doubt that this is someone’s testimony. However, it is not mine.
My fundamental identity is that I am loved by God.
That love is the essence of the One who saves from sin.
Sin ain’t my identity. It’s my reality.
Love is my identity.
And you are beloved as well.