It can’t be anything but the grace and wonder of God when you realize you’re a complete fool as well as completely loved and accepted all at the same time.
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." "It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved." -Galileo Galilei
The quest for truth is filled with questions and self-examination. A major breakthrough is to realize that we filter even our sense of the Bible and God through the lenses of our culture, even our Christian culture.
Your pursuit of freedom affects the freedom of others. Your pursuit of safety affects the safety of others. Your pursuit of safety affects the freedom of others. Lastly, your pursuit of freedom affects the safety of others. Most political debates are summed up by these 4 truths.
Is your faith in Christ centered around living a sacrificial life or is it just the way you indicate which group you associate with? Or worse, which groups you don’t?
@michaelgungor I’m just another member of your love/hate crowd. I suppose as I nervously write this comment you’re part of mine. I’ve always been thankful for your honesty. I wish others of faith were half as honest as you have seemed to be. Thank you. It has made me less alone.
Can someone invent an entertainment center that turns into a couch so my living room doesn’t have to revolve around the TV but I still have that option? Just a thought...
“If you find yourself in a Whole Foods store, there’s an 89 percent chance that the county surrounding you voted for Barack Obama. If you want to find Republicans, go to a county that contains a Cracker Barrel Restaurant” ~Jonathan Haidt in “The Righteous Mind”