I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
01561 – I’m Not Obliged
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01491 – Leave the Results to God!
It is quite impossible for any of us to measure ourselves and estimate our progress. Our job, having found the path we honestly believe God wishes us to follow, is to go quietly on with it and leave the results to Him! from Letters (February 21,...
01469 – The Cost of False Fundamentals
It seems that a whole lot of people, both Christians and non-Christians, are under the impression that you can’t be a Christian and vote for a Democrat, you can’t be a Christian and believe in evolution, you can’t be a Christian and be gay, you can’t be a Christian...
01437 – Christianity is a Lifestyle
It seems to me that it is a minority that ever gets the true and full Gospel. We just keep worshiping Jesus and arguing over the exact right way to do it. The amazing thing is that Jesus never once says, "worship me!", but he often says, "follow me" (Matt.4:19)....
01426 – Welcoming Jesus Himself
[on being a foster parent:] I know what some of you are saying: "I could never do that. I would get too attached." Let me remind you of something. Christianity is dying to one's self for the sake of Christ and others. Every time one of these children leaves our home,...
01415 – Who Do I Deserve?
I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.
01410 – Where God Dwells
But in your darkest place, or in what you believe is your most hidden hideousness--even there, God is dwelling.
01408 – More Faith in Honest Doubt than Creeds
There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds.
01388 – Changing to Love Everyone
If we believe God loves the world, it should change how we live in the world. It means we love all people.
01371 – Living Honestly with Our Dust
It is something we all have experience with--the dust of our lives. We miss the mark of God's best for us when we believe the illusion that our dustiness is only in part of us. Our lives are not...as shiny clean as we like to think they are. Our lives are not free of...