04029 – Faith: NOT an Electric Blanket

I think there is no suffering greater than by the doubts of those who want to believe. I know what torment this is, but can only see it, in myself anyway, as the process by which faith is deepened. What people don't realize is how much religion costs. They think faith...

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03260 – Continuing Down this Path…

If we continue down this path of anthropomorphizing corporations and dehumanizing people, if we continue to look at the financial cost of helping people rather than the moral cost of not helping them, we will find ourselves living in a society increasingly devoid of...

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01981 – Unity vs. Uniformity

Unity is not the same as uniformity. Unity, in fact, is the reconciliation of differences, and those differences must be maintained. We must actually distinguish things and separate them, usually at a cost to ourselves, before we can spiritually unite them (Ephesians...

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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...

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01345 – Characteristics of Repentance

Repentance isn't about blame, or avoiding the cost of being blamed. It's about putting on a new mind, that is, seeing the familiar with fresh eyes, changing one's opinions and behaviors in order to come closer to God's desire. Repentance seeks change, not blame....

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01321 – God IS Love!

To love is to know God precisely because God is love. The emerging community, at its best, can teach us again that love must be the first word on our lips and also the last, and that we must seek to incarnate that sacred word in the world. I recently heard a...

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00602 – Converting Rebellious Wills

It cost God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost him crucifixion. from Mere Christianity ————————Gender-neutral version: It cost God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills...

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