Until we recognize that diversity is a strength, we cannot hope to recognize the God who created it.
01612 – Diversity is a Strength
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01599 – All Are God’s Creation
While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.
01595 – Church: A Security Blanket?
A strong inward focus in many churches creates a security blanket from a frightening world. Seems many prefer security over being salt, light, and leaven in the world. I think this reality grieves the heart of God and warms the hearts of many members of secure churches.
01592 – Scapegoating
The word “scapegoating” originated from an ingenious ritual described in Leviticus 16. According to Jewish law, on the Day of Atonement, the high priest laid hands on an “escaping” goat, placing all the sins of the Jewish people from the previous year onto the animal....
01591 – Scapegoating is Human Nature
Human nature, when it is seeking power, wants either to play the victim or to create victims of others. In fact, the second follows from the first. Once we start feeling sorry for ourselves, we will soon find someone else to blame, accuse or attack—and with impunity!...
01584 – God is Good
God does not love you because you are good. God loves you because God is good.
01578 – The Struggle is Real
Who can stay awake in this night of God? Who will not be as if paralyzed by it? Jesus' friends were protected from its terrors by a profound sleep. Luke, the doctor, and other witnesses speak of a "bloody sweat" which fell on the ground from the wakeful, imploring...
01572 – God Works in Silence
The kings and dictators and the mighty of the world accomplish their work with speeches and drums and brass and the thunder of bombers. But God works in silence.
01566 – Not at Peace
We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.
01561 – I’m Not Obliged
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.