Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.
02045 – Forgiveness Just a Lovely Idea?
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01924 – What Do You Discuss?
Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
01504 – Going Where Questions Lead
They said that if I questioned a 6,000-year-old earth, I would question whether other parts of Scripture should be read scientifically and historically. They were right. I did. They said that if I entertained the hope that those without access to the gospel might...
01368 – God’s Providence? No Favoritism
The idea that God's providence means that he looks after those who serve him by a special use of his power in terms of favoritism is an immoral idea and insulting to both man and God. No true Christian wants to opt out of the trials that beset others, and no worthy...
01270 – Did God Suffer?
Years earlier I had read some writings of Jurgen Moltmann, a German theologian who argued that God "experiences" our sufferings and grieves with us. Our soul is so connected with God, he said, that it's impossible for the Divine Being not to share our aguish. Now...
00559 – No Limit to What the Holy Spirit Can Do
Under the power of the Holy Spirit, shy people have been known to step up onto platforms and say audacious things. Cautious people have become daredevils, frugal people have become philanthropists and people who used to be as sour as dill pickles have become rich with...
00425 – Religion Must Have Deep Conviction
We modernists have often gotten at our faith by a negative process. We do not believe this. We do not believe that. We have given up this incredible idea or that obsolete doctrine. So we pare down and dim out our faith by negative abstractions until we have left only...
00421 – Christianity Without Christ?
With an abstract idea it is possible to enter into a relation of formal knowledge, to become enthusiastic about it, and perhaps even to put it into practice; but it can never be followed in personal obedience. Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably...
00365 – Practicing Forgiveness?
We all agree that forgiveness is a beautiful idea until we have to practice it.
00267 – Eternal Life
The idea of eternal life does not carry with it the idea of length as much as it does the idea of depth. from Being Me