Given the stark contrast between heaven and hell as eternal abodes of the soul, seriousthinkers have had to grapple with the question —What happens to people who, while notsaints, nevertheless are generally good people who have never committed any major sins intheir lives? Reflection on this p...
8. What is the “negative category”? 9. What is the positive category? 10. What do these two categories imply? 11. What does Stott say about those who don’t necessarily have the Mosaic Law? 12. On what does our sense of failure depend? 13. When do we break the first commandment...
When we trust in Christ, we receive salvation and become part of His family.John 1:12declares, “But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” Through faith in Jesus, we are granted eternal life, as proclaimed inJohn 3:16:...
Just as Jesus made us sons and daughters of God, the same thing happens when we are both physical fathers and mothers but also spiritual fathers and mothers to the new generation of Christians. This is building them up from being born again in the faith (John 3) to spiritual infants (1 ...
Steve Cuss offers new reflections then highlights a powerful conversation on grief. This Great and Complicated Place Redlines or Green Juices: What Happens When Zip Codes Determine Dinner? Historical redlining practices still impact what ends up on our dinner tables.Trending ...
Every day we experience God, so why should we not believe. I compare this to the making of a baby. Women go through life for many years with a set number of eggs. If nothing happens, then they die and never become anything more. But, if something does happen, then the sperm and ...
Our yearly reminder for Christians neither to run from nor to leap toward death, but to learn the art of dying well. The Antidote to Election Anxiety Carrie McKean My community is the kind you see in articles hyping the threat of political violence. Reality is more mundane—and hopeful. ...
See also:When Christianity Was in Charge, This Is What We Got. The Hitchens Challenge, part 2 Hitchens has more. Once you’ve seen that a nonbeliever can perform the same good moral actions that a believer can, think of the reverse: think of something terrible that only abelieverwould do...
I’ve heard people say, “We all want to change the world.” But the only time you change worlds are the times when you die and the times when you are born. Maybe that’s why the desire to change the world leads to war. Make love not war?
When we frame the conversation in this manner, it prevents us from making the relevant distinctions that we need in order to be able to address each problem correctly. The list above is hardly comprehensive of all the different sorts of things that fall under the “privilege” heading, but ...