3 Reminders for Christians During the Election Season
- No politician or political party can offer hope or redemption to our world.
- May we refuse to allow the Church to be divided by political party or candidates.
- May we remember that every “issue” we talk about is not an “issue” but a fellow human being.
The Spiritual Discipline of Hospitality
Practicing hospitality extends the welcome of God. We can do this whether we live in an apartment, a duplex, a small frame house, or a sprawling suburban home. We can serve a bowl of soup, a hamburger, or a steak. Our emphasis is the graciousness with which we welcome others.
Nothing will alleviate our self-consciousness like focusing on extending the grace of God through our hospitality. This focus is not on what others will think of you, your house, your furniture, or your meal. The focus is on allowing others to experience the grace of God in your home.
On Further Review– Why Gay Marriage Can’t Be Christian Marriage
At the end of the day either we realize that gender matters, and gender difference is essential to a real Christian marriage, or we totally change the definition of what counts as marriage, what counts as husband and wife, what counts as mother and father Biblically speaking. It is in no way surprising that in the most individualistic and narcissistic culture on the planet, that Americans would like to be able to even choose their gender, their own biology. But in fact you can’t do that, and since gender matters Biblically speaking when it comes to Christian marriage, you also do not have Biblical permission to redefine marriage, husband, wife, mother or father.
Why Gay Marriage Proponents Can’t Appeal to the Abolitionist Movement
It’s imperative that we understand these differences as we assess how the church through the ages has interacted with slavery. This is not to imply that slavery in the first century was a pleasant thing. But the race-based, chattel slavery practiced in the United States is in a different category. There is no way to defend such an abomination from Scripture, and those who sought to do so revealed their deep-seated racism.
Five Signs It Is Time to Give Up with a Critic
A wise leader looks for truth in a critique and sees the critic as a person formed in the image of God and a brother or sister in Christ, if the person is a believer. A loving leader seeks to win the person over with kindness and grace.
However, there are times to move on.
There are times that investing in constant communication with a critic is just bad stewardship.
There are probably thousands of posts, poems, writings, and articles on the internet concerning the experience of bereavement. There is also an enormous amount of books available on the subject. Here are a few writings that I thought were especially helpful and encouraging. Some I simply resonated with, some brought a new thought or idea to my heart.
We taught Marianna that her potential is tied to her intellect, and that her intellect is more important than her character. We taught her to come home proudly bearing As, championship trophies, and college acceptances, and we inadvertently taught her that we don’t really care how she obtains them. We taught her to protect her academic and extracurricular perfection at all costs and that it’s better to quit when things get challenging rather than risk marring that perfect record. Above all else, we taught her to fear failure. That fear is what has destroyed her love of learning.
Share This With All The Schools, Please
You see, Chase’s teacher is not looking for a new seating chart or “exceptional citizens.” Chase’s teacher is looking for lonely children. She’s looking for children who are struggling to connect with other children. She’s identifying the little ones who are falling through the cracks of the class’s social life. She is discovering whose gifts are going unnoticed by their peers. And she’s pinning down- right away- who’s being bullied and who is doing the bullying.
Parents Drive 93 Miles, Realize They Forgot Girl, 3
The child had apparently been left at the rest stop—which included a playground, per Sky News—around midday. “None of them had noticed she wasn’t there” in the vehicle, an officer says. The BBC reports the girl’s father called police at 3pm. By that point, the family had traveled 93 miles and were more than halfway to their destination.