Connecting to a Post-Christendom World: A Word to Leaders
As I engage with people, I find many are confused as to why we follow a Jesus who served the hurting and healed the sick, while we ourselves don’t seem to be following suit. It seems that the world expects a certain level of value/care to be evident among Christians that does not naturally emanate from the world.
Pastor, Defend Christian Liberty
But before it is freedom to something, our freedom in Christ is an assertion of our freedom from something. Christ’s people are free to eat shrimp cocktail, pork rinds, or chicken feet fundamentally because they are free from the Law. Our freedom in Christ is freedom from the commands or requirements of anyone other than our Lord, because he has fulfilled the Law on our behalf, having lived the perfect life we could not. No one can legitimately impose any requirements on us as Christians other than those Jesus Christ himself has for us as his people.
No I can’t — and won’t — try to help you anymore
So there are times when I say “sorry but I can’t help you.” It took me a long time to learn that.
Maybe this will help some of you decide when it is time to cut people loose. Doesn’t mean you don’t love them. Just means you are not the one to help them. And if they really want help, God will connect them with those who will help them. It just may not be me. Or you.
How to Know What Donald Trump Really Cares About: Look at What He’s Insulting
One last way of looking at this data is simply to see which person, place or thing Mr. Trump has insulted most each week over the last two years. Here, we present them in chronological order, starting in mid-June 2015, when he announced his candidacy. Looking back, this list tells the story of the 2016 presidential campaign. Four or eight years from now, it will probably tell the story of his presidency, too.
30 of the New Words Added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary
1. AIRBALL (V.)
2. BINGE-WATCH (V.)
3. BOKEH (N.)
4. CONLANG (N.)
5. ELDERFLOWER (N.)
6. FACE-PALM (V.)
7. FAST FASHION (N.)
8. FIRST WORLD PROBLEM (N.)
9. FOOD INSECURE (ADJ.)
10. GHOST (V.)
11. GINGER (N.)
12. HUMBLEBRAG (V.)
13. LISTICLE (N.)
14. MICROAGGRESSION (N.)
15. MICROBIOME (N.)
16. MUMBLECORE (N.)
17. NSFW (ABBR.)
18. PAREIDOLIA (N.)
19. PHOTOBOMB (V.)
20. PING (N.)
21. PROSOPAGNOSIA (N.)
22. SAFE SPACE (N.)
23. SEUSSIAN (ADJ.)
24. SIDE-EYE (N.)
25. TRAIN WRECK (N.)
26. TRUTHER (N.)
27. WAYBACK (N.)
28. WEAK SAUCE (N.)
29. WOO-WOO (ADJ.)
30. YOWZA (INTERJ.)