Will it be any better the next time? For several years, the trifecta of COVID, an election, and race tore churches apart. What was obviously missing was that pesky fellow Paul’s understanding that we ought to put the needs of others first. (See 1 Corinthians 8 and Romans 14.) Instead of becoming a hotbed of...
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On May 6, 1776, thirty-two “sons of Virginia” representing every county of the state met at Williamsburg to pass a resolution calling for the Virginia delegates at the Continental Congress to move for independence from Britain.[1] This Virginia Convention was also tasked with drafting a bill of rights and a constitution for the now independent...
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If you belong to a local church, I wonder if you’ve felt the way that I have recently. Maybe you feel like those in church leadership agree with you on fundamental issues, but your neighbor in the pew clearly does not. Or maybe you and your neighbor have found deep agreement but find yourselves diametrically...
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Albert Schweitzer once wrote: The Reformation fought and conquered in the name of Paul. Consequently the teaching of the Apostle of the Gentiles took a prominent place in Protestant study. Nevertheless the labor expended upon it did not, to begin with, advance the historical understanding of his system of thought. What men looked for...
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Is it not amazing how men and women who profess the same Christian faith can end up coming to such different political conclusions when we vote? How is it that two people who confess Christ as Lord and the Bible as his infallible word end up in such anxious and even vitriolic disagreement? Of course,...
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Many Christians arrive at the end of this election season with a sense of relief regardless of the outcome. The months (or even years) leading up to the election have been divisive and difficult for anyone trying to live a faithful life in our inevitably political world. Churches, schools, and institutions have spent time during...
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