Category: Morality
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Snowflakes
In recent years, the term “snowflake” has become very popular to describe liberals who are seen as overly sensitive and fragile, obsessed with political correctness, and convinced of their moral and cultural superiority. The popularity of this term might originate with Chuck Palahniuk’s book, Fight Club, in which we read: You are not a beautiful and unique…
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A response to “A High View of Marriage Includes Divorce”
I recently came across this post about divorce that I felt some compunction to discuss at length. Divorce is a very complicated subject, and a Christian approach can vary significantly from a cultural approach. Let me first say that nothing I’m about to espouse should be considered from a secular perspective. This is only for…
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Judging God
I’ve been reading through the Bible this year on a daily plan in book order, which means starting on January 1 with Genesis 1 and ending December 31 with Revelation 22. It’s a very demanding goal, but so far I’ve stuck with it. One of the things that I’ve found particularly troublesome about the early…
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I am the problem
There’s a possibly apocryphal story about an editorial appearing in a newspaper asking the simple question, “What’s wrong with the world?” G.K. Chesterton, so the story goes, gave the following reply: Dear Sirs, I am. Yours, G.K. Chesterton Another story comes to mind when I attempt to make sense of yesterday. Nehemiah was an Israelite who lived…
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Blessed are the Poor
Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as…
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A Victim of Circumstance
There is a popular theory in scientific circles, and even some religious communities, that there is no such thing as free will. This theory, popularized by some recent experiments that seem to indicate the brain prepares for a decision prior to it consciously being made, postulates that we are simply not capable of choosing the…
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Resolutions
Happy New Year! Like many of you, my thoughts lately have been focused on the past year, successes and failures, good times and hard times, beauty and wonder and joy and Donald Trump. And like many of you, when my mind tarries on Donald Trump for too long, my thoughts invariably turn to the future.…
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Africa and Planned Parenthood
I’ve read quite a bit about the recent developments around Planned Parenthood. I wanted to put my thoughts out there. I’ve written about abortion before, and nothing has changed about my position. With that said, I cannot support this campaign against Planned Parenthood. Not because it highlights the horrors of abortion. I think it does that quite…
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Abortion
Most of the time I write here about spiritual matters. To me, abortion is not solely a spiritual matter. I think it’s important to lay out a moral reasoning against abortion without using any religious or spiritual frameworks, because this is a societal issue, and I don’t believe it is congruent with American ideology to…
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Spare the Rod
Recently NFL star Adrian Peterson has been in the news for using a switch (basically a thin, flexible bush or tree branch) to punish his son. This subject always seems to ignite controversy, and since I have strong feelings on the subject (big surprise)… Most proponents of corporal punishment start with the phrase “spare the…