The Bible goes to great lengths to speak against the kind of hypocritical and legalistic abuses that are the cause of so much undue suffering. Consequently, Christians who are truly dedicated to the teachings of the Bible will be the stalwart enemies of religious abuse and never its proponents.
Read MoreWhile so many of us claim to want our lives to be filled with adventure, the word we’re using and the reality of our experiences could hardly be more different. In some ways, for many of us adventure becomes not just a preference but a need within us crying out to be fulfilled. We perceive that a life without it wouldn’t be a life worth living. And while that may or may not actually be the case, the fact remains that what many of us conceive of as adventure is in reality anything but.
Read MoreThe Bible, divinely conceived, concocted, and compiled, turns out to be not merely divine, but also profoundly, honestly, and unabashedly human. It does not shirk away from the brutality that is mortal life, broken by sin and so often defined by pain. It is honest both about our current reality and our desperate need for God in the midst of it.
Read MoreThe world tells us that all of reality is within our grasp - that everything that is real can be observed, studied, and understood.
Christ tells us something else entirely.
Part of the wondrous beauty of Christ is found in knowing that long after the tree has come down, the lights have turned off, and the songs have stopped playing, He will still be who He is. And He will still have done what He came here to do.
And if that’s not worth rejoicing over, I’m not sure anything is.
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