Category: Biblical Ethics
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God Isn’t Colorblind
When someone claims to be colorblind, they’re devaluing the full humanity of the other, which is essentially a racist stance.
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The Bible is NOT a weapon! Quit beating people with it! (ie. Why Sodom wasn’t destroyed because of homosexuality)
To the heterosexual Christian community, at large: the Bible is not a weapon of violence! Violence, of any kind, for Christians, is 100% UNACCEPTABLE! The Bible is a book of love; the love story of God creating, losing, and winning back his beloved creation.
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I may not like you…
As a person of faith, I may not like everyone (I don’t), but I can and must treat all people with dignity and respect. I may not respect a person’s politics, their taste in music, the jokes they tell, their recreational choices, their affiliations and allegiances, their philosophical leanings, or…
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Kneeling Isn’t a Sin
Kneeling, during the playing of National Anthem, may be offensive to you. It may even be wrong. But, it’s not a sin.
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I choose love…
Here’s what I know. The more I love God, the closer I’m drawn to him. The closer I’m drawn to God, the more I see the work still left to be done in me. But, when I feel guilty or ashamed, I tend to hide from God, hiding my sin…
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Timshel: “You may…”
Timshel means we have a choice. In every aspect of our lives, we have choices. WE CHOOSE!
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Taming Leviathan: in search of God, and an elusively acceptable explanation for suffering and evil
Though leviathan are mythical – especially tamed ones – and the real-life tragedies of this world are definitely not, this image – literal or not – reminds me that God is not defined by my simplistic definitions of good and bad, right and wrong, just and unjust, fair and unfair. …
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Who is My Enemy?
You’re not my enemy if you disagree with me. Your’e not my enemy if you yell at me. You’re not my enemy if we vote for different candidates. You’re not my enemy if we have different theologies, or interpretations of Scripture. You’re not my enemy if you leave an angry…
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Ignoring the Bible
According to Dillard’s character, the Bible is a scandalous, dangerous document, that through repeated exposure can awaken us to the fatal flaws of this world, and that we act like we believe, but usually just ignore.
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God “Bless?” America
Is it possible we understand the word “blessed” correctly, but expect the wrong outcome? After all, we live in the wealthiest, most prosperous nation on earth. But, what’s all of our wealth and welfare doing for us?
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