Blog, page 50
“FAQ on the contraception debate”
Helpful article, although it still obscures the issue (in my opinion) by saying “religious organizations” instead of “any employer.”
“A pastor in awe of God”
Passion for ministry doesn’t come from how I am being received, but from the reality that I have been received by him.
“We’re telling Christians singles that it is permissible to start having sex, just as long as they don’t finish.”
“Immigration and a city’s greatness”
“For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it… My glory I will not give to another.”
Isaiah 48:11
“Who is this who comes… marching in the greatness of his strength? ‘It is I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save.’”
–Isaiah 63:1
“C.S. Lewis on male and female, Christ and church…”
“If Mayors Ruled the World”
The renowned political scientist Benjamin Barber has a provocative and compelling take on all of this. It’s time to hand more authority and power over to elected leaders who actually get things done. We would all be a lot better off if, as he puts it, “mayors ruled the world.”
On marriage and the elusive finding “someone better…”
“Only if we are very good at forgiving and very good at repenting can truth and love be kept together.”
–Tim Keller
“Are ministry ‘trellises’ a necessary evil?”
“30% of people born after 1980 feel anxiety if they don’t check Facebook every few minutes”
“To be God, to be like God, and to be miserable; these are the only three alternatives.”
–C.S. Lewis
“we all… beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another.”
–2 Corinthians 3:18 (one of my favorite elucidations on sanctification)