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“So the last will be first, and the first will be last.” Matthew 20: 16 “Anyone who has been forgiven for only a little will show only a little love.” Luke 7: 47 “I am here to give sight to … Continue reading →

Generalization: a wide-sweeping statement or conclusion drawn from specific cases. What can we say about generalizations? We don’t agree with them sometimes because we have specific experiences that differ from the generalization. When generalizations result in labels we don’t like, … Continue reading →

How does it feel being “used”? You know, manipulated for someone else’s benefit. I am thinking that most of us don’t like this but this is how some Christians intersect with politics. They feel used. It does not sound very … Continue reading →

Have you ever seen kids fighting over something they all desire? Maybe they want to be on the “best” ball team and sides are being chosen. One side is much better than the other and everyone knows it.  Of course … Continue reading →

Adam Hamilton entitles chapter ten of his book Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White “Apes, Evolution and Adam and Eve.” I would imagine he is trying to show the problems associated with this controversial idea of how … Continue reading →

I am not a scientist. Anyone who knows me knows that.  In college, I avoided science as much as possible on my way to getting degrees in non-science majors. That’s ok I guess. We all have our gifts. Understanding science … Continue reading →

There are some words you can use that just cause problems. One of those words is the word evolution. In college I encountered the theory in some detail while working on a Master’s thesis about an obscure novelist named Samuel … Continue reading →

My community lost one of its most interesting characters last year: concert pianist Marshall Butler. So many people knew him and he touched the lives of so many; I wish I could have known him better. He was a colleague … Continue reading →

Students of the Bible say the Bible is many things: the Bible is a book of history, it is a book of poetry, and it is a book of prophecy. It is a Book of testimony as the New Testament … Continue reading →