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Tag Archives: Good Samaritan
Wisdom of My Father: Re-centering Our Faith by Majoring on the Majors
My dad had a knack for delivering wisdom in short, memorable sayings. When a job looked too big or overwhelming, he’d simply say, “Nothing to it but to do it.” When moving something heavy, like his ancient table saw, he’d … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian nationalism, culture wars, Good Samaritan, greatest commandments, Jesus, Micah 6:8
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A Story of Compasses
It’s a strange thing to get lost while using a compass. But it happens all the time. Perhaps we don’t trust what the compass is telling us. It’s needle points in a direction that just feels wrong. Or it’s because … Continue reading
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Tagged Christlikeness, culture wars, Good Samaritan, immigration, love of neighbor, Micah 6:8, Tribalism, Trump, USAID
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Who Am I? How the USAID Debate Serves as a Mirror
What if the entire United States canceled Christianity because of its long list of scandals and abuses? Imagine a centralized authority, able to exert control over the church’s institutions, empowering a small group of inexperienced contractors to remove church officials … Continue reading
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“Truly He Taught Us to Love One Another”
The British geneticist and evolutionary biologist Haldane once famously said: “I would gladly lay down my life for two brothers or eight cousins.” Haldane’s quip follows from a selfish gene’s cost/benefit analysis, calculated from the odds of gene sustainability given … Continue reading
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To Do or Not to Do is Not the Question
We’ve all heard the venerable proverb “actions speak louder than words.” It’s often attributed to Abraham Lincoln who said those exact words in 1856. But the general sense of this phrase has shown up in one form or another throughout … Continue reading
Billy Graham’s Conversions
Billy Graham announced in 1992 he had experienced three “conversions” in his life: to Christ as Lord and Savior, to the principle of racial justice, and to “work for world peace for the remainder of his life.” Four blog posts … Continue reading
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Tagged billy graham, colorblindness, epistemology of ignorance, Good Samaritan, racial justice, The Jesus Creed
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Matters of the Heart
Our firstborn child didn’t know an unhappy day in their first two years of life. Our secondborn didn’t have a happy day, suffering from severe colic until nearly 2 years old. Each night, Tammy took the first shift, and I … Continue reading
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Tagged black history month, compassion, Good Samaritan, racial disparities, systematic discrimination
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