Tag: Christianity
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My Favorite Economic System
I’m sure some of you thought I was crazy when I posted last week that I think capitalism, socialism and communism are all fine economic systems, depending upon the moral fabric of the people engaged in them. Some of you think capitalism is the only way. Others think it is the ruin of the world.…
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Bible Defies Human Description
The past several Sundays our pastors have tried to teach us what the Bible is and where it gets its authority. And basically, I have come away with the understanding that, as humans, it is not possible to do that beyond stating the obvious – God wrote it through people and we are to obey…
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The American Dream works because American Dreamers work
I was musing this morning about how so many of us dream of getting rich quick and then taking it easy. We complain about being so tired in our 30s and 40s and wished that we could just be done working. I was one of those, dreaming about retirement. Now, as retirement looms closer, I…
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Lots of Opposites
I had never really paid attention to the fact that the Holy Spirit in Christianity is also referred to by very opposite-seeming symbols in the Bible. Jesus, of course, is famously referred to as both a lion and a lamb. God, the Father, is referred to as a mother hen who wants to gather her…
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Now I get it!
When I would read the Bible passage about leaving the weeds in the field with the good grain, I have to admit that I kind of wondered about it. The explanation given is that if the weeds are pulled up, the wheat amongst which the weeds are growing may also be uprooted. (See the Bible…