Critical Thinking: A Lament And A Remedy
There is ample evidence all around us that when it comes to faith issues many have a tendency to throw critical thinking to the wind. In doing so, they prove th...
Category: Loving One’s Neighbor
Loving One's Neighbor/Loving Our Enemies/The Christian And Culture/The Christian And Government/The Christian And Idolatry
Patriotism: Idolatry Or Effective Service?
In the pre-Christian world, Christians were, for the most part, citizens of the nation in which they resided. Required by the Lord to be not just good citizens,...
Pink And Brown People
This article is about prejudice. It’s about the ‘n’ word as well as every other denigrating racial slur in use today. Of course, the mature Christian would not ...
Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places
Like that old Johnny Lee song, “Looking For Love,” I’m afraid some of us (myself included) have been “looking for love in all the wrong places.” In Romans 12:9,...
True Biblical Compassion And What It Looks Like (IV-Conclusion)
Bonding The final element necessary for authentic compassion is the capacity to identify truly with the object of one’s compassion. This is sometimes called bon...
True Biblical Compassion And What It Looks Like (III)
Moral Outrage A second element of true compassion is genuine moral outrage. In fact, spagkhnozomai, the Greek word translated “moved with compassion” in Matthew...
True Biblical Compassion And What It Looks Like (II)
True Understanding The first element of true compassion is an understanding of the real world that is neither naive nor cynical. According to the Bible, Jesus “...