Tag Archives: God
The Edge
I have come to the conclusion that God often allows the Christian to go through such complete emotional/psychological dismemberment that nothing is left except the thing he started with — following Christ no matter what may come.
Posted in Suffering
Tagged bureaucracy, comedy, commitment, crazy, dedication, despondency, devotion, God, insanity, Jesus, laughter, looney-tunes, madness, mental health industry, paperwork, rage, saved, secularization, survival, the edge
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Doomsday Gospel
“Westboro Baptist Church targets Taylor Swift,” the headline read. The article had a flavor of outrage, and rightly so. Fred Phelps, WBC’s leader and tireless purveyor of damnation, is at it again. This time, as chronicled by Pop Spy’s Jennifer O’Dell, … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity in Politics
Tagged condemnation, damnation, debauchery, decadence, evil, forgiveness, fornication, Fred Phelps, God, Gospel, grace, heathen, immorality, Jesus, kindness, love, lust, mercy, patience, politics, press, promiscuity, sexual immorality, sin, Westboro Baptist Church
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Diverging Paths
I got a text from an old friend yesterday that put the last 20 years of my life in a whole different light. I had an insanely demanding day yesterday and wasn’t able to read Richard’s text until this morning
Posted in Grace, Love, Suffering
Tagged choices, confinement, corrections, crime, deliverance, diverging, fork, fortune, God, grace, incarceration, institutions, jail, justice, juvenile, life, locked up, mercy, path, prison, punishment, redemption, road, salvation
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Religious Dogfight
“Between us and heaven or hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing in the world.” –Blaise Pascal, Pensees It was just one flake in a blizzard of More Bad News on MSN.com. Police in Illinois
Posted in Culture Wars
Tagged atheism, christianity, crime, culture wars, debate, devil, discourse, fundamentalism, God, religion, rules of discourse, Satan
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