Tag: hate
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One Cannot Love Without Also Hating
Saul has been accusing David unjustly. Last week, we saw David ask Jonathan to observe the evidence on his behalf—effectively accusing Saul. We looked through the Old and New Testaments to see how Jesus actually instructs us to judge our neighbors justly. In fact, that is what it meant for someone to love his neighbor…
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The Christian Message, Condemnation or Peace?
This last week, there was another school shooting. In the aftermath of the school shooting, we heard and read many opinions about what ought to be done. We also heard many people condemning those who disagree with them. Any shooting, in fact, any death, is a tragedy and we ought to keep the families of…
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Thou Shalt Not Call Someone Empty-Headed
We spent the last couple of weeks walking through the first four commandments, discovering together the holiness of God and our own shortfalls as we strive to relate to God in holiness. The last six commands shift their attention slightly. The first four regard our relationship with God and the last six regard our relationship…
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Why do God’s people do bad things?
One of the greatest complaints against the church is that people in the church seem to be hateful toward some others, unacceptable, and seem to look down on others. We have all experienced it. Perhaps there was a group in the church that talked about someone behind that person’s back for any number of reasons.…
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Dear Voters
Dear friends, The election is now over and I am at a loss for many words. I am not at a loss because of any political party or because the candidate who won, won. I am not offended because ‘progress’ might be threatened, and I am not in distress because of some of the remarks of…
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A Faith of Acceptance, Joy, and Truth
When I was younger (13-15 years old) I was in church because my parents were in church. I had decided that religion was unimportant and that there was no real benefit to the Christian faith. Here are a couple observations I made. People in church were just as unhappy as people who did not go…