Current Events
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Last Thursday I saw this headline and it gave me pause: “Michelle Obama cites Jesus as model for citizenship.” The first pause deals with any celebrity “citing Jesus” in public. It makes me cringe because I’ve found that three out of four times what is cited is not exactly what the Bible says about Jesus.…
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Saw this tonight on CNN.com. Apparantly an atheist has come to terms with one problem that humans cannot solve apart from a belief in God: the moral compass. Read the following Scripture and then the article excerpt below. “When outsiders who have never heard of God’s law follow it more or less by instinct, they…
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Author’s note: I’m writing this entry about denominational division, not individual church spats. Some elements apply but I am not focusing on the micro, a.k.a. the local church, just the macro. ——————————————- Today I was reading about the formation of what might be another major denominational split. The divisive issue is not uncommon in church…
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Well, today’s Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, and the beginning of the Easter season on the traditional Christian calendar. Yesterday was Mardi Gras — not a Christian holiday — but today is the start of a period in which many believers around the world sacrifice something important for 40 days leading up to…
J.C. Newton 