inherent worth
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Gaza + Israel + Christian Ethics
Christian, how we let our faith shape us and how we view people is life changing. I have a few questions to hopefully, maybe, help check to see if we’re staying consistent with our beliefs: – Is every human made in the image of God? Was every human formed carefully by God? – Is a Continue reading
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Hidden
I pray we humbly hide ourselves in God’s protective care. I pray we grow to trust that God sees our hurt (Genesis 16:13). I pray we would believe that God is not overwhelmed by evil like we are, but that He in His holiness is strong enough to work in evil to bring about good Continue reading
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In Which I Don’t Get Political
I don’t (or, rather, extremely rarely) talk or write about political things. If we’re being honest, politics never really gets to the root issues. That said, I think we work with what we got, and hold hope for what we’re not. I do occasionally write on things that people view as political. I don’t believe Continue reading
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Tangled Christmas Lights – Part 2
[Part 1 can be found here, and the TLDR could be that, untangling teachings around human depravity and humans being image bearers is even more daunting than untangling Christmas tree lights. I suggested that they can be untangled by rooting our identity in God’s work not ours. So rather than our core identity being sinners Continue reading
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Worms, Rags, and Inherent Worth
“Read it,” my three year old son said as he hands me the crumpled paper from his fortune cookie. “‘The value lies not within any particular thing, but the desire placed on that thing,’” I read. My daughter asked the natural followup question: “What does that mean?” I think many Christians have heard sermons about Continue reading
The Worth Of Knowing 