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Equality, Equity, and Justice

There are growing trends and attitudes in society towards authority, and I began to explore how it might be affecting the young adults within the Christian community. Besides the fact that authority is increasingly disregarded and disrespected, it’s still expected to provide some semblance of justice.  We can lament the fact that any kind of standard on which to base justice is quickly being dismantled.  But regardless, people in general want justice, whatever that means to them.  … [Read more...] about Equality, Equity, and Justice

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The Collapse of Justice

Our problems with justice today began with those entrusted with judgment in ancient Israel.  They rejected God’s moral authority over them.  They made the law void. The problem continues to this day in that God’s moral authority is also rejected by those entrusted to uphold it now.  The Enlightenment, a movement in Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, promoted reason and reason alone as the method of obtaining truth. Nietzsche, a man famous for saying God is dead … [Read more...] about The Collapse of Justice

Godly Justice

Administering justice is a major theme of the Bible. King David administered justice to all his people (2 Samuel 8:15).  Indeed, God expects His people to administer justice: "Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?" (1 Corinthians 6.2-3). So that is the question: Do you and I practice justice … [Read more...] about Godly Justice

The Times of the Gentiles

The prophet Amos informed us that “God doesn’t do anything without first revealing His secrets to His servants the prophets” (Amos 3:7). Since God’s plan of salvation is central to messages of prophecy, it is important to look at the writings of the prophets within the context of any section of scripture.  Doing so tells us why a particular thing was said.    The knowledge imparted by prophecy is meant to be very motivational to those who are or who will be in a relationship … [Read more...] about The Times of the Gentiles

A Place to Dwell

What does a home mean to you?  I think if we are like most people, our homes are extremely important to us, and they take a tremendous amount of our time and resources to acquire and maintain.  There is a popular saying which says, “the home is where the heart is” and I think that’s a valid statement. Our hearts crave certain things for our homes.  There is a practical side of it all where we try extremely hard to create and operate within a framework that provides … [Read more...] about A Place to Dwell

Artificial Intelligence: Words or Wisdom?

I know just enough computer code to sort of copy and paste sections from the internet to do any programming that I need to do.  When I get stuck, I ask my son for some help and the two of us have this joke about how the code ‘feels’ right to me.  It feels like it should work but it doesn’t.  Terry’s very firm, very analytical and he tells me that code does not care how I feel.  It’s computer code.  It simply works, or it does not.  Here is the interesting … [Read more...] about Artificial Intelligence: Words or Wisdom?

A Future and a Hope

We have seen lots of cultural revolutions in this country, but now the foundations of this country are being razed. And part of that foundation is simply God. At least God was mentioned and a certain amount of the moral underpinnings of this country came from that source. And that is being eliminated. We live in an increasingly difficult environment and as followers of Christ we need a perspective to help us deal with the real world. We need a clear vision of how God views and feels about us … [Read more...] about A Future and a Hope