Sometimes we can lead ourselves down a dark path with questions. Other times asking questions and seeking their answers carefully can lead us to the light. For more than two millennia followers of Jesus have set aside a time of year to reflect on the incarnation—the event when divinity took on human flesh. Traditions and […]
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Literature and human experience often address the problems of evil and suffering. The questions persist irrespective of one’s spiritual perspective. If we approach it from the Judeo-Christian perspective, we face the challenge of reconciling God’s characteristics as revealed in Scripture–holy, just, loving, and omnipotent and sovereign; with the existence of injustice, suffering and the persistence […]
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Last week’s memo drew advice from Paul about peace in relationships from his letter to the Philippian church. Another of his letters written from prison was addressed to the church in Ephesus and gives this advice for thanksgiving: Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one […]
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