The churches of the West are fundamentally compromised not by doctrine but by motive. Many a church has basically serviceable doctrine. They know their soteriology to the point of salvation and farther. They are perfectly orthodox on God’s nature. But
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If Your Eye Causes You to Sin…. (The Church)
The churches of the West are fundamentally compromised not by doctrine but by motive. Many a church has basically serviceable doctrine. They know their soteriology to the point of salvation and farther. They are perfectly orthodox on God’s nature. But then, at a certain point, the church freezes. All the muscles catch, like each tendon…
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Our Churches Don’t (Can’t) Create Community
Many a Christian- man, woman, father, mother, family- comes to the church in hopes of finding community. Then, all too often, he finds that while the church is friendly and despite all potlucks and after-Sabbath suppers, he never gets past amiability and acquaintanceship with the people he meets there. Tough topics and true trust stubbornly…
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How Satire Lies
Humor is all sorts of stuff, all sorts of drama. Much of humor has not much of a point besides the joke itself. Anecdotes can be pointed, but just as often as not they’re pointless, just scenarios running of stereotypes and expectations. Absurdism practically requires pointlessness, except when it’s united with sarcasm. Pure punditry, if…