Something to Think About: Nuke ‘Em

Luke 9:51-55 gives the following account,
As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. [...]

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Something to Think About: Was St. Francis Wrong (little long, but really interesting)

Did Saint Francis of Assisi get it wrong?
St. Francis of Assisi quote:
“Preach the gospel at all times and
when necessary use words.”
St. Francis of Assisi quote
(attributed to him, I’ve not seen documentation if it really was him).
But I’ve often wondered if Francis of Assisi got it right, or if we have so misused his words [...]

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Something to Think About:God Made Me For Himself

God Made Me For Himself
by Henry W. Baker
God made me for Himself, to serve Him here
With love’s pure service and in filial fear;
To show His praise, for Him to labor now;
Then see His glory where the angels bow.
All needful grace was mine, through His dear Son,
Whose life and death my full salvation won;
The grace that [...]

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Something to Think About: A Verse in a Universe

A verse
in a universe.
A universe
in a verse.
Perverse,
parts of universe.
Reverse the perverse
in part by verse.
Diverse verse,
Universe diverse.
Verse verses universe;
Universe verses verse:
Tension.
Spark.
Flame.
Flame down,
Flame in,
Flame out.
Reborn–
forlorn
no more.
The poem told.
The telling done.
The verses fixed.
The world unjinxed
By Doug Groothuis

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Something to Think About: What is Art?

“In Europe as well as in North America, art no longer creates beauty but is meant to shock. Horror, violence, sexual behavior of all kinds, and even bowel and bladder functions are presented on stage and screen and hailed by critics as brilliant and original” (Harold O.J. Brown, The Sensate Culture, p. 240-241).
I am not [...]

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Something to Think About

“I’m busy” is generally an acceptable excuse.
I think “I’m not busy and want to keep it that way” should be too.
– Abraham Piper
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Something to Think About: How has the Internet Changed Us?

Perversion, bitterness, and stupidity aren’t new, but the web can make it seem that way.
Has the internet degraded discourse, or does it just seem so because conversations we once avoided are now almost impossible to miss? View article…

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Something to Think About: Leaving God Behind

 
From Chronic Illness and Christianity
Retain Lessons: A Few Simple Thoughts
DougGroothuis@gmail.com (Doug Groothuis)

It was good for me to be afflicted
so that I might learn your decrees.–Psalm 119:71
I find in myself a sad tendency to slip back into bad habits after a crisis abates. During the crisis, I desperately seek God, fast, pray, read the Bible [...]

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Something to Think About: Breaking Out of Your Comfort Zone

How to Break Out of Your Comfort ZoneThere is nothing bad with mastery, especially if it concerns your core competencies. The problem is, some people tend to stay within those boundaries, without thinking of expanding their skill sets, or at least their knowledge. They should realize that the comfort zone, comfy as it is, holds [...]

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Something to Think About: When God Wants the Impossible

When God Demands the Impossible
“Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin. Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, [...]

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