Tag: Love

How to Love People You Don’t Like
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How to Love People You Don’t Like

My title may strike some as expressing an un-Christian sentiment. Surely, Christians should like everyone, shouldn't they? What does it mean to "like" a person anyway? I would say that in loving we don't have to like everything people do or say or think. We don't have to like that which is evil or that which offends the Spirit within us. We don't have to smile at something we're convinced is wrong or which we have no affinity for. We have the dignity and right to have our own views, tastes and preferences. If I say I don't like your music I'm not committing a sin. However, we are required and commanded to love.

How To Be Special

How To Be Special

Many of us secretly or even openly wish we were special in some way. We admire the celebrities, the successful and the achievers, and we quietly judge ourselves for being plain or for being nobodies. Yet almost all of us miss the one simple opportunity to become very special.

Evil Proves God!

Evil Proves God!

The most common cause of unbelief, according to surveys, is the problem of evil and suffering. If there really were a God, people reason, there would be no suffering. Putin's Russia would not get away with the invasion of Ukraine, Uncle Joe wouldn't have died of that awful disease, and the cat would not have got caught up in a tree.

The Dark Side of God (continued).

The Dark Side of God (continued).

In one of a few posts which pondered the question, "Does God Have a Dark Side?", I made the mistake of leaving the most important observation until last. So right up front today, here's another take on it.

Excuses For Altering Truth

Excuses For Altering Truth

A Facebook friend of mine who's a pastor recently shared a quote from someone he looks up to. It went something like this: "If I have all my doctrine right but have not love, I am nothing".