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Worship Shootings – A Hard Conversation that is More than Thoughts and Prayers
Followers of Jesus Christ should be having some hard conversations with God and within their congregations in the wake of the New Zealand Mosque shooting. We live in times when worshipers have been gunned down in mosques, synagogues, and churches. How, then, shall the followers of Christ respond? First, let us confirm on every level …[ read more ]
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The Strange, the Meek, the Inheritors of the World
Some Bible verses are harder to trust than others. Especially when people shoot Christians inside their own houses of worship Especially when it’s natural to want to retaliate, to talk revenge, to plan self-defense Especially when others exploit the grieving moment to spread lies about us, to try to divide, to further their agendas, to …[ read more ]
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Where Nine Have Fallen, Let Nine Hundred Rise
How to honor the fallen – that is the challenge for those who survive this violent planet that rages against those who love the Lord. These nine who have fallen were my brothers and sisters in Christ. Scott Pelley of CBS news referred to the victims of the Charleston shooting as “mid-week” Christians. He said …[ read more ]