The impossible call of “Love the sinner, hate the sin.”
During a conversation last week, a friend used an expression I’ve heard Christians say my entire life: “We’re called to …
Category Archives: Christianity
“United” or Faithful
Somewhere in the past, the United Methodist Church elevated “playing nice with others” to the highest call of the Gospel. …
Jesus, Anger, and Love
(Originally posted January 29, 2017) I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what made Jesus mad. Of the episodes in …
Superpowers, the Middle East, and Refugees
(Originally posted December 23, 2016) One of the world’s great superpowers invaded and occupied a much smaller nation in the …
A prayer for the president-elect
(Originally posted November 9, 2016) I’ll be praying the following prayer (or some version of it) for the foreseeable future. …
Some thoughts on same-sex marriage
(Originally posted June 27, 2015) To those fellow-believers who have argued that “The government didn’t create marriage so the government …
