Above All, Despite the Jolts (1 Peter 4:8)
“Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.”1 Peter 4:8 NRSVue Reflection: Love. I have heard it talked about in church as far back as I can remember. …
“Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.”1 Peter 4:8 NRSVue Reflection: Love. I have heard it talked about in church as far back as I can remember. …
Last week was a hard week for our nation. I haven’t sat watching the news, fighting tears swelling in my eyes, since Hurricane Katrina. But, in that case, my tears were over a natural tragedy. …
“He will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away.”Revelation 21:4 NRSVue Reflection: Often, the Gospel …
For good or ill—and I think it was almost exclusively good—I grew up in a small country church that was disconnected from the broader Christian culture. I did not grow up listening to Christian music. …
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.”Proverbs 13:12 NRSVue Reflection: We love Proverbs. They are practical, and we view them as nuggets of wisdom that can improve …
“Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned …
“Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”Psalm 23:4 NRSVue Reflection: Most of us are familiar with the …
Dear Lee University and the Church of God, I remember once in my early twenties having a flashing suicidal thought while going through a rough time. That was the only time in my life, until …
I had an academic project where I looked at images of Jesus, specifically five evangelical Christs, and discussed how they reflect evangelical beliefs. This essay is an adaptation of that research. Evangelicalism is not a …
There are typically three different philosophies about ethics: virtue ethics, duty ethics (deontology), and pragmatic ethics (consequentialism). Pragmatic ethics is the idea that the ethical validity of a position or action is based on the …