What do you think he would say? Would he blame global warming like Danny Glover? Would he cite a “pact with the devil” as the spiritual cause? Would Jesus ask for global support and donations? Or would he laud us for our relief efforts?
I think He might chastise us for neglecting our neighbors’ poverty until [...]
This was written for a World Religions class I’m taking this summer. It is in response to the question are you an inclusivist, restrictivist, or universalist; and why.
Succinctly put, I am a restrictivist hoping that inclusivism is true. I hope that God will save more people than those who we know have heard the message [...]
In college, a friend of mine spent a summer in Nepal. She came back with so many great stories and illustrations about people in general. She told stories of people who would believe in Jesus along with the rest of their gods. It was an incomprehensible addition. I thought, “How could you add another religion [...]
I made the jump from a twin sized bed to a queen sized bed a few weeks ago. The first few nights, I sprawled out diagonally on the bed in order to use every square inch of available real estate. It was amazing because I had all of this room for the first time in [...]
“Andrew, come in here and shut the door.”
“Okay, Chris. What’s up?”
“I need to know when you’re coming back from Thanksgiving.”
“Ummmm, I plan to come back on Saturday afternoon.”
“Perfect, I need you to upload some stuff on Sunday morning.”
“Huh?”
“Here’s the deal: you can’t tell anyone about this, but a pastoral candidate will be announced that Sunday, [...]
One of the most interesting parts of studying art and architecture is the notion of “thinking outside the box.” We all know that the phrase is overused and has devolved into a sad cliché, but you understand where I’m going. Design forces you to solve a multi-faceted problem, determining the most important elements to include [...]
I finally had the chance to sit down and read the Pope’s recent speech that caused an uproar around the world. It was interesting to see how little of the speech actually referred to Islam, and how the quote he used was just an introduction to a brief historical survey of religious trends.
At any rate, [...]
If you could choose one of the two following options, which would you choose?
1) To be beautiful / handsome, but also rude and mean.
2) To be ugly, but also generous and loving.
I think our “official” and verbal answer would be much different than how we answer it with our day-to-day deeds.
What do you think?
I used to dream of the day when I could serve God by giving money away. I could give to this project or that project, I could help build buildings and do all of these cool things because I had the finances to give. I could even be involved with missions without getting my hands [...]
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi died yesterday after two 500 pound bombs were dropped on his safe-house (not so safe, huh?). I learned of this as I programmed my DVR this morning.
My first reaction was, “Sweet! We finally got the murderer and instigator. It’s about time.”
The reaction was unmitigated joy. Complete and total excitement at the death [...]