Posts related to improving a life of virtue.
One of many popular memes these days is the "First World Problems." A frustrating issue for a particular minor problem that frustrates someone in our modern society that really is pathetically irrelevant to most people in the world. For the visually inclined, these are usually delivered on a graphic of a woman crying. Some examples... Continue Reading →
The fight of being a Christian is not always a violent opposition to evil. Most of the time, the fight is just doing the mundane thing you are supposed to be doing in the face of an otherwise hopeless situation. For example, consider the widow of Zarephath, in 1 Kings 7. Elijah was sent to... Continue Reading →
No one can deny a person's lived experience. People can argue with us about the psychological stuff, they can argue with us about whatever. But they can't take away the truth of someone's lived experience. -Vicki Thorn, founder of the National Office of Post Abortion Healing and Reconciliation and Project Rachel In my capacity as... Continue Reading →
The first thing you see when you open up The Eternal Revolution, or at least before you get to the main text of the book, is a warning: This is a book written for Christians, that is, those who accept that Jesus of Nazareth was the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of God, the Second... Continue Reading →
"Whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31 As Christians, we hear the instruction to do everything for, or to, the Glory of God. But what does it actually look like when we do things for His glory, and not our own? The story of Gideon is a great... Continue Reading →
Over the past few years, I have been reading some of the trendy business strategy books that have been coming out. I'm not convinced it has been particularly useful, for other than Seth Godin there have been few, if any, that seemed to offer much in the way of advice that should be applied to... Continue Reading →
In 2009, Joss Whedon created a moderate stir when he gave speech in response to receiving the Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism at Harvard University's Memorial Church. You can see his brief speech below: Some Christian bloggers protested the blasphemy in his speech, but it should have been the humanists objecting. "...there's a lot... Continue Reading →
When it comes time to teach the Christian faith, either to converts or children, it seems that the go-to moral code is the Ten Commandments. These ten simple rules were inscribed on stone for the people of Israel wandering in the desert, and were part of a larger law given to the people at that time.... Continue Reading →
It seems to be a common refrain: religion is all about using fear to control and educate people. Fear is the worst way to teach people. It is a last resort of the desperate, bad teacher. Pay attention, or doom on you. Remember this, or doom on you. It is certainly true that we ourselves,... Continue Reading →
Looking at the old testament of the Bible, it seems like there were a lot more prophets among the people than in modern times. Such an observation begs the question of whether God is withholding such gifts in our own times. If you consider that the events of the old testament played out over several... Continue Reading →
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