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Does your vote matter?
Over the last several months I have had a number of conversations with people regarding the intersection of faith and government; specifically, our civic duty to vote. Many of these conversations have led to the same question, “what’s the point?"
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Maintaining faith
The idea of works-based Christianity is one that has plagued the Church since the beginning of the Christian movement. People have a natural tendency to point to this act or that work to obtain the forgiveness of sin. However, I would argue that the more prevalent tendency is to teach works-based maintenance of salvation rather than a works-based reception of salvation.
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LIVING IN TENSION
Tension. Nobody likes tension. If you are like me, you hear tension and think of those uncomfortably confrontations that arise at work, between friends, or sometimes even between family members. I think of those moments that I know there is going to be a disagreement that may lead to an argument or at least some uncomfortable interactions for a while.
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Challenging tradition
When I was a child, my family primarily celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve. And in my house Christmas was no small thing. We CELEBRATED! As a matter of fact, we have continued many of the traditions my parents began when my three brothers and I were little...
