Can two people do the same thing and end up with different moral consequences? Can who people fighting in the same battle be rewarded or punished because of their reasons or motivations for fighting? Or perhaps we can ask a broader question: where is God in morally ambiguous or dicey…
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ReFrame Adventist Worship pt. 2: 1 Samuel 16
"How exactly should I read the Bible?" It's one of those questions that we kind of just have to keep coming back to, over and over again. One of the reasons why this question can be so troublesome for people, though, is the fact that very often, people with influence…
Generosity
“Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.” [Matthew 16:23-25 NIV] Jesus was supremely…
Parent Problems
Whether you've already realized it or whether it's still on the horizon, everyone eventually comes face to the face with the fact that their parents are imperfect people. Parents, for all that they do right, have their own baggage to carry, and their own flaws that in many cases they…
Ruth's Redemption
[This is going to be a long post because the book of Ruth has become one of my personal favourite books in the Bible.] The book of Ruth is very fascinating if you take the time to look beneath the surface, and around the edges. By beneath the surface, I…