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Bites of the Best Books: January 2021

Samuel B. Hislop5 years ago3 years ago09 mins

This month, passages on rebirth, the pursuit of utopia, why we are commanded to honor parents, the importance of welcoming a God who can contradict us, and the need to embrace interfaith solidarity.

Soul and pre-existence in pop culture

C.D. Cunningham5 years ago5 years ago05 mins

While the afterlife is often seen in pop culture, the premortality is seen much less. Why? And why does the subject remain so irresistible to artists?

Let’s Forgive 2020

Amanda Freebairn5 years ago4 years ago07 mins

If you’re eager to move on from 2020, join the club. Before we do, let’s do one thing first.

Family Sitting at a Table in a Kitchen | Social Justice & Christmas | Injustices in Real Life

Social Justice and Christmas

Steven Smith5 years ago11 months ago012 mins

As increasing attention is paid to the fight against injustice, there seems to be far less interest in the quality of life that justice is ushering people towards – and its meaning and positive purpose. On those questions, Christmas lays before us some precious answers worth celebrating.

Linus, we need you

C.D. Cunningham5 years ago3 years ago05 mins

To the extent there is a war on Christmas our best approach is to simply live an authentic Christian life out loud.

Bites of the Best Books: December 2020

Samuel B. Hislop5 years ago3 years ago07 mins

This month, passages on the dangers of political power for the religious, the problem of idealizing the
past, the need for deep souls, and the instructive power of pain.

Responsible Reform: Elder Cook’s Caution About “Persistent Bouts of Christianity.”

Ralph C. Hancock5 years ago5 years ago021 mins

Even when we think we’re being “Christian” – when we’re having a “bout of Christianity” – we can be seriously misled. In responding to critics of faith, for instance, being “humble” and ready to put ourselves in the wrong does not solve the problem of the best, most responsible action.

Bites of the Best Books: November 2020

Samuel B. Hislop5 years ago3 years ago08 mins

Five books that contain sentences and paragraphs and pages full of unique ideas that move our minds, touch our hearts, and fill our souls with light.

Pastors on Politics: A Sermon for America

Gary Grogan5 years ago1 year ago034 mins

Words of timely wisdom from two of America’s many inspired pastors—including encouragement, warnings, and urgent witness to a nation in peril.

Intersectional Anger on the Left and Right

Dan Ellsworth5 years ago3 years ago014 mins

What’s helpful about intersectionality, and how it can also be harmful (on both sides of the political spectrum). This continues our series on anger in America today (See also “Anger and the Modern Prophetic Voice”)

The Steep Price of Hypocrisy in Christian Witness

Samuel B. Hislop5 years ago5 years ago08 mins

The battle with sin is our shared inheritance. Nobody is immune to a fall from grace. We must pray that our Father “suffer us not to be led into temptation” and then live to make that a reality.