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I’ve heard it several times from people who claim belief in God and faith in Christ: “It’s all about me and Jesus.” In a manner of speaking, confessing that “it’s all about me and Jesus” is true. Jesus came to earth, shed his blood on the cross, and died for you. He died so that you might have life. So, in a sense, it is all about you and Jesus, because Jesus is, was, and always will be for you. But, there are at least two problems with confessing that “it’s all about me and...
Wait. What? God Doesn’t want me to be happy?!?! Okay, perhaps that was a bit of an overstatement. Allow me to explain. Three ideas dwell at the forefront of our cultural psyche. What are they? Life. Liberty. The Pursuit of Happiness. They are enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, said to be "self-evident" rights "endowed by the Creator." Not only are these ideas foundational to the American way of thinking, but they are oftentimes assumed in popular American C...
As human beings, we tend to want to find meaning in just about everything. And no, I'm not just talking about the surface meaning - I mean the meaning behind the meaning. If your wife says to you, "Wow, those dishes are really piling up," you would do well to recognize the meaning behind the obvious fact that there are, in fact, dishes piling up. "It's probably time for you to wash the dishes, dear…" The words are meant to drive you to action. You've probably said, or at l...
