by The Skeptical Believer | Jun 7, 2021 | Science, The Church
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.Phillipians 2:3-4 In the year 165 A.D., the Roman Empire was hit by a...
by The Skeptical Believer | Jun 6, 2020 | The Church
When I was young, my mother always taught me that God loves every person the same, no matter what they look like or where they’re from. And I was so lucky to see both her and my dad live that out to the best of their ability throughout my childhood. As the...
by The Skeptical Believer | Apr 23, 2013 | The Church
I want to tell you a personal story that illustrates why I get so angry that we’ve allowed ourselves to become known by the spirit of pride and condemnation. Before I get there, I should recognize that I’m often critical of the church in my writings. People may get...
by The Skeptical Believer | Apr 18, 2013 | The Church
In America we Christians, fairly or not, have collectively become known to our culture to be like Pharisees. All of us, Catholics and Protestants alike, need to hear and learn from Jesus here: “Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I...
by The Skeptical Believer | Apr 16, 2013 | The Church
I love Matthew 23. It’s Jesus laying down a no-holds-barred smackdown on the self-righteous Pharisees. It blows the caricature of a flannelgraph, mild-mannered inoffensive Jesus out of the water. Here’s the thing, though. Today, he’s speaking those words to us....
