Check Your Beliefs at the Door

December 16, 2021   |  

This past September, Lawrence Revell, the Chief of Police of Tallahassee, Florida (where I live), spoke at a law enforcement conference at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) in North Carolina. Revell is a Christian, and doesn’t shy away from expressing his faith to those who wish to engage him…
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What is “Love”? – Part 2: Who Do We Love? – Tal Davis

December 13, 2021   |  

Lord, we don’t need another mountain
There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb
There are oceans and rivers enough to cross
Enough to last ’til the end of time Lord, we don’t need another meadow
There are cornfields and wheat fields enough to grow
There are sunbeams and moonbeams…
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Five Principles for the Church in the 21st Century – Part Two – Tal Davis

December 1, 2021   |  

People’s reasons for joining (or leaving) a church vary according to many factors. Some would say. “I really like the church’s preacher, his (or her) sermons really inspire me!” Another might say, “I like the music in the church, it makes me want to sing and dance before the Lord.”…
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Five Principles for the Church in the 21st Century – Part One – Tal Davis

November 28, 2021   |  

Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the …
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How Does a White Person Become Less White?

November 27, 2021   |  

When the Coca-Cola company began conducting seminars for their employees that stressed the need for white people to “try to be less white,” it created a firestorm that resulted in calls for boycotts. Their stated purpose for having this kind of training was to try to address the problem of…
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Social Justice Question: Is Equity the Same as Equality?

November 18, 2021   |  

Fire the teachers!!! In March, an advisory board for Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia called for teachers to be dismissed if they criticize – even in private – equity training. So what could be wrong with “equity training?” Why would anyone, especially teachers, want to criticize an attempt to…
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