As we are enjoying this blog so much (and we hope you are too!), we want to use it for many purposes - besides the usual Noah updates. This being an online journal of sorts, I'd like to put down some thoughts about life, the world, the gospel, even (oh no) politics, and in general things we have been learning and pondering. I don't pretend to be articulate in this, but I'd just like to spark a discussion and see where the Lord leads it.
In doing this, I am inviting and encouraging feedback. Please let me know what you think, even (especially) if you disagree. I'd just love to talk about it, because it seems that much of the public discourse (and really much of the political blogging) is not real discussion or interaction. It is mostly people digging in on their side and shouting at or mocking the other side. There is hardly even a feigned interest in understanding. We all want to be right so badly that we have a hard time even listening, let alone "considering others better than ourselves," and we will even go so far as to claim that we have God on our political side. Both sides do this, and our pride will not let us lose.
"You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do." - Anne Lamott
It seems to me that God, the Lord of the universe, who came in the flesh to seek and save the lost, is bigger than any political or social ideology, and I really truly love discussing how the Gospel of grace informs, corrects and redeems our flawed positions on all sides of today's issues. So.....let us come and converse with humility, knowing that when we deserved condemnation, through Christ we were given mercy and love. Happy tuesday and go vote!
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