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2022-12-07T06:57:56-08:00

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Why American Evangelicals Aren’t Modern-Day Daniels

Last updated on: December 7, 2022 at 6:57 am By Gregory T. Smith

Many White American Evangelicals consider themselves modern-day Daniels. Heroes in their own minds, they love the narrative of how they were forbidden to pray, yet they remained faithful. This is because it underscores their persecution narrative. Kennedy On June 27, Evangelicals celebrated the victory for prayer, given by the 6-3 decision of the US Supreme Court. High school football coach Joe Kennedy was removed from his position when he refused to obey the athletic director’s order to stop praying on... Read more

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Contemplative Prayer: Hearing from God When You’re Deconstructing

Last updated on: December 7, 2022 at 6:57 am By Gregory T. Smith

Contemplative prayer is beginning with the ending. Most of us end our prayers with the simple word, amen. Instead of spending your time asking for things, contemplative prayer is all about the amen. This is the final article in a series on using Lectio Divina to hear from God when you’re deconstructing. In my first article, “Lectio Divina: Hearing from God When You’re Deconstructing,” I discuss Benedict of Nursia’s ancient practice of Lectio, which is soaking in scripture to hear... Read more

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How To Pray When You’re Deconstructing

Last updated on: December 7, 2022 at 6:57 am By Gregory T. Smith

Christians who deconstruct their faith often feel so overwhelmed with questions without answers that prayer becomes difficult. Sometimes it seems that there is no God listening to your prayers. At other times you may feel God’s presence intimately but have no idea what to say. For all these prayer problems, Lectio Divina offers an answer. Lectio Divina Centuries ago, Benedict of Nursia introduced to his desert monks a practice called Lectio Divina that is perfect for people going through the... Read more

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“Christian Mantras: Hearing from God When You’re Deconstructing”

Last updated on: December 7, 2022 at 6:57 am By Gregory T. Smith

Mantra meditation can be an effective way for Christians to hear from God when they are in process of deconstruction. Lectio Divina: Step Two—Meditatio In my last article, Lectio Divina: Hearing from God When You’re Deconstructing, I discussed the difficulty growing in your spirituality while at the same time questioning your faith. You find yourself so full of doubt and questions that everything seems to lose its meaning. The deconstructing mind seems to go everywhere. Each doctrine or aspect of faith... Read more

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Lectio Divina: Hearing from God When You’re Deconstructing

Last updated on: December 7, 2022 at 6:56 am By Gregory T. Smith

During the deconstruction process, Christians often say it’s difficult to hear from God. All the ways that they used to feel intimate with God are now called into question. They often say that the Bible has gone stale for them and want to know how it can come alive again. The Bible If you were raised Evangelical, you were probably told that the Bible is the primary way that God speaks to people today. Many conservative churches teach that at... Read more

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The Eye of the Be-Holder: How to Experience Divine Beauty

Last updated on: December 7, 2022 at 6:56 am By Gregory T. Smith

The phrase, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” contains a hidden spiritual truth that most have never seen. At face value, this phrase means that each individual perceives beauty differently. What’s beautiful to one is ugly to another. Beauty is subjective rather than objective. The common interpretation of this phrase is socially, spiritually, and artistically profound. It keeps us from limiting the concept of beauty to predefined characteristics. It allows beauty to possess an elusive and mysterious quality... Read more

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Christians Should Stop Saying They Feel Convicted

Last updated on: December 7, 2022 at 6:55 am By Gregory T. Smith

“I feel convicted that I need to give to support that missionary.” “I feel convicted that I need to give up chocolate for Lent.” “I feel convicted about that lie I told my boss.” I hear these phrases in Evangelical circles all the time. And the more I think about it, the more I feel convicted we need to stop saying that. As the Gavel Falls I’m drafting this article while sitting in court, waiting for my client’s case to be presented. As a behavioral... Read more

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“Are Christians God’s Public Relations Committee?”

Last updated on: December 7, 2022 at 6:54 am By Gregory T. Smith

Why do Christians find it necessary to prove God, or to defend God, to other people? Natural disasters, pandemics, wars, political unrest, and personal tragedies often cause believers to question God. These same events can also give unbelievers reason for their claims that there is no God. The problem of evil and suffering causes some to doubt. Others double down on faith—and even feel the need to protect God from being misunderstood. But are Christians really called to be God’s... Read more

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Moses is Your Satan

Last updated on: December 7, 2022 at 6:53 am By Gregory T. Smith

In medieval artwork, Moses is hard to distinguish from the devil. Could there be a connection between the two? Artists of the Middle Ages depicted Moses with horns because of a common mistranslation that rendered the rays of light from his face as “horns.” (See Exodus 34:29-35.) Due to this translational error, countless artists depicted the prophet with golden shafts from his head, while others gave him full-blown antlers. Interestingly, artwork of the same era depicted Satan with horns. But... Read more

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Chopping Down the Tree of Life: How We’re Disconnecting from the Divine

Last updated on: December 7, 2022 at 6:52 am By Gregory T. Smith

When my family left the intrusion of the city and the noise of neighbors, I traded my boyhood playground for Christopher Robin’s hundred-acre wood. My brother and I spent our magical childhood playing among the trees. We climbed in their mighty arms and built forts in their branches. We chased each other around the spreading roots of our great oak guardians. Our young friends the saplings swayed as we swung on their pliant trunks. Since that time, sacred trees continue... Read more

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