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2025-02-14T03:17:40-05:00

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Mercy: A Key Component In Achieving True Justice

Last updated on: February 14, 2025 at 3:17 am By Henry Karlson

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Mercy and justice go together. Mercy makes no sense without justice, because it is through justice and its expectations we understand why various actions need to be rejected and punished, while such punishment tells us where the potential for mercy will be needed. Without mercy, without an ability to help those who have done wrong to change and be forgiven, and even helped they seek to make restitution, justice becomes legalistic and brutal, allowing no transformation, that is, it allow... Read more

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2025-02-12T03:13:06-05:00

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Wrestling With Abuse: The Faith Journey Of African Americans

Last updated on: February 12, 2025 at 3:13 am By Henry Karlson

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The relationship and experience of African American Christians with Christianity is complex, and when examined closely, often includes several great paradoxes and challenges which make it that much more difficult to navigate and understand. Perhaps one of the greatest of those challenges was the fact that many white masters forbade their slaves to become Christian, making it appear that Christianity was a white religion (the fall-out of this sentiment continues to this day, with many African Americans rejecting Christianity for... Read more

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2025-02-10T07:34:36-05:00

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How Covid Has Exposed the Fragility Of America

Last updated on: February 10, 2025 at 7:34 am By Henry Karlson

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As I am writing this, I am sick with covid. I have been sick for several days, but only got the covid diagnosis yesterday. After the confirmation, I have been thinking about the time which has passed since covid first made its appearance in the world, and what we have seen happen ever since. It is from these thoughts which I plan to write about here, perhaps in a way which is less organized than normal, and in a way,... Read more

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2025-02-09T03:58:50-05:00

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Welcoming God’s Great Love Like The Publican

Last updated on: February 9, 2025 at 3:58 am By Henry Karlson

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In the Sundays preparing us for the Great Fast, the Byzantine tradition gives us various themes for us to contemplate, such as the one given to us today, the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee. Each of these Sundays gives us examples of those who have done good which we should imitate, even as they show us people who represent the worst instincts which most of us have and must fight against. Sometimes, we have a story which puts... Read more

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Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee

2025-02-06T03:07:53-05:00

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Grieving For Pets: Navigating Beliefs About Life After Death

Last updated on: February 6, 2025 at 3:07 am By Henry Karlson

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Often, I see people online asking what happens to their beloved pets when they die. They care about the fate of their pets thanks to the bond they have with them. This helps them know that something would be wrong for their pets to just vanish out of existence. They intuitively understand the problem inherent in annihilationism of any sort, even if it is a limited kind of annihilationism which relates to non-human forms of life. Why would God create... Read more

Progressive Christian

2025-02-05T03:14:38-05:00

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Flexibility In Prayer: Insights From William of Auvergne

Last updated on: February 5, 2025 at 3:14 am By Henry Karlson

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Performative piety, such as the kind done by priests during liturgies making their liturgies way too long, adding prayer after prayer, or speaking too long during their homilies, end up hurting the people they should be helping with their priestly service. They might think they are giving good examples, but they are not; all they are doing is wearing thin the patience of their community, causing many to become distracted, if not bored. When it goes on too long, even... Read more

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2025-02-03T07:02:14-05:00

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The Importance Of Black History Month Today

Last updated on: February 3, 2025 at 7:02 am By Henry Karlson

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Not only is it troubling at how much the Trump administration has done in its short time back in power to destroy the integrity and legacy of the United States in the world, it is extremely disturbing that the media is not doing all it can to reveal this fact and help make sure the people of the United States know what is going on. How many people realize all the violations of the Constitution and basic human rights we... Read more

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2025-02-02T03:17:12-05:00

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Challenging Prejudices: The Duty To Love And Respect All

Last updated on: February 2, 2025 at 3:17 am By Henry Karlson

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People can be quite cruel, finding all kinds of excuses to ignore the human dignity of others. Ageism, sexism, and racism all represent evils which not only undermine human dignity, they do so on a rather irrational basis (accidental features such as the color of one’s skin or one’s gender). Christians should know better. Scripture constantly gives examples of those who have been unjustly mistreated, sometimes by Jesus’ own disciples, who God defended, making it clear that God wants us... Read more

General Christian

2025-01-31T03:09:26-05:00

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My Journey From Fundamentalism To Comparative Theology

Last updated on: January 31, 2025 at 3:09 am By Henry Karlson

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There was a stage in my spiritual and theological development when I was influenced by fundamentalism, and with it, tended towards a puritan-like extreme; it began in middle school, and, to some degree, continued with me until my Freshman year in college. How it affected me changed over time. For example, I was a major fan of role-playing games, and in the horror genre, and owned many games and novels which I would eventually sell because I came to believe... Read more

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2025-01-29T03:16:47-05:00

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Navigating the Tension Between Freedom and Obedience

Last updated on: January 29, 2025 at 3:16 am By Henry Karlson

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Society requires people to work together to promote the common good. It should be obvious that we must rely upon each other, that we can’t do everything all by ourselves. We all have skills and expertise which we can and should use to contribute to the common good, even as we must rely upon the skills others have, some of which we might never be able to attain if we tried. There will be people who have expertise in areas... Read more

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