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2022-09-27T02:44:41-05:00

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Every Day Is A Gift, Allowing Us To Draw Closer To God

Last updated on: September 27, 2022 at 2:44 am By Henry Karlson

Many of us have been told that we should treat every day as if it were a great gift given to us by God. We should try to discern and understand that gift, looking for the good which is being given to us each and every day of our lives. We should embrace that gift, treasure it, and indeed, be thankful for it, so that even with all the pains and sorrows we also have in our lives, we will... Read more

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2022-09-25T02:49:16-05:00

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We Should Engage The Grace We Have Been Given

Last updated on: September 25, 2022 at 2:49 am By Henry Karlson

Jesus, in his parables, told us that we must take the gift of grace we have been given and use it well, for in doing so, the grace we have will grow; if not, it will not just become stagnate, but it, as it were, atrophy. It will be as if it were taken away from us. This is, in part, the message given to us in the story of the man who gave his servants money to use, with... Read more

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2022-09-22T02:47:06-05:00

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DeSantis, Abbott, Ducey And Migrant Week

Last updated on: September 22, 2022 at 2:47 am By Henry Karlson

“The LORD watches over the sojourners, he upholds the widow and the fatherless; but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin” (Ps. 146:9 RSV). The wicked show no respect to sojourners, to migrants who have left their homes and families out of necessity; instead of welcoming them with the hospitality they should be given, they treat such sojourners with contempt; the worse migrants are treated, the longer their needs are neglected, the worse the consequences will be for... Read more

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2022-09-21T02:48:41-05:00

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Good Versus Judgmental Judgements

Last updated on: September 21, 2022 at 2:48 am By Henry Karlson

We are not to be judgmental, looking for reasons to condemn others. We are meant to be merciful, sharing with others the love and mercy which we have received. If we don’t, we risk facing the condemnation which we give for ourselves: Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over,... Read more

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2022-09-19T02:46:34-05:00

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Following The Conscience

Last updated on: September 19, 2022 at 2:46 am By Henry Karlson

We have been given a conscience as a way for us to know what we should and should not do, especially when we find ourselves dealing with difficult moral choices. Its directives are to be followed, and insofar as we follow it, we can be seen as aiming for what is good, while those times we do not listen to it, but try to find excuses to justify resistance to it, our actions are ill-founded because we are going astray.... Read more

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2022-09-18T02:49:06-05:00

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Supporting People With Love

Last updated on: September 18, 2022 at 2:49 am By Henry Karlson

Loving someone, helping them to survive, even if we know that with such help, they might not be up to some good, does not mean we are supporting them in whatever bad they should do. After all, it is exactly what loving parents do for their children, so that, even if they know their children are criminals, even if they know all the bad things their children have done, or might do in the future, they still give their children... Read more

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2022-09-15T04:48:31-05:00

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We Must Stand Behind The Rail Workers

Last updated on: September 15, 2022 at 4:48 am By Henry Karlson

Despite the ever-increasing profits made by railway companies, American rail workers have to endure ever-worsening work conditions. They are over-worked, as their employers, the rail companies, have decided to reduce the number of workers they employ desire the fact that their profits have not declined, but instead, has been consistently growing. And so, many rail workers, feeling themselves to be mistreated by their bosses, because rail companies are more interested in the bottom dollar than anything else, are planning to... Read more

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2022-09-14T02:42:45-05:00

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The Wisdom And Necessity Of The Cross

Last updated on: September 14, 2022 at 2:42 am By Henry Karlson

In one sense, the cross didn’t have to happen. In another sense, it is a part of the eternal kenosis of God, and so is central to who God is. The cross wasn’t necessary for the sake of our salvation. God could have chosen other ways to save us, but each of those ways would not have been as fitting to who and what God is, for through them, God would have ended up imposing salvation upon us as act... Read more

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2022-09-12T02:48:13-05:00

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Scholars, Monks, And The Truth

Last updated on: September 12, 2022 at 2:48 am By Henry Karlson

We can pursue the truth in many different ways, each of which has much to offer. Not everyone will or can pursue the truth in the same way. They are not meant to. Each way will provide a different way of apprehending the truth, and in that fashion, complement what others can get from their own engagement of the truth. Sometimes, we might find ourselves engaging the truth in a variety of fashions, but often, we find ourselves embracing a... Read more

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2022-09-11T04:28:43-05:00

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All Other Goods Must Make Way For The Greatest Good Revealed On The Cross

Last updated on: September 11, 2022 at 4:28 am By Henry Karlson

It is easy to miss, in the midst of his words indicating that circumcision was not meant for all, that Paul called it a good thing; what he did not think was good was forcing it upon every male convert. God’s intentions were not for everyone to be circumcised, but to use it as a sign and as a vessel of grace for the people of Israel. What Paul didn’t want was for people to exaggerate that good, to make... Read more

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