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2019-08-05T18:39:58-04:00

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What Is Evil?

Last updated on: August 5, 2019 at 6:39 pm By Layne Wallace

In the light of multiple mass shootings over the weekend, it is natural to ask some important questions about why these events happen. Why do people learn to hate? Why do people devise a plan to end the lives of others? Why are humans the way we are? Why is there evil in the world? In order to understand why there is evil in the world, it helps to know what evil is. It is easy to describe an event... Read more

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2019-07-31T20:04:03-04:00

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Why I Love the Church

Last updated on: July 31, 2019 at 8:04 pm By Layne Wallace

It is fashionable these days to say things like, “I love Jesus, but I don’t want to be in the Church.” Some pastors have even pointed out their embarrassment with “American Christianity,” whatever that term means. I, however, profoundly disagree. I express my love for Jesus by loving His Church, and I find His church profoundly loveable. I am aware of the sorrows that some believers have inflicted on others. I am aware of the great evils committed in Christ’s... Read more

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2019-07-02T08:30:20-04:00

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Of Facebook and Faith

Last updated on: July 2, 2019 at 8:30 am By Layne Wallace

Do you remember when Facebook was great? Ten years or so ago, I signed up for a Facebook account, and I immediately thought it was the best thing ever. I found old friends. I was able to reconnect with my classmates from Baylor. I was able to find friends from high school. Every day when I got home from work, I would look forward to getting online and seeing what everyone was doing. My friends would share pictures of children... Read more

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2019-06-17T14:29:54-04:00

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Defeating Your Internal Critic

Last updated on: June 17, 2019 at 2:29 pm By Layne Wallace

If you have a voice inside you telling you that you are incapable of success, you are not alone. It affects many, many people. Psychologists call it the “internal critic” or the “critical internal voice.” Sometimes it can force you to quit. Sometimes it reinforces the worst of your self-doubts. It screams, “you are a failure.” In truth, I have made that voice work for me. It is the reason I push so hard for success. If I fail, then the... Read more

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2019-06-12T16:11:27-04:00

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Our Greatest Enemy

Last updated on: June 12, 2019 at 4:11 pm By Layne Wallace

It happened on a recent run. I was having a difficult day and had a lot on my mind. I found a space in my schedule and made time for a run. The hot sunshine peered over my shoulder as I tried to stretch out my hamstrings. An early drop of sweat dribbled off my brow because of the oppressive humidity. I turned on my music and started running my familiar track. At the first turn, I looked at my... Read more

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2019-06-05T14:05:28-04:00

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The Loss of a Child

Last updated on: June 5, 2019 at 2:05 pm By Layne Wallace

17-year-old Noa Pothoven of Arnhem, Netherlands chose death after her life became “unbearable.” Noa had suffered much short life. In her book, Winning or Learning, Noa described being molested as an 11-year-old and being raped by two men just three years later when she was 14. As a consequence, she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anorexia. To end her pain, Noa reached out to an assisted suicide clinic, but it is unclear if she died with the help of the... Read more

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2019-06-04T18:33:01-04:00

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Apocalypse Now?

Last updated on: June 4, 2019 at 6:33 pm By Layne Wallace

Every religion that I know of has an “end of the world” scenario. For that matter, secularists have end of the world scenarios too. Just this week an article was published claiming that the end of human civilization would come in 2050 as a result of complications from global warming. Christians have long believed that an imminent return of Christ would usher in a new age of peace. Of course, in most versions of the Christian apocalypse, the world descends... Read more

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2019-06-03T17:15:20-04:00

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Remember the Name: Kendrick Castillo

Last updated on: June 3, 2019 at 5:15 pm By Layne Wallace

It seemed to be an ordinary day at school. Kendrick Castillo, an eighteen-year-old high school senior, was watching The Princess Bride in his British literature class when a shooter pulled out a gun and demanded that no one move. Kendrick was about one foot away from the shooter and lunged at him. After Kendrick lunged at the shooter, two other students tackled and subdued the shooter while the rest of the class fled. Kendrick was shot twice. He did not survive.... Read more

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2019-05-29T22:00:56-04:00

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My Six Hundred Pound Life and Change

Last updated on: May 29, 2019 at 10:00 pm By Layne Wallace

Have you ever thought that you would like your life to be different? Perhaps you would like to lose weight or start an exercise routine. Perhaps you believe you have some important thoughts that you would like to share, but you’ve not managed to begin your book. Many of us would like to quit drinking or have a more effective spiritual life, but cannot seem to get on track. Some of us have even made commitments to God and to... Read more

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2019-05-28T22:41:51-04:00

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The Cosmos and Third-Graders

Last updated on: May 28, 2019 at 10:41 pm By Layne Wallace

Recently, someone on twitter asked a very interesting question, “What was your first existential crisis?” One of the answers caught my attention. When I was in third or fourth grade I had the thought that perhaps God was in a science fair just like I had been & Earth was His experiment, but He got a bad grade because of how messed up the world had become. And I wanted to know what the other projects were. — Alicia... Read more

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