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When is Forgiveness NOT Forgiveness?

When Is Forgiveness Not Forgiveness? The power of forgiveness was on display in Charleston, SC as the media watched in amazement as the Emmanuel AME church victims’ families chose to express forgiveness to Dylann Roof who had gunned down 9 people in cold blood during a Bible study. Given the tenor of the nation’s currentContinue reading “When is Forgiveness NOT Forgiveness?”

Is Jesus the Only Way to Heaven?

We live in a pluralistic society. Our neighbors, co-workers and friends come from many different religious backgrounds. They seem just as religious and moral as do Christians, if not more so. It seems the height of arrogance to think that Christians alone have the right religion and that everyone else is lost forever. We liveContinue reading “Is Jesus the Only Way to Heaven?”

God’s Waiting Room

 I do not wait well.  I don’t like red lights; I don’t like slow cars in front of me. I don’t even like sitting still. When I left home for the first time and moved into my dorm room in college it was excruciatingly difficult until I brought my rocker from home. I especially don’tContinue reading “God’s Waiting Room”