Third Week in Advent – Day 5 – Unconditional Love

Third Week in Advent – Day 5 – Unconditional Love

When people complain that they don’t understand someone, I sometimes respond with, “That’s nothing. I don’t understand myself.” If love is based on understanding, it is going to be almost non-existent. We all cry out for unconditional love; if it is conditional, it isn’t love, it is based on something we do to merit that…

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Reason and Religion

If your spiritual life needs nourishment, so does your intellectual life. The plain truth of the matter is that God created us as rational beings. Anti-intellectualism is therefore a serious threat to balanced Christianity. “It is fundamental with us,” wrote John Wesley, “that to renounce reason is to renounce religion, that religion and reason go…

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Faith in the Public Square Available for Pre-Order

Bob Cornwall’s forthcoming book Faith in the Public Square is now available for preorder via Energion Direct, Amazon.com, and Barnes & Noble. As of today (Feb. 20, 2012) B&N is offering it for $11.46, 33% off the list price of $16.99. This is the second book we have published in our Politics and Social Sciences…

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Devotionals and Podcasts on the Gifts

In writing for my wife’s devotional list and my Running Toward the Goal podcast (this podcast is no longer available and all links have been removed from this post 10/14/2018) this week, I have been focusing on the work of the Holy Spirit and the gifts. Since I’m also focusing on gifts here, I’d like to…