Opinion

Be Quiet: A Gentle Spirit in a Loud World

Be Quiet: A Gentle Spirit in a Loud World

Thu, 09/24/2020 - 12:00am

More than once during these past harrowing months of political strife, racial upheaval, gender clash, and conspiracy speculation, friends and acquaintances online have demanded noise. They have called again and again for the cymbals of opinion and conjecture to be endlessly crashed into the atmosphere of public discourse. To remain quiet, they reason, is to be complicit in the evils around us. Quiet, they claim, is weakness. Being still and speechless is no longer an acceptable option in a culture that values its own noise above all else.

My Nickel’s Worth

My Nickel’s Worth

Thu, 09/17/2020 - 12:00am

Social media has become a place where people discuss anything in their lives---your family, friends, jobs, politics and so on. But in all of it, social media actually makes you less social. For the generations that are 30-50, Facebook is where individuals will spend their time discussing the things in their lives, and it would amaze you to see how much time people are actually spending on Facebook per day. For the younger generations, you can find Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat to be where the bulk of social media conversation takes place— and the same remains true for this age group as well.

Taylor - Made Accountability

Taylor - Made Accountability

Thu, 09/17/2020 - 12:00am

Scripture is very clear that as the body of Christ, we are to help one another stay faithful to the teachings of Christ and to admonish one another (Colossians 3:16). So why is it so hard for believers to do this? I believe partly it is because love and gentleness aren’t being brought into the equation. Love that is “not resentful” is equivalent to God’s grace. God chooses to not keep score of our sin, and He provided Christ as a propitiation for our sins even though we deserve His wrath. Having been justified by our Faith (Romans 5:1) we are forgiven. We need to keep our focus on God, and even though we are sinners, He shows us love. This is how we need to be treating one another. Christ explains this clearly in Luke 6:27-28; ‘But I say unto you which hear, love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.’

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