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“God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation.”
― Francis Bacon

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God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.
-Francis Bacon

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“13 Reasons Why” is negligent. It panders to the glorification of a tragedy that should never, ever be glossed over or trivialized or romanticized.

Hannah had a mental illness. And with proper care and guidance, her story could have ended a lot differently.

And I pray that for anyone watching it, they realize that too.
Read more at The Negligence of “13 Reasons Why”

A professor of religious studies informed his students on the last day of the term that not one of them had demonstrated a satisfactory understanding of Christianity. He ordered them to take out a blank sheet of paper and, in one minute, explain the theological essence of Jesus’ teachings.

The students panicked. Some wrote nothing, others wrote and erased, wrote and erased. When the professor ordered them to bring their papers forward, some were shaking, others were angry, a few were sure they’d nailed it.

The students stared in horror as the professor flipped through the sheets, muttering, “No…wrong…not even close…absurd…”
Read more at : Theology 101

The other day I was on-line and I came across a horrible story where a child got hurt. In the comments of this story I said that I was praying for the soul of the person who hurt the child. Suddenly I was being attacked for not caring about the child. Nothing could be farther from the truth, I had actually been a victim of the same kind of abuse as a kid. I could not help but have empathy for the child, but my comment wasn’t about the child, it was about the monster.
People who do terrible things, often have terrible things in their past, and are severely wounded individuals. It’s easy to love the people who have never done anything wrong to them.  The world’s most terrible people have loved someone, so loving a person who loves you back just makes you one of billions of other people who do the same.  Christ calls us higher, he doesn’t want us to be one of billions, he wants us to be one of his.

Matthew 5:43-48
[ Love Your Enemies ] “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. …