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There are Three Sides to Every Argument

There are three sides to every argument. 'My side', 'your side', and the way Jesus sees it. Whose side is the truthful side? Normally the sides that are not Jesus’ are full of facts that selfishly uplift the speake…
The Message of Selfless Love and Football

On any given Sunday during football season, I am a fan of two teams: the Raiders and who ever plays the 49ers. It's an old Bay area thing. If my team is eliminated, I am a fan of any team within my division. If my divi…
Selfishness and the Human Condition

You know, people label me as selfish for a lot of reasons. Whether that reason is my choice to not have children, being far more career oriented than family oriented, or whatever the case may be. Well, I've come to accep…
Confessions of a Child-free Christian

If there's one thing I've come to find out in my short time as a Christian, it's that when you deviate from the norm, someone is going to label you as some sort of a heretic. My choice to be child-free is no different in…
Selfishness: The Downfall of Relationships

We don't have to look very far to know that marriages are failing in America and most of the Western world. If you get married today, you statistically have a higher chance of divorcing than staying together. This is s…
If I Have It All Together, Why Do I Need Christ?

One of my biggest struggles as a Christian is the idea that, just because I know my savior, it doesn't mean I am better than anyone else. Sometimes, I see the way some people act, hear what some people say, or read what…
"I Like It, So God Must Like It, Too": Egocentrism in the Christian World

By Bonnie at The Mockingbird Blog Religion is often seen as a moral compass - it is frequently used by believers as a guide to doing and believing the right thing. People may disagree on social issues like abortion, sam…
Battling the Green-Eyed Monster: Jealousy

By Sharon at SheWorships Have you ever felt like every time you opened your Bible or went to church or your small group, God kept pointing you to the same thing over and over again? That’s been happening to me lat…
Sin: An Insult or a Disease?

Sin gets a bad rap. As it should, since it's bad. But sin also takes a lot of criticism from non-Christians. I've heard critiques the Christianity just dismisses bad behavior among its members by calling it "sin." Or wor…
Justifying Sin Is A Sad Task

By Dave Burchett Regular readers of the humble ramblings know that I am a recovering legalist. I spent about three decades trying to find the right set of performance tools to become righteous. Guess how that worked out?…