Tag: Culture
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Why I’ve Spent the Past Decade Fighting to End Abortion
Hi Friends, It has been a while since I have written a public post about abortion. As with most subjects, I have decided to be much more careful and selective about what I say in the echo chamber of social media. There is a time to be silent and a time to speak, and I…
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Worship Expressing Ethnic Deliverance
Hi Friends, This morning I was listening to a reggae worship band while getting my store setup for the workday. There are many forms of worship God delights in. Some are related to musical expression and others related to our lifestyle and what we do in our labors. Personally, I get a lot of joy…
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Barrabas, Nationalism, and the Woman Caught in Adultery
If you believe you’re superior to someone else, can you truly love them? The goal of today’s article is to establish the idea that nationalism is poisonous to the Gospel witness. Before I get started, here is my clarifying statement: “Nationalism is different from patriotism.” Nationalism believes that one’s own country, nation, and/or culture is superior to…
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Compassion in a Divisive Culture
Compassion is vital to restoration of the cultural, religious, and political divides of our day. I believe compassion is motivated by justice, mercy, and humility. Compassion is important in every day life regardless our circumstances. However, the tension existing due to this election season’s trash-talking and ‘us vs them’ burns down bridges at a pace I have…
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The Answer is Beautiful
I was born in 1983. That means I’m young enough to have not experienced WWII, the sexual revolution, and Vietnam, to name a few. Due to my youth, I have missed some of the biggest trials of our nation’s modern history. While I love and appreciate history, there is no substitute for living in those history-making years…
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O Come, Desire of Nations Bind
Merry Christmas! O come, Desire of nations, bind In one the hearts of all mankind; Bid every strife and quarrel cease And fill the world with heaven’s peace. -verse seven of “O Come, O Come Emmanuel Christmas has become a very important season to me. In recent years I have spent the season reflecting on…
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This, This is Christ the King
Have you ever imagined yourself in Jesus’ shoes? Christmas is a time that focuses on the most ‘human’ aspect of Christ. I don’t know if I will ever fully wrap my head around God becoming a man, much less coming the natural way as a baby born of a woman.
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Knowledge on Trial
The purpose of this article is to shed light upon the ever increasing necessity for believers to foster a worldview that is aligned with the values of the kingdom of God and the person of Jesus Christ. A myriad of specific issues pertain to this great necessity, and this would be a very long article…
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“For the Slave is our Brother”
Greetings Beloved, It is the most wonderfully misunderstood time of the year. I, for one, love Christmas. I fully understand that Jesus wasn’t actually born on December 25th, that Christmas trees actually have nothing to do with a Christian Christmas, and neither do cookies and exchanging presents. Nevertheless, I celebrate Jesus’ birthday, light a tree,…
J.S. Marek 