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Who do you say that I am? | a reasonable faith

https://caroline-smith.com/2015/04/02/who-do-you-say-that-i-am

Making a defense for the hope that we have. Who do you say that I am? April 2, 2015. Roughly 2,000 years ago a man lived who would change the times and the seasons. No ordinary man, to be sure. In fact, so extraordinary that his life intersects with each one of ours today, as it has with all those who have gone before and those that have yet to live. What do you make of Jesus of Nazareth? You can blow off the question, but if you don’t answer it now you’ll have to answer it later. What do you make of him?

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The scandalous cross | a reasonable faith

https://caroline-smith.com/2015/04/03/the-scandalous-cross-2

Making a defense for the hope that we have. April 3, 2015. This was originally posted last April. It’s like wearing a tiny electric chair on a chain. That’s how a pastor at our church once described the offense of the cross of. Jesus Christ. He was talking about how something so dear to us as Christians because we know what it means for our salvation, and which many of us wear around our necks as a symbol of our faith, can appear utterly ridiculous, disturbing, and contemptible to others. It excites scor...

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Fatherlessness, and the foibles and faithfulness of females | a reasonable faith

https://caroline-smith.com/2015/04/28/fatherlessness-and-the-foibles-and-faithfulness-of-females

Making a defense for the hope that we have. Fatherlessness, and the foibles and faithfulness of females. April 28, 2015. What a dichotomy in Baltimore. A tale of two women. One, the mayor, speaking to the media after the mobs supposedly protesting the death of a black man in police custody became violent, looting and destroying property, gave tacit permission. I think this politician needs a basic civics lesson in what the right to free speech entails. Ne also wonders what would be different if all these...

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Obstacles, objections, and obviousness | a reasonable faith

https://caroline-smith.com/2015/04/15/obstacles-objections-and-obviousness

Making a defense for the hope that we have. Obstacles, objections, and obviousness. April 15, 2015. I’m on a missiona mission from God. ‘Cause I have seen the light! Oh, Jake and Elwood. I hope JakeJohnis still doing backflips on account of he has literally seen THE Light, and was not turned away but welcomed into his presence. I wrote before about the hiddenness of God. A light seen in the distance when you are in a dark place will draw you to it. An overpowering, blinding light will cause you to cl...

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The hope of happiness | a reasonable faith

https://caroline-smith.com/2015/05/01/the-hope-of-happiness

Making a defense for the hope that we have. The hope of happiness. May 1, 2015. In the debate over same-sex marriage and homosexuality, just as in other issues about which people disagree, the answer to one question will mostly determine which side one will support:. Or perhaps more specifically, what is our purpose for being, or what is the goal at which we are to be aiming? A To glorify God and fulfill his purposes for me, or. Seems to me goals outweigh desires in importance. But supposing now that the...

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Image-bearers or beasts? | a reasonable faith

https://caroline-smith.com/2015/05/15/image-bearers-or-beasts

Making a defense for the hope that we have. May 15, 2015. Clark Beckham. If you don’t know the name already…you likely will. He should have won it, if you. Ask me, but came in second place on American Idol Wednesday night. This young man has heart and soul, and a beautiful voice to express them. I don’t know that anyone really cares what I think about sex in the entertainment industry, but can I tell you something? J-Lo is beautiful and seems like a very nice person. But watching her perform makes me...

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You’re free to practice your religion…as long as you don’t bring God into it. | a reasonable faith

https://caroline-smith.com/2015/04/10/youre-free-to-practice-your-religionas-long-as-you-dont-bring-god-into-it

Making a defense for the hope that we have. You’re free to practice your religionas long as you don’t bring God into it. April 10, 2015. That’s the message we Christians have been getting lately. Our First Amendment guarantee of free exercise is conditional on submission to government-sanctioned ideologynot God. If in obeying him we end up offending someone, then our exercise is no longer free but costly and restrictive instead. Let’s just keep God out of this, shall we? Such is the unspoken sentiment.

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A better response to suffering | a reasonable faith

https://caroline-smith.com/2015/05/22/a-better-response-to-suffering

Making a defense for the hope that we have. A better response to suffering. May 22, 2015. Unbelievers and skeptics of theism often cite the reality of seemingly gratuitous suffering in the world as grounds for rejecting the notion of a good, all-powerful God. But what if it could be argued that they are actually responsible for it? And don’t look now, butyou and I as well. Could I and others in my friend’s circle relieve much of her suffering by attending to what God may be wanting to teach us through it?

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The tell-tale evil heart | a reasonable faith

https://caroline-smith.com/2015/04/21/the-tell-tale-evil-heart

Making a defense for the hope that we have. The tell-tale evil heart. April 21, 2015. I’m sure I’m not the only the one to see the irony. A Utah woman gets 30 years to life. For killing her six newborns fresh out of the womb, when if she had simply allowed the abortion industry to do it for her while they were fresh and fully-formed but still in the womb, she’d be free of them, and free. Oh, the difference a day makes. When politicians and others are too cowardly. This world is a beautiful place populate...