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  • Before I Moved to Florida… Actually, let’s wait a minute on Florida and start here: I don’t share my candid thoughts as publicly anymore. It feels risky these days. We live in a world where one phrase, one misinterpreted word, can get you instantly categorized or labeled. People seem quicker to decide what team you’re…

  • The Comfort of an Impartial God

    When I read Joshua 5:13–14 this morning, I stopped at the exchange between Joshua and the angel of the Lord: “Are you for us or for our enemies?”“Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the Lord’s army.” There’s something deeply comforting in that word: neither. We live in a world obsessed with…

  • I have been hearing a line of thinking lately within certain Christian circles: that there are specific viewpoints we just can’t talk about anymore without people getting offended. Subjects that have become unapproachable without people getting angry or defensive. Some people call that strong disagreement; others go as far as to call it persecution. I…