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Responding to Questions About Old Testament Law
BY: Denis Haack
Here’s the situation: A non-Christian friend asks how I can possibly take Old Testament laws against homosexuality seriously when other laws make provisions I obviously reject—such as buying slaves or stoning someone who works on the Sabbath.
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Should We Attend This Party?: Discernment Exercise
BY: Denis Haack
Your small group includes a woman—let’s call her Mary—in her early 60s who came to Christ a couple of years ago. Her enthusiasm for Bible study, sharing Christ, and faithfulness in all of life is both refreshing and infectious. Unlike the Christians in the group, however, most of her closest friends are non-Christians, many of whom she has known for decades.
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Should We Pray? Or Protest?: Discernment Exercise
BY: Denis Haack
The fact that we live in a religiously pluralistic culture means that we can expect to be exposed to beliefs, values, and practices that are contrary to our Christian faith. This might arise in a conversation over lunch at work, in a lecture at a university, in a film, or during any number of other instances when we naturally rub shoulders with non-Christians. In most of these instances, however, our exposure is somewhat at arm’s length. It involves a theme in a movie, or a comment by a colleague—which might become a topic for conversation, but the thing with which we disagree remains out there, at a distance.
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Shoulds, Wants, and Faithfulness: Discernment Exercise
BY: Denis Haack
Might the future of business lie in encouraging shoulds rather than indulging wants? Could corporations help us bring out our better selves?
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Sound Bites for Jesus: Discernment Exercise
BY: Denis Haack
Bumper stickers and rear-window decals seem to be an enduring form of communication in our sound-bite world. And of course Christians have produced their own.
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On my desk is a little vase of flowers cut from our yard, a little reminder of the beauty that is all around if we only have eyes to see. I've needed that reminder after reading the latest news of the horrific oil spill in the Gulf. Such glory in this world, such brokenness. Such hope, such deep need for redemption. These are the realities of life and death we seek to explore on this web site. Thank you for visiting.
Denis & Margie
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