I have heard people ask before whether there is a passage from the Bible that sums up the whole Christian faith. Something that just bundles up the whole faith into a few words.
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'Thirsty?' (Lent 3)
Have you ever been really thirsty?
I mean really thirsty, like you think you could drink gallons. I drink lots of water, I can easily get thirsty, but I know I have never experienced thirst so bad like someone walking across a desert or someone in a war zone…
Thirst is so basic to human needs — the need for water — that the Bible uses thirst repeatedly to describe the longing for God.
Read More'The choices we make' (Lent 1)
Some years ago, I was a member of a group of people who had a decision to make. It was an important and official decision, and the group was firmly divided between two different camps. One side wholeheartedly wanted to say yes to the decision; the other side just as firmly wanted to say no. I was on the no side, which was the minority.
As we wrangled over the decision, it became clear to me that the difference between us was that both sides saw the presence of evil in the circumstances that led to this particular situation, but we had a totally different view of evil.
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