Reflection

August 2 Devotional: Prideful Motives=Sinful Actions

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What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you?

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The Passing of a Great Christian Leader: John Stott, 90

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The following is an excerpt from the New York Times. A link is at the end for the complete article.

The Rev. John Stott, one of the world's most influential figures in the spread of evangelical Christianity over the past half-century, died Wednesday in Lingfield, Surrey, in the south of England. He was 90.

The Rev. John Stott at Trinity Church in Manhattan in 2006. Mr. Stott exerted influence largely through his many books.

July 19 Devotional: FB Meyer

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And the children of Joseph took their inheritance. Jos 16:4

A Deep Acceptance of Divine Authority: Scot McKnight

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slaverymonument2 Below is an excerpt from a Scot McKnight posting. Read it, then re-read it; a thoughtful and controversial take on human rights.

Grounding the Dignity of Humans

Anat Biletzki works really hard to show that human dignity, or that life is sacred, or that humans are special, can be grounded apart from the one foundation that has both created the idea and that has sustained the practice, however imperfectly. But, here are some of her ideas ... what do you think? Can human dignity be grounded as a right on a non-religious basis? What of her idea that religions don't ground "human rights"?