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Authenticity vs obedience?
Should we do good, serve God and love others as a duty because we owe it to God? Or should we only do it if we can do it gladly, authentically and ungrudgingly, out of genuine love and gratitude? Should … Continue reading
Posted in Love of God, Religion, The faith journey
Tagged authenticity, Christian duty, Christian service, faithfulness, grace, love, obedience, ought, should
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The reality gap revisited – banning ‘should’ and ‘ought’
I’m not generally in favour of banning anything. Nonetheless, in my view ‘should’ should be removed from the dictionary, and ‘ought’ ought to be banned. 😉 We’ve probably all heard countless well-meaning Christian talks telling us what we ‘should’ (or … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging, Evangelicalism, Grace, Mental health, Psychology
Tagged blasphemy, emotions, mental health, OCD, oughtism, positive attitude, reality gap, should
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