HeyJaredH. Stephen Shoemaker
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Can the church practice the spiritual virtue of contentment? (opens the original)
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A person close to me who is an ardent follower of Jesus and pretty cynical about church asked me recently, “Can the church practice the virtues it teaches, for example, contentment?” The question set me thinking: Are we ever content in the church we are part of? Contentment is a deep form of happiness, the kind Jesus called blessedness in his Beatitudes. I once heard a lecture on happiness by a New Testament scholar. He said for him the deepest meaning of happiness is contentment. He described h
The real American religion: A July 4 postmortem (opens the original)
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Amid the cries to Make America Christian Again, the truth is, Christianity never had a chance. Orthodox theologian David Bentley Hart said as much in an interview provocatively titled, “David Bentley Hart: The Theologian is a Quiet Rioter.” Here are his words: “Christianity never succeeded in America. Most Americans think of themselves as Christians. But the only religion in America that ever flourished was America. And it twists everything in its own image.” Speaking of this religion of America
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