by Larry Eubanks | May 12, 2016 | Opinion
What does it mean to “accept Christ”? What are we asking a person to do? Traditionally, this has involved believing as true certain things about Jesus: that he is the Son of God and, thus, divine himself; that he was born of a virgin; that he died on the...
by Larry Eubanks | Apr 22, 2016 | Opinion
Can we admit that sometimes Christians act badly? In the history of the church – along with many, many good things – you will also find anti-Semitism, torture, witch hunts, slavery, apartheid, misogyny and other things over which we now blush. Most of us,...
by Larry Eubanks | Apr 8, 2016 | Opinion
The topic of Christian persecution came up during a pastor’s roundtable luncheon I attended a few years ago. I was gathered with a dozen other pastors who met three to four times a year for fellowship, a nice meal in a private room at a nice restaurant and a...
by Larry Eubanks | Mar 2, 2016 | Opinion
There is little about the fourth Beatitude – “Blessed are those that hunger and thirst for righteousness” – that we get right. Let’s start with our concept of “righteousness.” We have made it a general term for...
by Larry Eubanks | Jan 26, 2016 | Opinion
The Beatitudes are not prescriptions on how to be blessed. “I need to be poor in spirit (or just plain poor) so I can be blessed” misses the point and leads to some interesting interpretations of how to live the spiritual life. It can sometimes lead us...
