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Black and White in a Grey World

30 March 2023 By David Trounce 1 Comment

Black and White in a Grey World

Has anyone else noticed the intense amount of race-related media coverage over the last few years or was it just my imagination? The United States has always gotten a bang out of dividing it's people this way, so no real surprises there. But race-baiting throughout the western … [Read more...] about Black and White in a Grey World

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Culture, Forgiveness, Race

Skin Deep

29 September 2022 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

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The concept of racism is a modern concept and foreign to scripture. The word itself didn't appear in the English language until 1902 and in French around 1890. Historically, the word, 'race' has been singular, referring to the human race, and there is no evidence for the … [Read more...] about Skin Deep

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Culture, Ethnicity, Race

Our Rootless Rebellion

24 July 2022 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

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One of the basic temptations people have when talking about cultural erosion is to think that we’re in a unique time in history and that no one has ever been in the soup we are now in. But our problem is really quite ancient. Our current rootless rebellion isn't edgy or new. … [Read more...] about Our Rootless Rebellion

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Culture, Rebellion, Unbelief

Unity

10 April 2022 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

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I spoke to some primary school children a while back about a popular song by Guy Sebastian called, “Get Along”. The chorus ran, Dear God, dear soul, dear mary, Muhammad, Can we all just get along? Can we all just get along?.... Good question. The thought in this song is … [Read more...] about Unity

Filed Under: Words that Matter Tagged With: Culture, Unity, War

Righteousness

24 February 2022 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

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All of life is covenantal. For those unfamiliar with the term, a covenant is like a contract or a pact. Marriage is based on a covenant, as is your citizenship, your participation at school, work, church and the local golf club. Life in any of these covenants requires two … [Read more...] about Righteousness

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Covenant, Culture, Righteousness

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Thor's Oak

Around 723 AD, a missionary named Boniface entered Hesse in Germany. Upon finding a sacred tree named Thor’s Oak, he took an axe to it, cut it down and built a church. Many in the town, believing that the God of Boniface must be greater than Thor, left their paganism behind converted to Christianity.