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Author Archives: Dana Dill
How Do I Know It’s Gossip?
I think (I hope) all Christians know gossip is sin. If you don’t, read the Bible for like 5 seconds (Psalm 34:13; Proverbs 10:26; 15:4; 18:13; Ephesians 4:29). What exactly is gossip, you may ask? I like Matthew Mitchell’s definition, … Continue reading
The Feathers of Gossip
Things you can’t forget tend to be meaningful. In the play, “Doubt: A Parable,” Father Brendan Flynn delivers a sermon where he shares a parable on gossip that’s been tattooed on my mind ever since I first came across it. … Continue reading
Feminine Sins (Pt. 1)
Yesterday, I wrote about common masculine sins. Today, I’d like to write about pitfalls common to the ladies, the sins familiar to the feminine kind. As I started to prepare for this piece, I noticed something unusual. Are Women Off-Limits? … Continue reading
Masculine Sins
By design, men are to inclined to be strong, ambitious, and protective. Scripture honors and exhorts men to cultivate these traits. Yet, as the adage goes, our greatest strengths overplayed become our greatest weaknesses. Therefore, Scripture warns men of temptations … Continue reading
The Secret to Happiness
You want a happy life? Then think carefully about where that happiness is found.We chase it in success, relationships, comfort, or control, but the soul finds rest only in knowing God. Nothing grows the mind or enlarges the soul like … Continue reading
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Progressive Christianity Is Not Christianity
In recent years, a movement called Progressive Christianity (formerly known as Liberal Theology) has gained popularity. It wears the clothes of faith in actions and uses the vocabulary of the church in words, but its foundations are completely different. Before … Continue reading
Though You Suffer, You Are Not Unfortunate
We all know what it feels like to see our painful circumstances and wonder, “What possible good could come from this?” When suffering hits, when the plan collapses, the diagnosis comes, or the relationship breaks, it is easy to think, … Continue reading
Don’t Waste Words on Liars & Loudmouths
I’ve been in my fair share of debates, online, in classrooms, around the dinner table. Sometimes, the conversation is a genuine attempt to learn, to push toward truth. These are fun and enlightening. Other times, it’s clear someone is just … Continue reading
Don’t Let Your Wounds Write Your Theology
Imagine walking into a room on a cold morning. The air bites a little, so you glance at the thermometer and it tells you the room is 58 degrees. But the thermometer doesn’t change a thing. It just reflects the … Continue reading
“Radical Leftism” Is Not Politics. It’s Religion.
We’re told the Left is secular—a party of reason, free thought, and evidence. No gods, no dogma, no rigid rules. Just progress. Right? That may have been closer to the truth of the old Left (e.g. the Clinton-era liberalism that … Continue reading
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