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Tagged: extremism

Whatever Happened to Discourse?
Posted on Monday, May 7th, 2018 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: arguments, Carol McClain, discourse, extremism, James 1:19, listening, Matt. 7:1-2, Prov. 17:28, railing, Writing Redemption
By Carol McClain @ carol _mcclain Excited about connecting with an old friend from high school, I gladly accepted her friend request on Facebook. Soon, though, I discovered, she never had a nice thing to say. As a liberal, she dissed anything conservative. I learned nothing about her life or her interests or her loves, only …[ read more ]

Your Past Can Be Forgiven: Rahab
@carol_mcclain Is your past unforgiveable? Definitely not. Consider Rahab, one of the ancestors of Jesus, mentioned in Matthew 1:5. She was a prostitute. No one chooses this lifestyle. In ancient Israel, women found few avenues of employment. If unmarried or widowed, they very often had to turn to prostitution in order to survive. Who wants to have non-stop sex with strangers? According to the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women: [caption id="attachment_2044" align="alignleft" width="200"] No one's fallen so low that God can't redeem.[/caption] "Rahab, who begins as triply marginalized—Canaanite, woman, and prostitute—moves to the center as bearer of a divine message… ...[ full story ]

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