Notice on a slight format change:

Except for July 2012, these are mostly a collection of current devotional notes.

July 2012 is a re-write of old quiet times. My second child was born Nov 11, 1987 with multiple birth defects. I've been re-reading my QT notes from that time in my life, and have included them here. They cover the time before the birth and the few years immediately after the birth. They are tagged "historical." I added new insights and labeled them: ((TODAY, dd mmm yy)).

Thursday, May 26, 2016

QT 26 May 16, 1 Tim 2:8, Diversity is a good thing but does not dismiss the reality of absolute truth

1 Tim2:8 (ESV) I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;


NOTE: I recently listened to a Ravi Zacharias (RZIM.org) message on "Secularization: Its Control and Power," where he argues that one of the foundations of civilization, charity, is being lost by today's political discourse. The vitriol and anger, and lack of civilized discourse is so disheartening to myself. We argue on the basis on emotion, yet think we are arguing on the basis of reason. But our anger shows that we don't really want a reasoned or logical discussion, rather, we want to tell the other person what he MUST believe. How blind we are to our own religion-alization of our worldview. Why? Why must another believe my worldview? And specifically, why does the world so hate a belief in God or absolute truth? Has the good of diversity blinded us to the fact that truth is not? I fear for us, and can only pray that we wake up before we destroy ourselves.

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