Individualism. Narcissism. Value-free choices. These are all key elements in the decline of the practice of mutual accountability in Western churches, among clergy and laity alike.
タグ: accountability, key, choices, practice

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Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person they are almost indistinguishable.
タグ: average, being, person, loved
Ontologically, chocolate raises profoundly disturbing questions: Does not chocolate offer natural revelation of the goodness of the Creator just as chilies disclose a divine sense of humor? Is the human born with an innate longing for chocolate? Does the notion of chocolate preclude the concept of free will?
タグ: free, will, chocolate, humor
The book of the Psalms, which is the primary devotional literature of the whole Bible, is full of complaints.
タグ: which, literature, book, bible
A group is as healthy as its 'social contract' is clear; a congregation as faithful as its covenant is mutually understood; a pastor as effective as the pastor's and people's commitment to trust and integrity is honored, guarded, and fulfilled.
タグ: commitment, integrity, people, trust
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