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If I allow you to only notice the facts that confirm your hypothesis and to ignore or disregard all of the facts that contradicted,

well, I mean, you can pretty much prove or argue anything.

One of the ways that the world was dear Christians is they will slap ugly labels on true and good things,

and they'll often put good labels on things that are false.

One of the great difficulties of Christianity is that we cannot be the hero of the story.

We are not the Savior. Jesus is the hero of the story. We are not the Savior. Jesus is the

hero of the story, and he's the Savior, and we are the saved. Leave it with Jesus. I mean,

what are you doing punishing yourself? Why do you think Jesus died so you could spend your

life carrying your sack of shame on your back? No. He died so you could

be forgiven and free. So drop that sack of shame and live free and forgiven in the gospel.

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Well, the dearth of religion reporters in the media, especially print media, has, it has resulted in sloppy reporting when it comes to matters of religion.

Sometimes the reporting is downright scandalous. Sometimes the reporting is downright defamatory. I don't

know if in a legal sense, but there's a recent incident of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

misreporting on a sexual abuse case in the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod that still defies

explanation to me. Greetings, and welcome to to issues et cetera live on this Wednesday afternoon,

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