The Question That Made Me Look Deeper I have heard people say that the Bible did not simply appear in history exactly as we know it today. To understand it better, I need to look more closely at how it developed over time. That challenge is worth considering because the Bible is not one book
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Wrestling With the Idea That We Are God I have heard people say, “You are God pretending to be human,” and that is the kind of statement that can either open somebody’s mind or shut the whole conversation down. Taken literally, it sounds like somebody is claiming that every human being is the Almighty, with
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When Interest Starts Feeling Like a Test I have learned that dating can become confusing when one person is interested while the other person is still trying to decide what they feel. Sometimes a woman may pull back, communicate less, or create some distance while she sorts through her emotions. A man on the receiving
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When Being “Too Smart” Sounds Like a Problem Something about hearing a nineteen-year-old young man described as “too smart” has never sat quite right with me. When somebody has the intelligence and discipline to reach an elite level, I would normally expect those qualities to be celebrated. Yet intelligence can make certain institutions uncomfortable when
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The Joke That Opens a Bigger Conversation Sometimes somebody tells a joke that sounds ridiculous at first, but underneath the laughter there is a serious historical question worth examining. I heard one joke that said White people must not have been very original because Europeans crossed an entire ocean and then started putting “New” in
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When Suspicion Takes Over the Relationship I have learned that sometimes people become afraid you are going to do exactly what they are already doing to you. At first, their questions may sound innocent enough because everybody in a relationship needs reassurance from time to time. They ask about an old girlfriend, a coworker, a
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The Question Behind Jasmine Crockett’s Defeat When I looked at Jasmine Crockett’s loss in the 2026 Texas Democratic Senate primary, I understood why some Black voters saw something deeper than one candidate losing an election. Crockett had become nationally known as a fighter who spoke forcefully about immigration, civil rights, Donald Trump, and other issues
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What Credit Really Means The older I get, the more I realize that a lot of people understand how to use credit without fully understanding what credit costs them. Credit is basically an agreement allowing me to use somebody else’s money now and repay it later under certain terms. In many cases, I also have
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Learning the Difference Between Approval and Purpose The older I get, the less I care about measuring my life by how many people agree with me or applaud what I have to say. There was probably a time when approval carried more weight because most of us enjoy knowing that people appreciate what we are
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The Story Behind the Word “Spirits” I have heard liquor called “spirits” for as long as I can remember, and somebody eventually gave that old word a much darker explanation. The claim was that alcohol is called spirits because drinking allows spiritual beings to enter a person’s body and temporarily take control. That explanation can
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