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Lesson 1: Judgment
Read MORE: Lesson 1: JudgmentAs I tried to decide on the next series, I kept asking myself what we need right now and what Christianity offers us. I asked with some anxiety, thinking we are in changing and often scary times. All sorts of…
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Lesson 2: Biblical Judgment
Read MORE: Lesson 2: Biblical JudgmentMany want nothing to do with the church anymore because it is so judgmental. They remember religious leaders in their youth talking as if life is only preparation for a Last Judgment that decides whether you’ll spend the rest of…
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Lesson 3: Accountability
Read MORE: Lesson 3: AccountabilityAlthough the Bible defines judgment primarily as the ability to discern God’s will in different real-life circumstances, it also uses the term to evaluate how accountable we are in living this way. Most Christians associate the term with this second…
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Lesson 4: Technology and Accountability
Read MORE: Lesson 4: Technology and AccountabilityLooking at judgment stems back to a conversation over twenty years ago. My son and I were writing something about technology and religion, which prompted me to ask my wife what she thought was our greatest loss from the tremendous…
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Lesson 5: What Makes for Good Judgment
Read MORE: Lesson 5: What Makes for Good JudgmentI’ve been looking at the different meanings of judgment in hopes that they might offer some clues to helping us move beyond our society’s deep divisions. It is not that they make a different argument but that they come at…
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Lesson 6: Good Judgment is Communal
Read MORE: Lesson 6: Good Judgment is CommunalGood judgment when making decisions involves, to some degree, consideration of the common good. This does not negate the singularity of every situation but recognizes that everything is also related to everything else. A judge representing the people in a…
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Lesson 7: False Prophets
Read MORE: Lesson 7: False ProphetsIf having good judgment includes weighing what others think, some standards are needed for doing this. There are all sorts of bad ideas out there, including strange conspiracy theories. This is nothing new. The Bible continually offers standards for judging…
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Lesson 8: Romans 12 as Summary
Read MORE: Lesson 8: Romans 12 as SummaryI was first drawn to examining judgment when seeking a new way to describe what might help us overcome our society’s deep divisions. I thought maybe talking about making good judgments would distract us from simply arguing about our differences.…
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An extremely timely topic. Thanks, Fritz!
yes we need to forgive our leaders yet make sure they do the right thing – which they aren’t.