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The Emphasis is the Real Message

February 27, 2017 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

What is stated is often not the message being sent by what is stated. At a retreat I recently attended the core of the speaker’s message over several days, to both Christians and presumed non-Christians, was, “God loves you unconditionally….

On Social Media and ‘The Circle’

February 24, 2017 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

I’ve been thinking about this article from Rare the past week. The article discusses the trailer for the upcoming Tom Hanks/Emma Watson/John Boyega movie The Circle. The movie is an adaptation of a novel about a company like “Google or…

On Lack of Christian Consensus

February 23, 2017 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

I was reading an excerpt of Tony and Bart Campolo’s book Why I Left, Why I Stayed over at Hemant Mehta’s Friendly Atheist blog. The book focuses on Bart’s well known apostasy to Humanism and his father remaining a Christian….

On Doubt and Revival

February 22, 2017 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

So often the premise of revival is doubt. “Are you really saved?” “Have you changed enough in order to prove salvation?” “Do you actually believe?” “Growing up in church isn’t enough – you have to have a transformed life. Is…

On Moderation

February 13, 2017 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

It’s become my experience that what often passes for moderation (political, personal, religious, etc…) is actually measured restraint. That is not to say that there aren’t true moderates, or moderates of convenience, but exhibiting a measured temperament and sensibility is…

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