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Christ & Cancel Culture: How would Jesus respond?

When someone says something contrary to current cultural preferences, they are deemed worthy of being silenced. The practice of boycotting a person or business because of a contrary opinion is a popular tactic to win an argument or establish a viewpoint. Instead of engaging an idea and debating it with facts, shaming a person out of the public square is, unfortunately, the preferred method. It is easier to shame a person into silence and obscurity than to converse and debate ideological differences.

Theology, PoliticsSamuel MillsAugust 3, 2020Cancel Culture, Samuel Mills, Free Speech, Free Expression, Toronto, Forgiveness, Truth, Theology, Politics, President Obama, Thomas Aquinas Comments

Does God permit or cause afflictions?

The disciples ask Jesus if the man’s blindness is the result of his or his parents’ sins (John 9:2). Jesus replies, neither, because his blindness is designed to display the works of God. One may wonder, is God the author of sickness? Can all physical deformities or defects at birth be used for God’s glory? Why are some people healed and others not? Jesus’ response does not focus on the origin of the blindness but points to what it will lead towards.

TheologySamuel MillsMarch 25, 2020Sickness, Thomas Aquinas, Samuel Mills, Theological Interpretation, John 9, Man born blind, Blindness, Sin, SufferingComment