Culture

Humble or Victim?

by Daniel Dessinger on Apr 10, 2021 category Culture

I found myself singing this song today… and then the lyrics gave me pause:

I need you Jesus, to come to my rescue
Where else can I go?
There’s no other name by which I am saved.
Capture me with grace. I will follow you.
This world has nothing for me. I will follow you.

Great song. It felt so right and good to sing to the Lord and voice my esteem for Him. And yet, as I reached that last line, I winced.

This world has nothing for me. I will follow you.

How many people have I met who took the mindset that they are not intended for this world and as a result became relatively useless people?

It’s one thing to commit one’s self to service, forgoing salaries and titles and possessions. The choice to live a life of humble service can be honorable.

I’m concerned with a subset of our self-professing Christian community who love to talk about how this world is not their home, and who ultimately contribute very little to the world – creating nothing, innovating nothing, serving very few, loving even fewer. “This world has nothing for me” shouldn’t turn into a passive isolationist lifestyle. Remember what happened to the steward who buried his talent and dug it up to give back to the master untouched.

Why Are We Here?

by Daniel Dessinger on Feb 19, 2021 category Culture

This is Part 2 of a series we’re doing on Heaven and the “why” of God creating people. Catch up on Part 1 here. I’m going to break this topic up into bite sized bits so neither of us drowns in words. Let’s dive in.

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What if Christians Got the Rapture and Heaven All Wrong?

by Daniel Dessinger on Feb 1, 2021 category Culture

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Why do people die and go to heaven if the God is going to create a new heaven and new earth? If “new earth” isn’t for humans, what else would it be for? What if God never have intended us to live in heaven, and our great-great-great-great-grandparents got it all wrong?

Whoa, Daniel . . . you’re jumping right off a cliff into heresy! I hear you, and I understand why this may be your initial reaction. I want to congratulate you and encourage you now:

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Immunity Passports The First Step Toward Health Discrimination?

by Daniel Dessinger on Sep 12, 2020 category Culture, Health

Both Germany and the UK are working on an immunity passport that essentially clears an individual to return to the workplace. At a time when mandatory stay-at-home orders has shut down many economic sectors, this passport has been discussed as a tool for restoring economic stability.

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Voice.com Received $150 Million to Challenge Social Media Giants

by Daniel Dessinger on Aug 22, 2020 category Culture, Tech

Every week I hear someone talking about leaving Facebook. There’s a growing consensus that the largest social media platforms are unfairly censoring user generated content based on an idealogical or political difference.

And while several platforms like Parler have launched prematurely as a reaction to censorship, the world really needs some well thought out options if the main platforms of Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram are to ever be abandoned.

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Feasting Imagery Is Our New Theme, Aaaand Also Our Old Theme

by Daniel Dessinger on May 13, 2020 category Culture, Lifestyle, Spirituality

When I launched this website in the Fall of 2005, I thought I was preparing the way for an online bookstore. I’d acquired hundreds of books and was entering their data into a database for the purpose of selling online. The feast was originally a feast of knowledge, as made apparent by my bookstore’s selection of great works.

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