Author Archives: Steve Foster

Syrian Refugees and Christian Tension

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Steve Foster

The longer I live the Christian life, the more I realize that it is a life often lived in tension. We live in the "in between" with two opposing but complementary biblical principles serving to keep us balanced. I have … Continue reading →

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Responding to Unfair Treatment

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Steve Foster

21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: 22 “Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth”; 23 who, when He was reviled, did not … Continue reading →

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Josh Duggar and Christian Hypocrisy

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Steve Foster

“I have been the biggest hypocrite ever. While espousing faith and family values, I have secretly over the last several years been viewing pornography on the internet and this became a secret addiction and I became unfaithful to my wife.” … Continue reading →

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Sex as Salvation

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Steve Foster

Ernest Becker wrote The Denial of Death in 1973. It won a Pulitzer Prize for its psychological insight and its honest assessment of life. Becker’s basic premise is that, as humans, we are both blessed and cursed. Blessed with a … Continue reading →

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The Denial of God

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Steve Foster

Interesting quote from Ernest Becker's "The Denial of Death" (1973): The Russians could not let go of Lenin even in death and so have entombed him as a permanent immortality-symbol. Here is a supposedly 'secular' society that holds pilgrimages to … Continue reading →

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