Who is Right, & Who is Wrong? Part 3 (TMF:2440)

Friday, September 13, 2024

Peace to Live By: Who is Right, & Who is Wrong? Part 3 (TMF:2440) - Daniel Litton
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So, on the flip side of this, when I visit a church that does not agree with such things—that Jesus was more pro-feminism than a lot of people believe—does this then mean that they are right because they argue from a more traditional viewpoint? I mean they have thousands of years of church history to back them up. How do I personally decide who is right? The truth is, just because this particular church may disagree with the other church doesn’t mean that the other church is wrong. Just saying something is bad doesn’t actually make it bad or wrong. In many types of these areas in the Christian life, those which are in the big group of third level issues, there are a lot of opinions. And as the Apostle Paul said, we believe what we believe by faith, and each of us stands or falls in front of God based on that faith. There is no need to tear up the one who disagrees because really that is between them and God.

Who is Right, & Who is Wrong? Part 2 (TMF:2439)

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Peace to Live By: Who is Right, & Who is Wrong? Part 2 (TMF:2439) - Daniel Litton
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Still yet, at another church which had an interesting name, this time I observed things moving about in a more traditional sense. That is, I wasn’t expecting things to be quite so typical to the standard evangelical way because of the name of the church. The name had led me to make prior assumptions that the church would be more hip and modern, which wasn’t actually the case. Anyhow, continuing on with this, pastors have different approaches as well as the congregations in general. Going back to the pastor giving the feminist sermon, he had all kinds of bold claims as to why he was right. He claimed this and that. And actually I agreed with a lot of what he said, though, I am not so sure I agreed with his attitude toward what he was saying in that he was so adamant in what he was saying. I mean, I didn’t like how sure he was because really, at the end of the day, these were more debatable issues he was talking about. I felt him being so opinionated displayed a particular attitude of pride.

Who is Right, & Who is Wrong? Part 1 (TMF:2438)

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Peace to Live By: Who is Right, & Who is Wrong? Part 1 (TMF:2438) - Daniel Litton
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I’ve talked about varying Christian denominations and varying beliefs that they have. What I am meaning to say is that because there are so many different denominations, there are a vast variety of ideas as pertains to what is good and bad, acceptable and not acceptable. I have experienced it myself on a first-hand basis. Sometimes during the year I’ll visit different churches just to see what is going on, to see how this particular church goes about things versus other churches. I like to sit and observe. And I’ve even done this online since that is particularly easy as more and more churches have online service. But, you get the real ‘feel’ of a church when you are actually there. Anyhow, where I am going with this is that in seeing the different churches, I have obviously noticed different ways of going about things. I was in one church recently where the pastor stood up and talked about Feminism, and how Jesus was very supportive of women during his earthly ministry. I was quite surprised, as this wasn’t what I had been expecting.

Practice the 20-Minute Rule, Part 2 (TMF:2437)

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Peace to Live By: Practice the 20-Minute Rule, Part 2 (TMF:2437) - Daniel Litton
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Why does this happen, that our emotions will shift? Well, the problem to begin with is that our brains have been lying to us I think. They have said to us, “You really don’t feel like doing this task today. Why don’t you skip it?” But, when we start to do the task, most often those feelings shift and then we feel like doing the task. This is kind of a cousin concept to that of being ready out of season, right? I don’t know how many of my work sessions I have saved by using this technique, this rule if you will. It has saved me many times. Now, what if you do the task for 20-minutes and you still don’t feel like continuing it? Well, in that case, I don’t continue. I just stop and say to myself, “At least I tried.” But this is very rare, and usually for me doesn’t happen. As a matter of fact, it has happened so few of times that I can hardly recall any times it has happened. Perhaps if you are facing something really daunting, it could happen. But I think that generally are brains just aren’t telling us the straight story, or perhaps we just want to be lazy and rest.

Practice the 20-Minute Rule, Part 1 (TMF:2436)

Monday, September 09, 2024

Peace to Live By: Practice the 20-Minute Rule, Part 1 (TMF:2436) - Daniel Litton
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This is something that I have created in my own life that I have found to be beneficial toward getting things done. We all have days where we don’t ‘feel’ like doing our work, doing the things that we need to do. Really, it could even be our devotional time. We could wake up in a really bad mood and just not feel like reading anything. Or it could be a huge project that we need to work on and one of which we don’t particularly care for, and perhaps we are even dreading it. Well, I have figured out a way past this roadblock to getting things done. I call the solution the 20-Minute Rule. Actually, it is quite simple. Generally when I don’t feel like doing something, I just go against my emotions and start doing it anyway. Usually, after about 20 minutes of doing that task, my emotions will have changed as I built up some momentum in doing the task and now (after the 20-minutes) I will actually want to continue working on whatever it is. It is actually quite amazing that we can change our emotions like that. I’ve just found that it usually can take up to 20 minutes for the shift to occur. Sometimes it happens in five or ten minutes.