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Reflection on Titus 1 (Part 2)
Reflection on Titus 1 (week 1, 2026)
Christianity is hard to understand because God is impossible to understand
My friend called me a sinner for laughing at crude jokes
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My Christian friend took a shit on me for enjoying time and laughing at crude jokes with some friends, even calling me a sinner. “Lord, I want to get to know people but it’s challenging to wrestle with our differences. You hold yourself to the highest moral values, yet because you loved us so much, …
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Firstly, let me just say that it is a mouthful but I deliberately avoided God because in common usage he is defined within a religion and my intention is to talk about God outside religious constructs. This came out of my little article yesterday about making life choices even though there is no certainty about …
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This came up—well, not exactly as I’ve framed it but I thought it expresses the question well—in a conversation with someone today. We were joking about earning brownie points with “the one who determines our fate” and she asked, but what if there is nothing and death is the end, how would you decide? I …
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I don’t see the value of a church. All I see in them is hypocrisy and Sundays seem to be days when Christians come out “hypocriting”. Churches are communities of sinners who have been saved by grace and commanded to love one another. This provides opportunities to love and be loved but also opportunities to …
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I’m struggling with excessive masturbation as well as a carelessness about myself resulting in actions that endanger myself as well as being dangerously overweight. I have tried to take control and regulate my habits but every now and then things happen and I’m back to square one. I need to remind you again, this is …
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I would love to learn more about the bible … which book should I start with first? Hi Arlene, thanks for reaching out. Great question! Many books of the bible are actually stories or narratives; they basically tell us what happened. So a simple way is to start reading the bible like you would read …
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I’m confused by Titus 2:9 “Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them”. I was always struggling in my previous job experience when the boss only like to hear what they like to hear but refuse to hear the truth. As a …
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Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. (Proverbs 3:7 NIV) I have been wise in my eyes for a while now but I’m not sure how to manage my thinking that I’m greater. How does one bring themselves to realise their need for God? It is a fine …
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Matthew 24:14-28 The key point is in the conclusion, “Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.” The fates of the faithful servants and the wicked servant illustrate the different responses the Master has towards them and show us that the parable ultimately is about judgement. The servants are exactly …
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Why is Jesus’ death and resurrection a free gift when we are called to change our ways? Aren’t we effectively sacrificing our ways for this new life Jesus supposedly offers? This is a good question that people rarely ask. It arises from a misunderstanding of what our salvation is all about, which often is caused …
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