1. Loving tolerance…

    Recently I attended the second Deep Church lecture of the term, with Justin Thacker discussing tolerance and political correctness. It was an interesting evening and one of many challenges. What was discussed raises several issues regarding our faith, and trying to tie them together was very hard. What I decided was to give the backbone of his arguments and then come to my own conclusions, based on what God was saying to me.

    Thacker began by talking about the most basic thing. What do we regard as tolerance? The dictionary definition is ‘to put up with, forbearance involving something you disagree with’.

    But is that what tolerance means today? Or what it meant for Jesus?
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