In it<\/a>, he walks us through the modern obsession with all things phobia, and reminds us Christians that using the weapons of the Enemy may not be the wisest course of action.\u00a0 It is tempting, of course, to want to crush those who may wish to do us harm, to use absurd phrases back at those who have made a living using absurd phrases, and to attempt to beat them at their own game.\u00a0 But we should remember one thing: we\u2019re right.\u00a0 We have the Truth on our side.\u00a0 That\u2019s capital T truth.\u00a0 Not to be arrogant, or snotty, or condescending of other truth claims.\u00a0 But let\u2019s face it, we believe we\u2019re right, so we should act as though we believe we are right.\u00a0 And a great place to start is not seeing clearly the shallow and ridiculous tactics used against our Faith, and then turning around and using them when convenient.\u00a0 Rather, it would be best to take the higher road, even if it means some lost battles along the way, for the\u00a0war, as we know,\u00a0was long ago won for us on a hill called Golgotha.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In it, he walks us through the modern obsession with all things phobia, and reminds us Christians that using the weapons of the Enemy may not be the wisest course of action.\u00a0 It is tempting, of course, to want to crush those who may wish to do us harm, to use absurd phrases back at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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