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Florida’s “Stop WOKE Act” is about White people’s comfort
When did comfort become our highest aspiration?
by Peter W. Marty
A father and his dying daughter came to see me. They wanted different things.
Sometimes truth is better than comfort.
by Samuel Wells
February 2, Epiphany 4A (Matthew 5:1–12; Micah 6:1–8; 1 Corinthians 1:18–31)
Matthew’s Beatitudes are meant to give comfort, not to challenge.
by Kat Banakis
Until now I never appreciated the beautiful message of this week’s Old Testament passage. God’s promises to Israel—to not be drowned by water or burned by fire—make this text almost as comforting to its readers as the 23rd psalm.
By Lawrence M. Stratton
The Gideon Bible treats the Bible as comfort food. But a diet of the Bible consists of conflict and confrontation.
by Rodney Clapp
The preacher must remind those who feel worthless already that Isaiah is not trying to make them feel worse.