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Selling Our Soul for a Fleeting Salvation

March 1, 2023 by Samuel Williamson

Last week I read a puzzling passage in Hebrews. So baffling it even felt (if I can write this without being struck dead by a bolt of lighting), it …

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The Worldly Deceit of Willpower

August 24, 2022 by Sam Williamson

In 1975, three friends and I participated in a 200-mile bicycle marathon on Belle Isle, an island-park owned by the city of Detroit. The course was a …

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When Helping God is Lethal

February 9, 2022 by Sam Williamson

I have an atheist friend who hates the Bible because of the Old Testament: the violent wars, people struck dead, and idea of a fearful God. He doesn’t …

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I Was Mortified

February 2, 2022 by Sam Williamson

I wrenched my back last spring. I don’t know how I did it, but certain movements sent firebolts of pain down my spine. I couldn’t even lean over to …

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The Measure of Our Lives

January 19, 2022 by Sam Williamson

Years ago, an entrepreneur I barely knew asked if we could meet. He was an aggressive businessperson, a roaring lion among his peers. Yet on the …

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Why Can’t We Forgive Ourselves?

November 10, 2021 by Sam Williamson

I know a man convicted of a violent crime against someone he loves. He acted in a momentary rage. He had never been violent before. It shocked him. …

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When Salvation Isn’t Enough

November 3, 2021 by Sam Williamson

Years ago I worked with a man whose native language was Selfdeceitish. He once boasted how he stunned a client silent with his “brilliant analysis.” …

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Comforting Our Sadness

October 6, 2021 by Sam Williamson

I recently read an article that blames Facebook for the modern plague of discontent. After all, Facebook ceaselessly shows us friends sailing the …

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The Impact of Intimate Theology

August 18, 2021 by Sam Williamson

A few years ago, I met with a pastor of a church near a large campus. As the university grew in prestige, it attracted thousands of international …

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Improving God

July 21, 2021 by Samuel Williamson

Bertrand Russell was one of the most influential philosophical thinkers of the 20th Century. He described himself as agnostic in general but atheist …

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Humanizing Hitler

July 7, 2021 by Samuel Williamson

I recently heard of a movie made nineteen years ago. (I’m usually twenty-five years behind, so nineteen years late is up-to-date for me.) The movie …

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Hunting Heroes

May 26, 2021 by Samuel Williamson

A few years ago I saw a video of a famous Christian writer who has morphed his verbal skills into marketing savvy. He teaches both the secular and …

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I write Beliefs of the Heart to grow our intimacy with God, to help us all examine our deepest heart-beliefs. I am an orthodox believer, meaning my theology is consistent with Christian beliefs through the centuries. In fact, I believe that our current cultural moment clouds our beliefs, so we must continually examine our current,

 fashionable beliefs–which are often unquestioned–in light of scriptural truth. I live in Brooklyn, MI, USA, with my wife. We have four grown children and an ever increasing number of grandchildren.

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