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Lives That Matter

Does the world really need another blog post discussing which lives matter? Probably not. But I want to get my thoughts on paper and be able articulate my position to anyone who asks me. This is being written in July 2016, and if you haven't checked your history book recently, a lot is happening right now. Consider the following statements that you may have heard recently: #BlackLivesMatter #UnbornLivesMatter #BlueLivesMatter #AllLivesMatter The problem I have with "All Lives Matter" is that it is most often used as a response to the phrase "Black Lives Matter." In addition, it is a response that is used to dismiss both the statement "Black Lives Matter" and the underlying injustices of our society that make it necessary to say that black lives matter. Remember, "Black Lives Matter" has an implied "too" at the end . We already know that all lives matter. Our society is already set up so that white lives matter. We want black lives t...

My Religious Views

I follow the religion of Christianity, which is quite a broad term. If you're looking to narrow it down a bit, I would say I'm an evangelical Christian. Here's the big picture in four points. Creation: God created the whole world, declared it to be good and created humans in his image. Fall: Mankind fell from relationship with God. Sin entered God's perfect world and has been messing it up ever since. Humans are sinful, both because of their sin nature and because they commit acts of sin. Redemption: Jesus Christ came to earth and died in the place of human sinners so that we could be restored to our relationship with God. Jesus Christ was and is fully God and fully man, and God raised him from the dead, as the defeat of sin and death. Restoration: Jesus Christ will return to earth to finish his redemption once and for all. Sin, Satan, and sinners will be judged. A new heaven and new earth will come about that will restore things to the perfect created order that God in...

HTML

I was hoping to edit HTML here, but I don't think WordPress supports that. You can do very basic HTML. But the video and audio tags are blocked. A great place to test out your html and css is on Google Drive. https://googledrive.com/host/0B716ywBKT84AMXBENXlnYmJISlE/GoogleDriveHosting.html Read more details here: http://googleappsdeveloper.blogspot.com/2012/11/announcing-google-drive-site-publishing.html