Perhaps some version of a self-serving bias in combination with emotional inducement?
Or perhaps we Christians often get stuck on 2 Corinthians 3:5, "Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God". That doesn't mean He has to get all the credit. It is proper to give thanks for the effort put in by the people who actually contribute. Paul was often thankful to God and to others.
Or perhaps we Christians often get stuck on 2 Corinthians 3:5, "Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God". That doesn't mean He has to get all the credit. It is proper to give thanks for the effort put in by the people who actually contribute. Paul was often thankful to God and to others.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
