What Jesus' Sacrifice Means for Our Lives, Owen Anderson on the Role of Christianity in America, and a Question About Defining Purpose

Welcome back to The Think Institute Newsletter. Every Friday, you and 1400+ other subscribers get one idea from me, one quote from somebody else, and one more thing to think about. I hope you enjoy this. Please feel free to pass it on to a friend. Want to read the archives? Get all the back issues here: https://thethink.institute/archives. Here goes nothing….

AN IDEA FROM ME

Jesus literally gave Himself for His people, and as a result, the Law of Reciprocity says this: “When someone gives you something, you want to give them something in return.” If God gave Himself for you, what do you want to give for Him? Yourself. Now, that desire is a good desire. That desire is the desire that leads you to fulfilling your meaning and your purpose in life….

—Source: 4 Surprising Ways the Bible Defines the Meaning of Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVVL1DUsEWM 

A QUOTE FROM SOMEBODY ELSE

“The left cries wolf about conservative Christians trying to impose their religious law on the United States. Of course, the United States already relies on Christian law: do not murder, do not steal, etc. Not to mention the benefits of Christian social custom and a host of philanthropic efforts—hospitals, schools, adoption agencies, etc. If the left really wants government sanitized of Christianity, we will take those back as well.”

—Dr. Owen Anderson, “Apostate Christian Anti-Nationalism” https://americanreformer.org/2024/09/apostate-christian-anti-nationalism. (Owen Anderson has been on The Think Institute’s podcast multiple times and comes highly recommended.)

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

How prepared are you right now to answer the question, what is the meaning of life, according to the Bible? What would help you become better able to answer this?

Reply in the next seven days, and I will write you back. 

In Christ, 

Joel Settecase

President, The Think Institute

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