Category Archives: Love
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Endgame’s Greatest Scene: Agape in a Super-Powered Universe
Leave a commentApril 30, 2019 by Alex Johannigman
As a fan of all things superhero from a young age, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has held a special place in my heart ever since I watched Iron Man in the final week of my freshman year of college. I walked out of the theater on Sunday afternoon convinced that Endgame was the perfect capstone for the movies that have brought so much joy to the last 11 years of my life. But there was one scene in particular that has kept coming back to me for the past 2 days.
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All That Catholic Proposal
1October 28, 2015 by Alex Johannigman
After all of the talk from Pope Francis and Catholic bloggers about marriage and the family in recent month, I decided it was time to try it out for myself.
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So Your Country Just Redefined Marriage… Now What?
Leave a commentJune 26, 2015 by Alex Johannigman
The Supreme Court’s decision has changed some things, but it hasn’t changed our responsibility to love people with same-sex attraction or their children, and it has given us an even greater opportunity to shape cultural perceptions of marriage by living a better alternative.
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What America Actually Revealed About Itself After the RFRA in Indiana
2April 3, 2015 by Alex Johannigman
Fear has caused us to react in the worst possible ways to the news in Indiana this week. But is growing fear between the two increasingly divided worldviews seen in America only going to get worse, or is there a way that we can heal the open wounds?
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7 Trends Destroying Families Faster Than a Same-Sex “Marriage” License in Texas
5February 20, 2015 by Alex Johannigman
Beneath all of the talk about “marriage equality” and “preserving the sanctity of marriage” there are much more harmful trends that are destroying the health and stability of marriages and families than the legal status of same-sex unions. The scariest part is that most of us are contributing to the problem.
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Show Mercy Even If They Don’t Deserve It
Leave a commentNovember 19, 2014 by Alex Johannigman
Whenever we have a hard time showing mercy to someone else because we don’t think they deserve it, it’s important for us to think about how much we don’t deserve the mercy that is extended to us from Christ. Whenever someone does something that really bothers me, I’ve been making an effort to think about if I’d want Christ to forgive me of the same thing. The answer, so far at least, has always been “yes”, even when they haven’t done anything to deserve my continued love and forgiveness.
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Moral of the Story: Christ Is in the Poor, but Also in You
1August 18, 2014 by Alex Johannigman
“When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on …
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