Humans love silver bullets: quick, clean, indisputable solutions to complex problems. How do we take care of the poor in our country? Elect a Democrat. How do we save more marriages? Make wives respect their husbands. How can we be certain God exists? All humans share moral absolutes. What more needs to be said? Plenty, actually. Everyone is looking for silver bullets because they make things easy. They dilute complicated issues into trite syllogisms. They get us off the hook, offering us peace without wrestling, security without risk, tranquility without chaos. Christians are especially
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