What Does God Require of Us?

When sending out Air Force bombers, a former president used to say they were going out “to do the Lord’s work.” Religious people are often too sure that they know God’s will in a specific situation. This happens with people on both sides of the aisle, so to speak. So-called liberals too easily identify the will of God with our own cultural values or national policy. And so-called fundamentalists are sometimes too sure of what the will of God is as they appeal to a literally inspired Bible, and are too confident that their understanding of God’s will should […]