Author: Gary Furr

Gary is a musician, writer and Christian minister living in Alabama.
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Love Your Neighbor–part 3

Gary Furr

In our previous time together, I examined the mystery of how love of God, neighbor, and even ourselves, is so askew. And this lives out so differently in men and women, the well-located and the dislocated, the rich and the poor, but there are common roots to it all. We concluded with this observation of the matter–When we love our neighbor this way, forgetting ourselves in love for another, we connect with the powerful love that is at the heart of all things.  It is life-giving.  It is also impossible unless God helps us to love.  And yet we know, … Continue reading Love Your Neighbor–part 3

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Love One Another– part 2

Gary Furr

So today, let’s pick up where we were last time. In the New Testament, there are two injunctions. As I mentioned previously, we are to love God and love our neighbor. Romans 13.8 states, let no debt remain outstanding except the outstanding debt to love one another for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. But what about self-love? We’ve become bogged down in modern life by being sure that we love ourselves enough and have subtly reversed the emphasis of this commandment. Many people struggle with finding a sense of purpose and worth. The modern secular profession of counseling … Continue reading Love One Another– part 2

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Alabama Coalition for Healthy Mothers and Children Secures Funds to Launch Student Bed Program in Sumter County

Gary Furr

SUMTER COUNTY, AL — The Alabama Coalition for Healthy Mothers and Children (ACHMC), in partnership with Sumter County Schools, is pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative to provide beds and bedding to students in need. This project, titled “Don’t Forget the Little Ones,” was made possible by a significant and timely donation from a generous ACHMC donor of $15,000 which was a significant initial step in funding the $25,000 project. A check was presented August 8 to Marcy Burroughs, superintendent of Sumter County Schools by Gary Furr, Founder and President of ACHMC and Bart McCorquodale , a member … Continue reading Alabama Coalition for Healthy Mothers and Children Secures Funds to Launch Student Bed Program in Sumter County

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Forward to the Past?

Gary Furr

It isn’t just bad politics. It’s an appalling lack of biblical understanding. The trajectory of the Bible is more important than preserving first century or nineteenth century culture. “Christendom,” or its latest version, “Christian nationalism,” has been tried many times in history and failed as all idolatries do. The Kingdom of God is not the creation of men, but only of God. Separation of Church and state has been the best arrangement of the two. It is good for both. David French reports on an appalling influence in Christian circles. Continue reading Forward to the Past?

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Love Your Neighbor–part 1

Gary Furr

The phrase “love your neighbor as yourself,” which appears in nearly all religions as what we often call the “Golden Rule,” is the rule of reciprocity—love as you wish to be loved, treat others as you wish to be treated. Now this seems almost imbecilically obvious except that we are living through a ghastly moment of stupidity in our public life. “Strength” is exalted across the world by rightward mobs in reactionary anxiety of cultural and societal erosion. These changes, in my view, are mostly our own creations due to endless speeding up of life, isolation by our technologies of … Continue reading Love Your Neighbor–part 1