1207. The Fallacy of Rewriting Your Personal History By Ted Gibbons , in Meridian Magazine -- very thoughtful article!
I wondered what this article was about, after reading the title. It is very interesting to see how we can "rewrite" our history in our own minds! The Fallacy of Rewriting Your Personal History By Ted Gibbons · April 15, 2020 Editor’s Note: Beloved author Ted Gibbons recently passed away after a battle with cancer. We will continue to share his wonderful insights here periodically. One of the members of my church congregation came to see me in my office a while ago. I had not seen him in a meeting for some time. He is a very nice person, but he has lost his commitment to Christ and His gospel, or else it has been watered down like a soft drink full of ice on a hot day. But we are friends and he came to visit me. He talked about his disenchantment with the Church in general and with the members specifically, and about how hard it was to sit through meetings and listen to hypocrisy and platitudes instead of the things that really matter. ...