“We continue to hear from many people on the debate over <fill in your favorite conflict> that our current <fill in your church “rules”> contains language which is contradictory, unnecessarily hurtful, and inadequate for the variety of local, regional and global contexts,” the proposal said. “We will name such a Commission to include persons from every region of […]
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The King on the throne spoke to the millions and millions about the holy fire that had burned away all of the stubble and straw from their lives—the trivial things, the worthless things, the acts done for mere show or out of secret or selfish intentions. When Ethan heard that, he had no
What will be left of your life? More
I am convinced that the battle for humankind’s future must be waged and won in the public school classroom by teachers who correctly perceive their role as the proselytizers of a new faith … Questions – Who said that? What is this “new faith”? And what does this have to do with what the
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… the Chinese government continues to make heavy-handed moves to rein in Chinese Christians. In the name of maintaining safety and beauty”, the CCP has bulldozed churches and torn down crosses all painted red as reminders of the blood shed by the faithful when Mao Zedong’s troops tried to erase their faith from China almost
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What’s the real problem of Global Warming? Arrogance. Here in California where I am, you can no longer build a house with a fireplace. At least “regular” people can’t. I’m sure that with enough money and loopholes, the rich people can do it. But the average person can’t. Because we will make global warming worse.
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Do you let people help you? Do you ask people for help you when you need it? Are you a Christian? If your answers were “No” and “Yes”, respectively – then I have to respectfully ask a question: Why not?? Remember this, from Mark? Mk 9:35 Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If
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Do politics and religion really make strange bedfellows? They concluded that many Christians left the church because of the church’s active affiliation with conservative politics. You’d better believe it! On both sides. But the issue I have is why “the church” aligns itself with either side of politics. And since they do, why isn’t
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Whoever has my commands and keeps them … Jn 14:21 Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him. OK – but what are those commands – and
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Should there be a National Day of Reason? “Come now, let us reason together,” Since I believe the preceding statement is true, the answer must be yes – we should have a national day of reason. And the fact that humanists, atheists, Etc. want it to be on the same day as the National Day
An idle mind … An idle mind may or may not be the devil’s playground, But it most certainly is NOT God’s playground. Mt 22:34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which
