The story of you – and Mr. J.
In any case, even though I don’t know you, statistically speaking – this will probably happen to you. In some fashion.
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life
Wanting to be found – but hiding to not be found.
We do the same thing with God It’s “fun” to be a new Christian. There’s the excitement. Lot’s of people are happy for you. Even the Heavens rejoice.
But then, …
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The problem of imperfect knowledge
The problem of imperfect knowledge: Someone is murdered. Someone else wonders – “where was God when … was murdered?”
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The problem of Christian hypocrites
So then – we’re all serial killers, aren’t we? To expect anything else is to not understand our own need for salvation.
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BC / BCE & AD / CE
BC / BCE & AD / CE No, it’s not a complex formula. It’s just another sad attempt, that fails miserably, to remove God from our lives.
The problem of problems
The problem of problems.
Remember when you were in school – or maybe you’re there now – and we get the dreaded “word problems” in math?
Even if math itself wasn’t hard, those word problems were always tough.
Until one day – some really nice teacher explained the key to solving word problems. He (or was it she?) said the reason word problems were so difficult was that they had so many extra words. Those words were meant to confuse. They were meant to make it hard to solve. And they succeeded.
Anyway – the real “problem” was …
I remember a lot of stuff, but …
In the world today, with the internet and e-books that are fully searchable, memorization is becoming less and less important, at least for it’s own sake. Anything can be looked up, even with a general idea of what it’s about.
But – knowing what something means – how to interpret it and apply it to the environment we live in – that’s what counts.
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What’s the significance of people living to about 120 years?
You know how when you read those parts of the Bible you tend to skip over them? You probably just skipped it now. … if they are mentioned again, it probably says something about their heritage anyway. And failing that – if you really want to know who someone was, just Google them. What’s the big deal?
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If your goal is to offend no one …
… In all sorts of places, speaking truth will end up causing a lawsuit. In colleges – it’s a violation of whatever they call the rules against speaking truth to our sensitive little children who are supposed to be exposed to the very thing they object to – truth.
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Parables and Hype Cycles (Part 4)
And so now we’re ready for Revelation. And finding out what happens to the “seeds” that fell in all four areas – which of course is a way to describe everyone who is – has been – and will be on the face of this earth. God has offered salvation to all of us – but only those who successfully make it through the hype cycle – who achieve a relationship with our Savior, Jesus – are guaranteed that salvation.
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