When your religion means nothing
We should give to Caesar – the government – the political things in life.
And we should give to God what is His – our love and worship.
And not mix up the two.
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Why listen to God?
I often write something along the lines of trying to listen to God. And things about trying to follow the path God has set for us.
But why?
And how?
A message to Trump haters (and everyone else)
But none of that seems to have happened.
Instead, I believe, we were in a position where – no matter who had been inaugurated – it would have been the person we “wanted”, but also a person God allowed to rise up to try to teach us a lesson that we “need” to learn.
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God versus religion – why
Sometimes we can know for sure that followers of God don’t all hear from Him – like when two sets of people who know for sure they “know God’s voice” are saying two very different things. Both insist they are right about whose voice they hear – and what that voice is saying. Neither will say the other is wrong. Both just insist they are “right”.
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I never knew you
But – what if the situation is entirely from within ourselves?
What if something happens in our own little “world” – with no influence from outside – really messes up everything we thought we believed in? What happens when we’re left only asking God – “Why”?
We keep asking. We keep getting silence. We reach a point where it’s just too much.
God hears His people
As I said, the original impetus for this article was another 9/11 anniversary.
However, as I’m moving it from an old site to the new one, it seems much more personal.
When we have one thing after another after another …
Tell that to your people
Just because we don’t like what God, through the Bible, tells us – that’s not a good reason to just assume it must be a fairy tale. Whether it be everything the Bible says – only parts of what it says – or even the very existence of God – the reality of the warning is still there.
If you quit …
If we try something, we may or may not succeed. But if we quit, failure is guaranteed.
Answer – because I have to be
Confused? Me too – for a while. Maybe for too long.
And now, here I am a year and a half later thinking – I really need to remember this.
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The stories of Adam and Eve
So, these are the two stories of Adam and Eve. They cannot both be true. In the process of trying to provide too much “evidence” and too many claims – one of them shows major problems.
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