Have you ever been in a stage of life where you did not feel fully accepted? Have you been to a social gathering where you you were not welcomed? Has someone overlooked getting to know you because...
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Have you ever been in a stage of life where you did not feel fully accepted? Have you been to a social gathering where you you were not welcomed? Has someone overlooked getting to know you because...
Thanks for the commentary SERay.
I have been reflecting on Acts 5:29 in regards to this situation. Still pondering about this situation.
It is hard to know for sure whether God disapproves of...
The phrase the butterfly effect is used in chaos theory to describe the small initial conditions that can affect the eventual outcome of a large dynamic system. Or in other words it is a way to...
Have you ever experienced God in a profound way? I know personally that it is certainly easy to get into the mode of God being on the sidelines of life. It is easy to forget how powerful He is and...
I had the great opportunity to share the Gospel on a number of occasions. My first opportunity was through my church, Cumberland Road Christian Church located in Fishers, Indiana. We had the...
It is often easy to answer fellow Christians by quoting the Bible, but it becomes a challenge to speak to non-Christians, when they do not believe the Bible to be true. Have you ever wondered why...
I have noticed over the years that there are disagreements in the definition of the biblical tithe. Traditionally, it is thought that a tithe is what we give to the church in the offering plate,...
Some further thoughts on possible reasons why God even bothered to create mankind, with full knowledge of the fall of Adam:
What was God's purpose in creating mankind in the first place?
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Facebook has been amazing. I now have friends from all around the globe. Some friends are from the United States, and some are from other countries including India, Pakistan, and even the...
In part I of this series we discussed a few reasons why God allows struggles to occur in life: the wages of sins and the illusion that takes form when a problem exists. We are now going to outline...
Wow what a discussion. I had no idea this question would bring about such a discussion. Thank you all for insight. Just wanted to clarify one thing though. This question did not come about just...
I think it does matter. When evangelizing over the years this question has come up many times. Me being me I try to give a rational answer. It might be wrong, but God knows that I have good...
I remember long deep conversations with a friend of mine, Beverly, out on my balcony. Conversations about literature, her poetry, and philosophy. Often times these conversations would converse into...
There came a point, six months ago, in which I no longer had a great desire to sit down at my computer and work on this blog. Not because I no longer had anything to write about, but because I...
I did not clarify that this was my opinion, because i thought this was implied. You summed it up well in your post 2. "It becomes clear that no one has an answer, only long discourses with...
The original question of this blog post is this:If God already knew that Adam and Eve were going to fall, why did God go forward with his decision to create mankind?”
We are not really talking...
Quote: "Are you saying God created mankind with the predestined knowledge he would sin, so that He could provide redemption to lift up the fallen?"
Yes, this is what I am saying. God in his...
I heard an outstanding answer to this the other day on the radio. God's perfect wisdom demonstrates that there is much more beauty in redemption as compared to perfectly created robots who are...
I would have to disagree with your 4th paragraph. And it is certainly ok to disagree, I am not alone in my thinking. I have heard a few popular pastors who hold the same position as myself...
Thanks Steve. I think we are both on the same page. You call it preceptive will, and I call it moral will. Like I said in my original post that God does have certain acts or plans for our lives,...
Johanna, please let me explain my point of view further. I think that God guides our lives, but he does not have a pinpoint plan for us. He uses everything for the greater good. You marrying...
In the last post I attempted to describe what was involved in following the will of God. The phrase, moral will, was described as what God desires us to do. This moral will is found when reading the...
I would like to write about a topic that has caused much confusion in my life, and I am sure in the life of many Christians. This has been such a stumbling block for me in making sound decisions for...
The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:2-17 NKJV)
1. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me.
2. You...
I have been learning lately what it means to “believe” in Jesus Christ our Lord. The question that I should not ask myself is when I officially became a “believer”, but the question should be what is...