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Audience Particpation: TrueFaced
It is a rarity that one enjoys the required reading! The back sleeve read,“The day of self-righteous, religious performing for cheap applause is coming to an end.”Eye catching, but soul searching as well. I’m reading this book for an assignment. After reading, I’m supposed to ask 2 questions (where you come in):What mask are you [...]
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History
I spent tonight trying to avoid the inevitable, knowing in my gut what was coming down the pike. As in the days before Josiah, the word of God has been lost in the house of God. As a result, the people perish for lack of knowledge. The signs of the times have been everywhere, but [...]
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Voting for Righteousness
Voting for Righteousness K. Arthur“. . .I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.” 1 Timothy 2:1-2 How important is it that a Christian [...]
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The Shack
Setting the record straight.Over the past several months I have been asked about my opinions on the book The Shack. In the first few chapters, where Young sets up the story, I was intrigued with the topic–an allegory on God confronting our pain. As I continued, I wrote a lot of notes, theological notes, out [...]
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The Idol of Relevance
It is most difficult to balance the precipice of non-conformity and cultural relevance as one seeks to live and speak the gospel message to any generation, though especially the one we currently find ourselves in. On one dangerous slope there is the abandonment of truth for the sake of numbers and mass appeal. One unguarded [...]
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Our country continues to lean dangerously closer to the cliffs of socialism. The past two days on Wall Street and in the halls of Washington ring with a deceptive call towards the agenda that, while promising a quick fix, will prove to be a major power play in the next four years. To think that [...]
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I thought I’d share a recent, random conversation over facebook. The names have not been changed to protect the identity of those involved. I will add, though, that there is a balance between recognizing what Daniel says: “It is He {God} who changes the times and the epochs; He removes kings and establishes kings (Daniel [...]
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I’ve been hitting the books hard this week. God’s Providence, even in the way the content of my four classes has lined up, is overwhelming. Last weekend I had the privilege of being in Topeka, Kansas teaching others how to discover truth for themselves. The 2 day event was humbling and encouraging. In many of [...]
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The following is an article from the Wall Street Journal (Online) by MOLLIE ZIEGLER HEMINGWAY entitled “Look Who’s Irrational Now .” A friend pointed out the similarities between Romans 1 and “A fool says in his heart that there is no God.”You can view the original article here. “You can’t be a rational person six [...]
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