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Prosperity Gospel
A certain segment of Christianity maintains that God wants us to be wealthy and healthy and all we need to be wealthy and healthy is by faith claim it. They do have Biblical support. “If you then, who are evil, … Continue reading
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Nonsense
I have heard people question whether God is omnipotent by asking if God can create a square circle. C. S. Lewis gives the best response: “. . .nonsense remains nonsense even when we talk it about God.” [1] _____________________________________________________ [1] … Continue reading
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God’s Existence
C. S. Lewis in The Problem of Pain quotes Pascal as saying: “. . .proving the existence of God from the works of Nature. . .only gives their readers grounds for thinking that the proofs of our religion are very … Continue reading
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Recognizing Our Soul
Many years ago, I worked for a company that utilized a large plant to make their products. The plant was so large that I could not recognize a person who was at the other end of the plant. However, I … Continue reading
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A Catechism
I have been going through my Dad’s paperwork and came across a small book of catechism published by the General Conference of the Mennonite Church of North America in 1937. In a section titled “By Way of Introduction” it contains … Continue reading
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Intentions
In this blog we have consistently stated that salvation takes more than our belief, action, motivation, or repentance–it takes all of them. A book I have recently read elevates one other aspect of our soul above all the others. This … Continue reading
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What Is Faith?
The dictionary defines faith as confidence or trust in a person or thing that is not based on proof. The Bible agrees. “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1 ESV). … Continue reading
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John the Baptist
Matthew 3 tells us about the ministry of John the Baptist prior to when Jesus appeared on the scene. About half of Matthew 3 is John berating the religious leaders of his day because while they came to his baptism, … Continue reading
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What Is a Christian?
So what exactly is a Christian? Webster’s defines it as “pertaining to or derived from Jesus Christ or his teachings”. That does not provide much help because there are many conflicting ideas of what Jesus taught. As we noted in … Continue reading
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Defining Christianity
WORLD recently published an article on faith and politics. In the article they quoted a political scientist at a university as saying: “. . .the label ‘Christianity’ doesn’t mean much anymore, at least when it comes to politics: while a … Continue reading
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