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What 500 years and 5 Million books can tell us about culture and Christianity.
Behind the scenes and in dusty libraries everywhere Google has been scanning books into their every growing database of information. As of 2010 Google said it had scanned 15 Million books into their system. This is amazing! However, to feel … Continue reading
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Homosexuality: How could it be a sin if I was created this way?
I left several issues unresolved in the last post I wrote. So for the sake of brevity I will write 6 parts, which I hope will help to answer and explain the remained question regarding the issue of homosexuality. PART … Continue reading
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Sexual orientation: a celebration of diversity or a display of sin?
Could sexual orientation be a God created human distinction like skin color or being born left handed?
…God layered creation with diversity and color. God imprinted on the framework of creation the ability to reproduce in its kind. Yet, no flower, or fingerprint are the same. This is the mystery and majesty of creation. The act of reproduction is not to form a mere copy but to produce a completely new and diverse life in the image of the creator. Continue reading
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Worship is a gift
Worship is hindered by sin one has committed toward other people. When one worships while in sin their worship is reduced to vanity and is offensive to God. Continue reading
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No More Sea.
Throughout the Scriptures, both Old and New Testament, the seas and oceans represented Chaos and wickedness. Continue reading
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Righteousness not camouflage.
Christ blood is not some divine act of camouflage so that we can continue to sin unpunished. Continue reading
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Wonderful cross or place of death?
We often sing of the wonderful beautiful cross. And because our mind cannot handle the intensity or cruelty of the cross we grow numb to the brutality of the cross. Yet, we have to remember the cross was torture leading to death. Jesus experienced pain at the highest levels of the human experience. Continue reading
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People and change
People rarely change, and apart from God I believe change is impossible. Continue reading
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Must death preceed recreation and renewal? Is creation lost?
There is this conflict within the christian community as how the recreation of the world will take place.
One side believes that all of creation will be destroyed. Then God will form again from nothing a new created world.
The other side believes that this created world will not be destroyed merely recreated. God created this world “good,” loves this world, and does not and will not ever destroy it. Continue reading
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