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The Heart Is Desperately Sick

A little over a year ago, I wrote about a book, Batavia’s Graveyard, and talked about how disturbing it was to read.  It disturbed me because it was incredible how those who claimed to be Christians could distort the teaching … Continue reading

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The Fractious Christian Community – III

In the last blog, we made mention of the fact that Christians will disagree on what are our essentials of our faith.  Since the Bible is the source of our doctrine, we should pay attention to it says about this … Continue reading

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The Fractious Christian Community II

In the past couple of blogs we have asked why our Christian community is so fractious when Jesus prayed that we should be as one.  The first question we must ask is:  What does Christian unity mean?  Does it require … Continue reading

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The Fractious Christian Community

We have a multitude of different Christian religions and denominations in existence today and each one of them claims to interpret the Bible correctly.  The problem is that because of their conflicting beliefs, they all cannot be correct.  So how … Continue reading

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Christianity Unity

There seems to be a sentiment in some circles that most of the troubles of our world could be resolved if we would just we could all just agree.  Years ago The Moody Blues wrote and performed a song which … Continue reading

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Creative Ways of Sharing Our Faith

In the last blog, we suggested we should follow D. L.  Moody’s example when questions arise on how we should deal with those whose moral code differs from our own.  Now let us see what the Bible instructs us to … Continue reading

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Boycotts and Lawsuits

When the World’s Fair came to Chicago in1893, many Christian leaders and groups were outraged that the fair would be open on Sunday.  Some wanted to boycott the fair and others wanted to file a lawsuit.  Not following the lead … Continue reading

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Luther and Reason

In terms of our relationship with God, Martin Luther “has very, very limited use, if any use at all, for reason”. [1]  How can this be true?  We are made in the image of God.  Part of our being is … Continue reading

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Is God Omnipotent?

In his book God, Faith, and Reason, Michael Savage quotes another author who makes the argument that God is not omnipotent because he permits all the evil in our world. [1] However, the definition of God, “the one Supreme Being; … Continue reading

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God’s Sovereignty

Does God control all aspect of our lives?  Verses like the ones quoted below would indicate that he does. In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord  by the mouth of Jeremiah might … Continue reading

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