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The Original Rebellion

Posted on December 22, 2021 by admin

Why did God make us finite?  If he wants us to believe in him, why does he hide himself from us (Isaiah 45:15)?  Why does God, in the words of Orual, the main character in C. S. Lewis’ novel Till … Continue reading →

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Saving Souls

Posted on December 6, 2021 by admin

In the last blog, we discussed how our Christian upbringing can impact our walk with God.  Specifically our upbringing can determine how we interpret the Bible. [1]  For me, this issue has been resolved but what I still wrestle with … Continue reading →

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Always a Christian

Posted on November 28, 2021 by admin

Sophia Lee raises an issue that impacts us Christians more than is realized.  She asks:  For those of us raised in the Christian community, is our life is so filled with knowledge of the Bible and Christ, and are we … Continue reading →

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Infighting

Posted on November 20, 2021 by admin

You will not hear about it much in our church history, but Christians have resorted to violence multiple times when they disagreed on points of theology, even to the extent of killing fellow Christians.  Examples include Athanasius who was “quite … Continue reading →

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The Foolishness of God

Posted on September 26, 2021 by admin

I am reading Dominion:  How the Christian Revolution Remade the World by Tom Holland.  Holland notes that throughout history, humans who claimed to be divine were not all that unusual.  Those who accomplished great tasks (e.g. Egyptian kings, the Greek … Continue reading →

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High Anxiety

Posted on August 29, 2021 by admin

Our current world situation—the pandemic, the various political upheavals around the world, the loss in confidence in many of our institutions—is inducing anxiety in many people.  What are we to do? In Mathew 6:25-34, Jesus instructs us not to be … Continue reading →

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What Can We Do?

Posted on July 25, 2021 by admin

I have heard the story of a church in Germany during WWII which was located near a railroad track that served one of the concentration camps.  Each Sunday morning a train taking Jewish people to the camp passed by the … Continue reading →

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Lessons Learned II

Posted on July 11, 2021 by admin

Amidst all the atrocities we have discussed in the past few blogs, there is an aspect of the human  condition that we do not hear much about and that is history also tells of of a few individuals who risked … Continue reading →

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Lessons Learned

Posted on June 27, 2021 by admin

The prominent atrocities we have discussed in the past few blogs are no different that occur on a daily basis in our world.  People are starving all the time in our world but Stalin’s use of starvation to kill the … Continue reading →

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The Price We Pay

Posted on June 7, 2021 by admin

In several of the past few blogs of this year, we have talked about the millions that have been tortured, tormented, and killed by various governments who were attempting to restructure their society according to their vision.  The atrocities committed … Continue reading →

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