When I let the dogs outside at 5:00 AM, the doves were cooing and the birds were chirping; the sun had already done a good share of rising and it looked like the day would be beautiful. I hoped my dogs, 2 in the back yard and 3 in the front, would be quiet, not waking the neighbors at this early hour on Sunday morning. Read more…
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Why do so many Christians try to put God in a box? They make rules. They decide which parts of the Bible are for today and which ones are used up and only applied to the past. They use their rules as a way to decide which gifts Jesus gives to believers to use in our current generation. They decide which way is OK to hear form the Lord. They cut away at the Bible and remove any part they don’t want to acknowledge.
What kind of people would do this to God’s word? IMHO I believe they’re people who have a need to control God and the people around them. They believe they are intellectuals and they try to prove their theories with books outside of the Bible. They use books written in the flesh to prove their thought about the inspired word of God. They use the ideas of other people to prove their ideas to the folk around them but the real person they are trying to prove right or wrong is God. Read more…
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What a mess the church is in. For quite some time now, satan has been living up to his name “the destroyer” by getting Christians to turn on one another, . It’s nothing new but all of this terrific modern technology makes it happen fast and easily.
I love to read my Bible. It answers all of the important questions in life. And I believe everything it says. For instance, in John 8:31-32 my Bible says, - Jesus therefore was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you abide in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Read more…
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by Barbara Ellin Fox
I’m not much for organized religion. I consider my self qualified and entitled to this opinion because I’ve spent a lot of time in church.
I grew up in the Methodist Church. I went to Sunday School in the morning, followed by church service. I attended Youth Fellowship in the evening and Confirmation Class whenever it was held. I learned the Apostles Creed, a little about Jesus, a lot about John Wesley and all about how to be a Methodist. And I learned about hypocrisy from a High School Band teacher who’d gotten angry at me for something I didn’t do. He called me horrible names, humiliated me in front of the rest of the band, and caused me to leave the band after playing the flute for 7 1/2 years. Then he served me communion on Sunday. He never did believe me and I entered community college as a voice major. I didn’t learn about salvation in the Methodist Church. I met Jesus at a Dave Wilkerson Crusade. Read more…
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Someone asked me recently, what kind of Christianity I prefer. Mmmm I thought, what kind? When you think about it, there are a lot of different kinds…….
My “kind” is totally based on Jesus as in Jesus Christ, the Christ in Christianity. Without Him there isn’t any Christianity. Cover to cover, the Bible tells me everything I need to know about Jesus.
So what do I know about Him? He’s the Son of God, God who visited the world in the flesh. He was perfectly sinless but He was crucified for our sins, mine, theirs, and yours. He was buried in a tomb and after 3 days He rose and He sits at the Father’s right hand. He’s the one and only Savior. Jesus saved me when I asked Him to forgive me. He is righteousness and the only righteousness that I have is because of Him, because He lives in me. And my goal, every day is to become more like Him. (I have a long way to go)
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Christmas is a wonderful time of year, and it’s a terrible time of year. I look at the people who are shopping and I hear, “I didn’t know what to get her so I got this…” and I look at moms and dads who have a need to “buy enough” for their children for Christmas…. and I wonder how long they will have to pay on their maxed out credit cards at incredibly high rates. And I wonder what else families go without just so they can do Christmas up right.
I drive around my neighborhood at night and view amazing displays of lights. We are all too familiar with the light competitions. But why does it seem the poorest of homes have the big displays with blow up Santas in airplanes, Santa on motor cycles or just a blow up Santa who passes the roof line. These big decorations are so expensive.
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