Archive for August, 2008

Published by admin on 29 Aug 2008

Credible Copy or Crooked Conspiracy? Part 1

[This is Part 1 of a 2-part article.] 

 ”The Bible is a product of man, my dear. Not of God. The Bible did not fall magically from the clouds. Man created it as a historical record of tumultuous times…and it has evolved through countless translations, additions, and revisions. History has never had a definitive version of the book.”[1]

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Published by admin on 26 Aug 2008

American Heart Services: An Alarming Allegory of the Christian Church in America

American Heart Services (AHS) was once a thriving business. With multiple locations in virtually every U. S. city, number one market share, and the best heart remedy products on the market, AHS was hard to beat.

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Published by admin on 20 Aug 2008

Blinding Bias

Field of Dreams is one of the greatest baseball movies of all time. You remember the story. Ray Kinsella hears a voice telling him to plow under his corn crop and build a baseball field. Everybody thinks he’s crazy; he thinks he’s crazy. But when he does it, baseball players from long ago begin showing up on his field, appearing out of nowhere from between the corn stalks. Ray and his family believe.

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Published by admin on 17 Aug 2008

For the War Weary Pastor

[Please send this to any pastor you know who is finding resistance at his church and needs encouragement to endure.] 

I remember thinking very early on, “What kind of people are these?” It only took a few weeks for the anger, jealously, and rudeness to come out of them. It was my first full-time pastorate and I was so excited. Finally, after many years of praying and preparing, God gave me my dream, and it quickly turned into my worst nightmare.

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Published by admin on 15 Aug 2008

Why did my sister die? The origin of death and suffering, Part 2

[This is Part 2 of a 2-part article. For Part 1 click here.] 

Why didn’t God stop Adam from sinning in the first place?

So we have an explanation of death and suffering’s entrance into the world. But, if God is so powerful and so good, why didn’t he just stop Adam from sinning in the first place or suspend the consequences of Adam’s actions? Good question.

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