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October
2007

I want to know how it works

Our journey into the unknown is rife with peril. The only real motivation for hope is to yearn for the afterlife. I want to know how to get to Heaven. This earthbound wonder of an existence is surely not all we have to look forward to. There must be, beyond this life, a boundless, wonderful, rest-stop on the journey of Eternity. I must find the way there.

“This earth holds nothing for me, but thee.” (Psalm-Ezekiel)

I want to see that horizon, march into that wonder, take my place in the pantheon of kindred souls. To bow and worship the Living Savior. To kiss His feet. To joyously proclaim for as long as I am able: “Jesus is Lord!”

11
August
2007

Bible Study for Dummies

What would happen if you read or listened to the Bible for five minutes a day? Here’s your chance to find out.

Daily Wisdom

Luis Palau

Devotionals for Youth

Hard Saying of the Day

16
July
2007

What is truth?

On one side is a list of places to find the truth about God and Jesus. On the other side is a resource for famous Americans you should know about. You can only think about what you know. What are you filling your head with? You are responsible for deciding your future. There is an after-life…who do you believe?

Intelligent design and irreducible complexity

7
June
2007

Face your Goliaths

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ll our lives we seem to be captured by Goliaths. Our past, our job, our spouse. The awful monsters of our youth haunt us. Faith is the touchstone that impowers us to slay that Goliath. David marched forth with the firm determination that “this ogre is not going to blaspheme the God of Israel.” How did he start? How did he know he was going to win?

Confidence. In his heart (and his thoughts) impelled him to accept the challenge. Not even that giant, that seemingly insurmountable monster, shall stand against one’s resolve to serve the Living God. “Jesus is Lord” is more than just a mantra, a rallying cry, a silent prayer shouted inside your head. The capturing of “faith”, wrapped inside the mental intention of the heart and soul, is molded into an actual tool. Something beyond oneself that makes the evidence of what one cannot see, real. Useful. Meaningful. Powerful. Faith is that seed.

1
June
2007

One another relationships

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life that isolates itself from meaningful relationships is morally at risk. Having few valued relationships leaves us with little reason to deny ourselves. This accounts for the rapid deterioration of the moral fabric of American society. A life that has not cultivated a personal relationship with Christ is particularly vulnerable. We Americans have valued a kind of individualism that fosters isolation.

We have told each other that the only thing that really counts is individual happiness. We construe unhappiness as reasonable grounds for divorce, abortion, indeptedness, sexual experimentation, addiction and a slew of other unguided urges that will further alienate us from God and other people. We surround ourselves with a getto of one. The more apart we feel, the more we seek to satisfy ourselves in destructive patterns that distance us even further from the protective cover of treasured relationships.

Followers of Christ suppress their instinct for instant gratification in favor of the deeper pleasure of a growing relationship with Him. This in turn puts us in a special union with others who follow Him. We must consecrate ourselves to a growing relationship with Him and His followers, which then supplies us with resources for radical reformation of our lives. It is not codes, inner enlightenment, morals, religious systems, famous preachers or humanity centered platitudes. It is Christ. Because I am His, I gladly sit as His feet, surrender, and serve.

Adapted from “Following Christ” Chapter 6 by Joseph Stowell.

We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. The man who says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone obeys his word, God’s love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him:Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.
(1 John 2:3-6)

26
April
2007

Conversion of a soldier

Cornelius, Saul and the eunuch offer us a complete picture of what it means to have “saving faith” or eternal life. J. W. McGarvey’s Original Commentary on Acts

First, in the cases of the eunuch and Cornelius , there was the visible appearance of an angel; and many converts of modern times have related, as part of their experience in conversion, similar apparitions. But there certainly was not in Saul’s case the appearance of an angel; therefore, such an appearance is not necessary to conversion.

Second, The Lord himself appeared to Saul and conversed with him; but he certainly did not to either the eunuch or Cornelius. It is not necessary, then, to see the Lord.

Third, Saul mourned and prayed for three days after he believed, and before he was immersed; but Cornelius and the eunuch did not; therefore, protracted sorrow and prayer are not necessary to conversion.

Fourth, Cornelius was immersed in the Spirit, but Saul and the eunuch were not; therefore, immersion in the Spirit is not essential, but a circumstance arising from the peculiarity of a single case.

Then Peter answered, (47) Can any man forbid water, that these should not be immersed, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we? (48) And he commanded them to be immersed in the name of the Lord. (Acts 10:47-48)

” Baptism - immersion” is necessary for eternal life and part of “saving faith” or “Lordship Salvation” .