Christ in Post-Christian Culture
I read an interesting post on http://godtube.com that I wanted to share with you. It's something I've thought about before. My great grandmother had a picture of Jesus in her house that depicted Him in soft focus, dressed in a long-flowing white robe, gazing up at heaven. There are literally thousands of paintings and prints …
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I have to admit that I initially came to Christ at a fairly young age of thirteen. I was in junior high school. Our family was very involved in a local Bible church. We attended Sunday school every week, then stayed for worship and the sermon. Our pastor was very dedicated. Very charismatic. I felt …
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I get a daily thought in my email every day regarding Alcoholics Anonymous. I wanted to share today’s with you because I find this thought to be dangerous. A Beginning My friend suggested what then seemed to be a novel idea. He said, “Why don’t you choose your own conception of God?” That statement hit …
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I am reading Jesus on Trial: A Lawyer Affirms the Truth About the Gospel, by David Limbaugh. He made a comment in the book that I'd like to share with you. He wrote, "We must not use our suffering as an excuse to sin, but as an opportunity to grow spiritually." Not only is it …
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Do we live our lives on a treadmill? Tomorrow morning the alarm will go off. You will wake up, shower, shave, get dressed, and get in your car. You will stop at Starbucks, sit in traffic, get to your office or cubicle or workstation. At lunch you will eat something, probably with some friends. After …
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The work of God in the cross of Christ strikes us as awe-inspiring only after we have first been awed by the glory of God. Therefore, if we are going to talk about the scope of the cross, we need to first talk about who God is. What is he like? How big is he? …
Some people have difficulty becoming humble enough to admit they need something beyond themselves -- a personal savior. That's one reason I have come to believe that pride ranks high in the hierarchy of sins. Pride leads us to believe we are spiritually self-sufficient, and keeps us from drawing close to God. For years I …
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Step Two of the 12-Step program of Alcoholics Anonymous states we come to believe that a power greater than ourselves can restore us to sanity. Step Three says we turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understand him. There is no mention of a specific concept of God. …
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