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Every Christian worth his or her salt wants to know the will of God for their life, right?
Of course you do! You are a Christian! You are all about doing the right thing!
OK. We’re going to let the cat out of the bag ahead of time. You won’t [...]
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There is a lot of ‘talk’ in the blogesphere these days, as well in the churches, of a ‘Jesus shaped’ spirituality. “Doing” our best to walk like Jesus, to talk like Jesus, to act like Jesus, to do the things that Jesus told us to do.
That certainly wouldn’t be a bad way to live, would [...]
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Last night I went to a party and met a guy (a non-denominational Christian) who wanted to talk to me about Jesus.
Great! I love talking about Jesus Christ! But for some odd reason the conversation just would not stay there… it kept going back to all the things he (this gentleman ) was doing to become the [...]
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“Now to one who works, his wages are not reckoned as a gift but his due.
And to one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness.”
- St. Paul Romans 4:4&5
“Yeah but’, you just can’t live any way you want! ‘Yeah but’ you need to show God you [...]
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Addendum to post: While driving back from San Diego this morning ( I took my wife to the airport) I was listening to a very well known preacher on the radio who used the phrase, “If only…”, quite often in his sermon.
So I’m adding it to my list of words to watch out for. Example: ” [...]
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Many folks in the Church really like to keep busy by pumping their ’spiritual muscles’. They’ve substituted the Charles Atlas (I’m dating myself) poster on the wall, for a poster of Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount.
I believe that Jesus’ sermon was a re-presenting of God’s perfect Law, wherein no one would be [...]
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The following is my comment on the question of whether we should observe real change in the lives of a Christian. This discussion on the blog, ’Confessing Evangelical’ is from another discussion on his blog and others, concerning a so-called ‘Jesus shaped spirituality’:
“When someone is in Christ, their lives will change.
Will they all change [...]
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My last post was probably a bit convoluted. The examples maybe were not the best.
What I was trying to get across is that so much of today’s preaching and teaching regarding the Christian faith is nothing more than ‘law’ . St. Paul tells us that there in no life in the law…only death.
So when a [...]
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It’s everywhere. Turn on the radio…turn on the television…read “Christian” books…read “Christian” bloggers. ‘How to’ Christianity is everywhere! ‘The 10 Biblical Principles for cleaning your dogs teeth’. 14 Principles to become more Jesus’-like. ‘How to have a better Christian marriage’. ‘How to play basketball like a real Christian’.
What a joke. A bad joke.
People, do [...]
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Today was sort of a strange day. For some reason I was thinking about the plight of the homeless people in my area. And since they were on my mind I seemed to notice so many more of them than I otherwise might.
Well, the fact that I was thinking about the homeless isn’t the [...]
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