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Ever notice how a sports figure may be a terrible person whose actions border on criminal, but the fans will defend him. They’ll claim his actions aren’t really that bad and will excuse him for almost anything as long as he’s helping the team make a run for the championship. But then when he goes…
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I watched a Youtube video by The Living Philosophy titled Nihilism vs Existentialism vs Absurdism – Explained and Compared. I found it interesting since it explained so much. I knew Nihilism had taken a strong hold on our postmodern society, but this made me realize just how much of those other two philosophies also infected…
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I’ve never really cared for most of the explanations or analogies used for the Father, Son and Holy Spirit being three and one. We’ve all heard the analogy of one triangle but three sides, and how water can be steam, liquid and ice. I never liked any of these. But then I was sitting in…
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There is an inconsistency in Matthew’s Gospel when compared to Mark and Luke. It is one of those “contradictions” that sceptics like to use to cast doubt on the validity of the Gospels. To be honest, it is one I’ve struggled to find an explanation, even though it is a minor point. I’m referring to…
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I was once asked “What is a good way to develop good character in the young?” At the time I said I did not know because I saw failings in all the methods that are usually suggested. I’ve heard people claim that education is best. But if you take a thug and give him a…
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Like all people, I struggle with sin. In fact, a particular sin. I’m sure there are lots of others in the same situation. There is some sin that seems to consume them, and they go to God begging him in prayer to remove this desire to sin from their lives. They will even push the…
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Please excuse some of the language I’m about to use, but I really can’t find a better word to express my complete feeling on the subject. Every generation has its stand-up guys and its chickens***s. My father was a World War II vet and the Greatest Generation had its chickens***s too. My dad enlisted in…
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I believe the Evangelical community owes JK Rowling an apology, and we’ve never given it. When the Harry Potter series first came on the scene there were many Christians who condemned it, due to the presentation of magic. They judged it without really studying the books or considering the usages of magic within the books.…
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In 1955 as part of his IRobot series, Isaac Asimov wrote in the short story Risk, about the world going robot crazy. One of the characters complained how everything required a robot. As he put it, “If you need a step then just get a robot with an extra thick foot.” Asimov was quite prophetic.…
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I have been contemplating God and His grace. Most people think He was very exact with the law He gave Moses and was completely lacking in grace because of what we see as the harshness of the penalties. As a result, we think His grace is new thing introduced only through Christ, but we are…
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I remember looking at various photographs from the Holocaust. In the pictures it wasn’t the victims that caught my eye but the guards. They didn’t look like monsters, but like normal people. People who would play ball with their sons or take their spouses to a restaurant for an evening. They looked like normal people,…
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What kind of Messiah where the Jews of First Century Judea and Galilee looking for? Reading the gospels, it is apparent that there were three types of Messiah they wanted, depending on the group. The common man was looking for a caring Messiah who would feed them and care for them. They were the ones…
Author: FromtheBasket
