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I’ve recently watched the old HBO film Conspiracy. It’s a reenactment of the Wannsee Conference. Having personally experienced several bureaucratic meetings I would have thought this would be one of the most boring movies ever made, but it was riveting. This was the conference where the SS hammered out the “Final Solution to the Jewish…
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I’ve heard many, both believers and nonbelievers ask, “How can a loving God send anyone to hell?” To which I respond, “He has to send people to hell because He is a loving God.” I know that surprises you, and it seems like an oxymoron, but let me explain. First let us consider what hell…
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In a previous post I said that I felt uncomfortable with the “Jesus Gets Us” commercial form the Super Bowl. Sence then I came across this video. It was titled “The commercial that should have been at the Super Bowl.” To which I say AMEN AND AMEN!!!
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Recently my Bible class at church attempted a chronological study of the life of Christ. By that I mean they are trying to take the events listed in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John and as best could be surmised placing them in the historic order they happened. (I have a feeling this is a response…
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Albert Einstein hated Quantum Mechanics. He didn’t mind the field of study, but he felt the methods were lacking since a probabilistic model was used, and he believed only deterministic models could and should express nature. It was because of his dislike of Quantum Mechanics probability model he gave his famous statement, “God does not…
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I’ve been watching the television show Fargo for the last few weeks. I thoroughly enjoyed the previous seasons with all the quirky characters and unusual stories. I was really looking forward to this season since it was starring Juno Templeton and I’ve become a fan after seeing her in Ted Lasso. But I have to…
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I was watching Melissa Dougherty’s YouTube video on the “Jesus Gets Us” campaign. She was rather scathing in her analysis, and I have to admit I was a little uneasy about those ads shown during Super Bowl LVIII. I had the feeling that the ads were just off, but I hadn’t yet found the explanation…
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There is a tendency by many in the West to judge Islam by the life of Mohammad rather than the words he gave in the Koran. Finally, someone asked, “Should we listen only to his words ignoring his weaknesses and foibles, or allow only his actions to speak?” The answer, like so many things, is…
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In the last post I mentioned three passages about our struggles with sin. There is a fourth passage we should also consider. It’s Matthew 12:43. This is the parable where Jesus tells how when a demon leaves it will wander in the waterless places and after a while will return to find his old house…
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Studying the Bible, we can often find distinct stand-alone passages that can be seen as interconnected. Each valuable in their own right but when forged together like different metals form a new and stronger alloy. Like carbon and iron making steel, or tin and copper making bronze. There are three passages I find that fit…
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The parable from Matthew 9:16-17 about using new material to patch an old garment and putting new wine in old wine skins always confused me. It was explained to me that Jesus was telling the Pharisees that he was here to bring forth a new way and that it was incompatible with their old ways.…