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Why does God demand total submission?
Published by Jeff, on September 5th, 2007 in 036 WHY: Life's Biggest Questions, Front Page, Tough Questions.At Southside Church, we have been going through a churchwide campaign called, WHY> 40 Days Pursuing Answers to Life’s Biggest Questions.
I haven’t posted the sermons yet, but we’re just finishing our second week of the program, and already I’ve been challenged with some pretty big questions.
During the first small group discussion at my house, a man shared a little about his own spiritual journey and posed this question to our group: Why does God demand total submission?
I’ve been pondering it for a while, and here’s my response.
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036-03 Why Should I Believe the Bible?
Published by Jeff, on September 2nd, 2007 in 036 WHY: Life's Biggest Questions, Front Page.Popularity: 25% [?]
036-02 Why Should I Believe in God?
Published by Jeff, on August 26th, 2007 in 036 WHY: Life's Biggest Questions, Front Page, Lafayette Community Church.The second week of our WHY campaign got quite a bit more meaty as we discussed the heart reasons for believing in God and touched briefly on some of the head reasons for belief in God. Listen up and give me your feedback!
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036-01 WHY Campaign Introduction
Published by Jeff, on August 19th, 2007 in 036 WHY: Life's Biggest Questions, Front Page, Lafayette Community Church.Popularity: 29% [?]
WHY campaign week #1 promo video
Published by Jeff, on August 17th, 2007 in 036 WHY: Life's Biggest Questions, Front Page, Lafayette Community Church, Video.WHY Campaign
Published by Jeff, on August 12th, 2007 in 036 WHY: Life's Biggest Questions, Front Page, Lafayette, Lafayette Community Church.For 6 weeks, we will be exploring the six biggest questions in life.
- Why am I here?
- Why should I believe in God?
- Why should I trust the Bible?
- Why is the world so messed up?
- Why is there such conflict between Science and the Bible?
- Why Jesus?
It’s going to be a powerful program combining dynamic Sunday worship experiences with casual but deep discussion groups. I’ve been looking forward to it for 3 months now!
In many ways, I’ve been thinking of this 6 week campaign as a re-launch of the church. During the summer, our attendance went down quite a bit, but now that school is starting up again, I’m really hoping that we can get a jump-start on this new year by launching this campaign.
I want every Sunday service to be a real event. More than that, I’m really eager to see us take the life of the church to a new level. Here are my personal dreams for the campaign.
- That we would get more than 50 people solidly involved in a small group experience.
- That our Sunday attendance would double.
- That all our volunteers and campaign directors would be encouraged and excited all the way through.
- That the campaign would launch us full speed into the Fall.
- That we’d get a solid small group thing happening combined with memorable Sunday gatherings.
These things are so doable, and I believe God can easily accomplish them all. I’m eager to see it!
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One of the biggest things that keeps us back from a life of fulfilling our purpose is a lack of motivation. In this message, I simply try to address some simple things that can help us get motivated to live lives of purpose, helping people get connected to God.
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"Our biochemistry is about 97% the same as a mouse.
Our biochemistry is about 50% the same as a banana.
Human Cytochrom 'C' is closest to that of a sunflower.
Human eyes are closest to the eyes of an octopus.
Human skin is closest to that of a pig."
Explain to me, how this fits in with primates??? With all due respect, i think his aim with "god set it up that way" was meant to be an insult of some kind. He sounds very passionate about this subject and with passion comes biases. While i'm not researched in anyway on this specific argument, generally speaking i'm convinced these people only look at their "evidence" with one prospective; 1st proves evolution or doesn't.. They don't even consider any other possibility of what it could mean..Taken at face value because i don't know anything about the human gnome and could be missing key things due to pure ignorance. Start of video; You had plenty of time to research and form a "theory" on something then proceed to drop this well researched project on someone and expect them to refute you on the drop of dime?? I dont think you need a PHD to say; you should allow someone to try refute your findings within a respectable time frame. That seems like the most objective thing to do. Although i think this would show insecurity on "Ken's" part. (To have holes punched in something your just presenting would be kind embarrassing. or was it arrogance?) Rest of video: Sounds like its not an exact match, "within 15 bases", and something about Telomeres not belonging? The choice of "correspond with" instead of something like is "exactly like", implicates some differences as well?.. But i could be completely wrong.. "no reason, no rhyme" sounds like he is insulting the bible as well. Would be very interested in hearing a completely objective view on these findings..