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According to one personality test,
I am an ENTHUSIAST
(The Busy, Fun-Loving Type: Spontaneous, Versatile, Acquisitive, and Scattered)
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James 1:2-3 gives the standard Christian answer to this question:
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance…
Of course, knowing the Sunday school answer and being okay with it are two different things entirely, but this week, I [...]
Get physically fit in just 20 minutes a day? Well, get spiritually fit in only SEVEN!
It seems so capricious and uncaring that a God would allow his own son to suffer, until you get the bigger picture that God loved the sinful world so much that he sacrificed one son, for three days, to gain billions of children for a sinless eternity.
We look at all pain and suffering from the [...]
I was disturbed to see this video from Barack Obama talking about his intentions regarding the abortion issue…
I learned about this video from http://theologica.blogspot.com/2008/08/obama-and-freedom-of-choice-act.html. Be sure to visit that blog and check out the information there on the Freedom of Choice Act. Morally disturbing.
What’s the real issue?
Apparently, we are facing the [...]
I know that some people are especially interested in the bigger details of faith, so I decided to post here my full “Doctrinal Statement.” This is the first post in this series, and it reflects the “short form” of my Doctrinal Statement. If you wish to download my entire Doctrinal Statement in either short form [...]
I just completed my series of messages on the Bible (see sermon series Shhhh! God’s Talking) and during the series I spent a good amount of time dealing with tough questions of the Bible and tough questions about the faith, but one of the toughest questions that I had to deal with is God’s take [...]
My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.—Psalm 62:7
I was reading Psalm 62 this morning for my quiet time, and this verse popped out to me. Reading it sparked a little “wow” moment somewhere inside me.
Everything about this verse is almost cliche to me. Sure, my salvation depends [...]
In the church I pastor, ReCOMMITMENT is something we do once a year in terms of church services, but it certainly shouldn’t be so in terms of our spiritual lives. The Bible is clear that the spiritual life is not one that can be lived on the basis of one commitment made many years in [...]
In the living room of my in-laws’ home I watched an episode of Law and Order that I haven’t seen before, and it bothered me quite a bit.
The victim was a young man who had tried unsuccessfully to “recover” from homosexuality through the counseling and support of a religious group called Regenesis. One of the [...]
Every year at this time, I begin to think critically about the resurrection of Jesus. Yeah, you heard me right. I said, “critically“. Just because I’m a pastor, that doesn’t mean I accept everything in the Bible without thinking about it too. I’m a thinker, I majored in mathematics and philosophy at Wheaton College, and [...]
I WANT TO THANK JEFF FOR WRITING HIS REVIEW ON HOW HE WAS TREATED 4 years ago. Sounds like you have saved alot of people from losing their hard earned money here's my little story in a nut shell. First part has nothing to do with ASHLEY Yet. My husband and I recently got burnt on a purchase of a van. Bought it from a local person who has it for sale. We had it 10 weeks and transmission went out 250 miles away from home while on vacation. We found a local car dealership nearby that quoted a price of $1650 for new transmission. so we got a rental car finished our vacation and headed home. 6 weeks later we met the repair man halfway and picked up our van. It ran fine the 100 miles home. I drove it for 3 days putting only 500 miles on it and transmission goes out AGAIN. Called repair shop and guess what....... They have closed their bussiness. Meanwhile our other vehicle had a cracked head and leaking externally from the head. $1200 later it still not running properly . The guy who fixed it tried to commit suicide 4 days after giving us our van back. We now have spent nearly $3000 and still no vehicles to drive. SO NOW IM DRIVING MY MOMS EXTRA CAR AND HES DRIVING HIS PARENTS EXTRA CAR. So we now have decided to start checking reviews on items were interested in buying or checking the BBB, which leads me to my point.....I. found some very pretty living room funiture we liked and was checking reviews. So glad we decided to start checking saved us from losing more money now . Thanks again to all those who wrote in to tell abt their problems
I loved reading this entire debate. This really goes to show how often all Christians are lumped together in people's opinions. People like to believe that all Christians are hateful and judgmental, but while homosexuals,homosexual advocates, or non-believers are accusing Christians of these things they are themselves guilty of the same. The reason why I came to this page in the first place is because I have a friend who is gay and we've been debating back in forth on the gay rights agenda and whether or not being a homosexual is a sin, and he told me to watch the movie that your original post was about. I suppose he wants me to watch it so I can see that you can be a Christian and a homosexual at the same time. I guess I need to see it for myself so I can form my own opinion, but I really appreciate you taking the time to give your opinion and then to defend it to someone who decided to make it very personal against you. I very much admire your level head throughout in the face of such animosity.
Jeff,
I like your blog and the section that describes your beliefs
I like that and do share the same beliefs.
I used to be in a Church that denied Christ's Diety and I finally
broke away from that CULT, problem is my wife is still a hardcore
member of that particuliar Church.
Wishing you the Best
yours in Christ

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