OUTLINE:Demons ExistFor some reason, we forget about their presence in this world. They possess and influence people. The Bible is chock full of accounts with demons and yet nobody seems to even acknowledge their presence anymore! Jn 6:40For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in
Why do we regard the opinions of others so deeply? Is it a blessing or a curse? Is that even the right question? Might we fare better by challenging the basic presupposition that it’s good to regard the opinions of others as valuable? I favor the latter strategy. I believe God does, too. God has
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OUTLINE: Renaissance Humanism – worldhistory.orgRenaissance Humanism was an intellectual movement typified by a revived interest in the classical world and studies which focused not on religion but on what it is to be human.Renaissance Humanism – worldhistory.orgHumanists believed in the importance of an education in classical literature and the promotion of civic virtue, that is, realizing
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OUTLINE: Renaissance Humanism – worldhistory.orgRenaissance Humanism was an intellectual movement typified by a revived interest in the classical world and studies which focused not on religion but on what it is to be human. Renaissance Humanism – worldhistory.orgHumanists believed in the importance of an education in classical literature and the promotion of civic virtue, that is, realizing
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I’ve been trying (unsuccessfully) to come up with one redeeming value of labels; I mean, other than the obvious utility of being able to communicate using nouns during proper speech (it is, after all, convenient to refer to an object, place, or person by name rather than point to it and grunt like a baby).
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Have you ever smelled propane gas? It smells like rotten eggs. A lot of people don’t realize that, in its natural state, propane gas is odorless. This means that you could breathe it in at length and not even know it. Given that it is an asphyxiating gas (it displaces oxygen in your lungs), high
Learn To Hate SinDo not be overcome with hate; but rather, understand the insidiousness of sin and learn to hate it. God does. Hab 1:13a [NASB]Your eyes are too pure to approve evil,And You can not look on wickedness with favor. “you hate”from sane [Hebrew] – means enemy, foe, be hateful odious, utterly. In NASB,
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The Bible speaks a lot about three particular forms of evil. I’m going to call them the three pillars of Satan’s unholy economy. I know that’s a mouthful, but my hope is that it makes complete sense once you’ve finished reading this blog. Little children, keep yourselves from idols. — 1 John 5:21 Keep your
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“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” I can’t remember the first time I heard this, but I’m confident it was after I had been verbally abused by another child. I imagine either my mom or an elementary school teacher handed this little quip down to me. I’ve since
I struggle with anger sometimes. I’m a pastor. I ought to know better. But a man’s heart is a man’s heart, right? I cannot suppose I am able to control it, modify it, or play pretend with it. Only God can change it, and He has. And yet, here I am, struggling… Struggling with what,
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