OUTLINE: Be Like a Little Birdie – blogWhy would we ever esteem the simple-minded? Furthermore, why would we ever entertain reasoning with someone who speaks of fantasy and delusion amplified by unfounded self-esteem? These are the same people who crucified Jesus Christ because, not only did man not esteem Him, they resented Him for siding […]
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Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey, John Lennon, Mark Zuckerberg, Katharine Hepburn, Neil deGrasse Tyson: all of these people have denounced our Father in Heaven (Jesus said, “If you knew Me, you would know My Father also” – John 8:19b), and yet they are heralded as among society’s elect. Let that settle in and do not be dismissive. Step back
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OUTLINE: Truth is not a subjective thing, like many so-called “Christians” treat it today. The “Feeling” ChristiansThese Christians might be sincere, going by their conscience, but if their conscience isn’t filled with Truth from the Word, then what do they have to stand on when judging right and wrong??? “Feelings” vs. TruthPeople “feel” a lot
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OUTLINE: A Good ConscienceOnly submission to the Word of God and the Holy Spirit can educate us rightly so that we have good information to judge from. Eph 3:20 [Amplified]Now to Him who is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly more than all that we dare ask or think [infinitely beyond our greatest
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“The only God whom the natural man is not at enmity with is one of his own imagination.” — A. W. Pink, The Total Depravity of Man What is enmity? I mean, really. I wonder how many so-called “Christians” even understand what the Bible means when it uses the word enmity. I submit that, like so many other
“Mommy, I threw up,” said the little girl from the bathroom. Sally heard her daughter from the kitchen. It was getting close to the time her siblings and their budding families were scheduled to arrive so she hadn’t been paying much attention to her daughter’s snacking. Pressure was mounting. “I told you not to eat
Arguably, the most practical use of science is its establishment of predictability. How awful would life be if every day the laws of physics changed? Thanks be to the Lord, “[The Son of God] upholds all things by the word of His power” (Hebrews 1:3b). The more we discover about science, even for ourselves, the surer we
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The most impersonal thing someone can do to you is to “make it personal” through attack. Why? To attack someone reveals a weakness in the attacker, notthe one being attacked. Never thought about it that way before? Let me explain. He who walks in integrity walks securely, But he who perverts his ways will be found out. — Proverbs
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I’ve looked. I swear I have. And you know what? I can’t find anywhere in the Bible that describes true happiness in terms of belly laughs. To be fair, the Bible also doesn’t preclude hearty enjoyment. In fact, it may just be a function of the freedom a person already possesses. Happy people tend to laugh more,
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Consider the following: But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the