Tag: unorthodox thinking
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Tree of Good and… What?
Introduction Genesis 2 gives the second Creation story recorded in the Hebrew Bible. It is part of the beginning of the whole Bible narrative that explains why things are good… and bad… in the world. This story says the Creator rested Humanity in the garden He had planted in the delightful country of Eden. He Read more
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What Is Right and Wrong: Acceptance of Others’ Differences
Introduction One series of fantasy novels I read/ listen to often is centered around the Heralds and Companions of the Kingdom of Valdemar. These honest, others- serving Heralds answer to only the monarch of the realm, who also must be a Herald. They all, the monarch included, serve the various peoples of Valdemar, dispensing justice Read more
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What Is Right and Wrong? Knowledge of Good and Evil = Sense of Morality
Introduction Genesis 3 tells the story of the humans in Eden disobeying the Creator by eating the fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Instead of trusting His provision and wisdom, they took things into their own hands and obeyed the enemy of God and humans rather than the Creator. I Read more
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What Is Right and Wrong? My Admiration for Superhuman Fantasy Characters
Introduction I have long enjoyed fantasy novels whose superhuman characters struggle with typical human problems. They typically possess values of honor, duty, protection of the weak or protection of family, group, their own species. Often, they are monsters with positive values. Certainly, they excite my admiration for superhuman fantasy characters. Mercy Thompson’s Adam Patricia Briggs Read more
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Do This, Remembering Me
Introduction In his first recorded letter to the Corinthians, Paul, a colony leader of King Jesus, took that gathering of believers to task for how they were doing the “Lord’s Supper”. He wrote, For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, Read more
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Why Make Such a Big Deal over Salvation?
Introduction My friend Chris has made another teaching video, Predestination and Election. It appears to be Part 1 of a series on the topic. In this video, Chris questions the Calvinist doctrine that says God has chosen (elected) certain people to be saved. He predestined them “before the foundation of the world” (Ephesians 1:4). I Read more
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I Am Grateful For…
Introduction I wept with gratitude yesterday as I brought to mind the biggest temporal blessing I am grateful for this year. This Lonely One Placed in a Family Psalms 133 and 68:6 have long been favorite Bible passages of mine. For years, I have wanted the second to be fulfilled for me. God sets the Read more