Archive for September 2019
Rationalizing God
“To thine own self be true.” This is a line written by William Shakespeare in Hamlet. It implies that we have a dual nature. I only mention dual personas but there could be more sub-categories. The main distinctions are the inner and outer self. It could also be referred to as the authentic and the…
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“O Death, where is your sting.” “O Hades, where is your victory.” As mortal beings there are two things that are unavoidable, death and sin. One we can’t do anything about and the other has a remedy. As a Christian we learn that the wages of sin is death, but the gift from God is…
Read MoreHow God Speaks
I don’t want to mislead anyone here because I literally have no way of proving what I believe. I make this disclaimer because certainly this is a topic that can be misleading if not taken in the proper context. Fortunately I am only an opinion writer and not an expert so if there is something…
Read MoreThe Spirit is near
Speaking about the Spirit is not something that I have expert knowledge. I am instead only one of the many pots that the Potter made. God made each of us quite uniquely. My personal relationship with the Spirit can be at times delightful or painful. This is because God is a fixture and I tend…
Read MoreAll I can do
According to the Word, each of us was individually and uniquely made. It was God that blew the breath of life into these bodies giving us meaning and purpose. It was the same God that gave us our gifts and talents that were to be used in helping us achieve the divine missions that He…
Read MoreFaith, Hope & Love
I wanted to write about what hope means to us, but when I started reflecting upon a passage that Paul mentions to the Corinthians, faith, hope and love appear to be intertwined. They go together is an odd kind of way. “For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see…
Read MoreSpiritual Warfare
There are many things in this life we must face that are unpleasant. Unfortunately when it rains, it rains on the righteous and the unrighteous. When we experience calamities such as earthquakes, floods, fierce storms and the like, the good must suffer along with the wicked. That is the nature of the natural world and…
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