Posts Tagged ‘God’

praise

When you think of songs at church, what do you think of? Do you think of something intended to modern and ‘hip’? Something that everyone will like? Are the songs sung for your edification? For a few years, I used to believe this was the case. Then we went to a mid-week church service our [...]

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do not interfere with God

READING: 2 Chronicles 35
Imagine this. You’re 8 years old and become King of Judah. Your father and your grandfather both both did all kinds of evil stuff, but hey you’re only 8, so I doubt you really know that. You’re great-grandfather well he was different, but you probably don’t hear about him that much… but [...]

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free will

I read this in Mere Christianity and thought it explained this concept pretty well:
Everyone who believes in God at all believes that He knows what you and I are going to do tomorrow. But if He knows I am going to do so-and-so, how can I be free to do otherwise? Well, here once again, [...]

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teaching a man to fish

“When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them…. When you give to someone in need, don’t do as the hypocrites do—blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity! And when you [...]

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