Hello everyone and welcome back to Deeper Waters where we are diving into the ocean of truth. I plan to start on another project of sorts tomorrow, but for tonight, I’ve been thinking about something for some time in reviewing the literature of the new atheists and now is the time to say it.
The more I read the new atheists, the more I want to thank God for them. Why is this? There are a number of reasons.
First off, new atheist literature ...
TweetShareWhen asked about the greatest commandment, Jesus gave two: 1) Love God and 2) Love your neighbor as yourself. When asked, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus told a story. He used a narrative (without explanation) to help people understand the two great commandments.
When describing the kingdom of God, Jesus told stories. He told simple stories of physical things that everyone could understand in order to help explain spiritual thin...
TweetShareJeremy at “Till He Comes” is starting a writer’s club for new and unpublished authors. He tells about this in a post called “Are you an Aspiring Author?”
He hopes this new club (using Google Groups) will help people promote their writing (both their blog writing and published writing).
Jeremy has set up some rules for joining and guidelines for those who are part of the writer’s club (but it’s f...
There is little doubt that we have all experienced the following circumstance and reaction. Someone comes to let you know about something that you have said or done that is wrong. Whether it was ignorant or blatant, the bottom line is the consequence. The other individual is offended, hurt, or aware of something that you did that needs to be addressed.
Sadly, it our reaction that really gets us in hot water. It is our sinful reaction that shows...
One of the things I’ve encountered while traveling and speaking throughout Mexico this week has been a deeply ingrained religion in the minds of many of the people. Now this is nothing new. The US has the exact same thing, we just hide it under cooler language.
The religious pattern I’ve picked up in many conversations with my new Mexican friends is this idea that somehow God withholds His love and you must submit to the “system...
TweetShareYesterday, I received an email from someone (a company actually) encouraging me and other church leaders to think about starting church building programs. Apparently, according to this email, the middle of an economic downturn when so many people are hurting and in need, is the perfect time for churches and other ministries to spend tons of money to build bigger buildings.
Just as I was beginning to get discouraged that this type of stu...
Several times in the New Testament we read that certain people will not inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 provides a list of people that Paul the Apostle said would not inherit the kingdom of God. This list includes:Sexual immoralIdolatersAdulterersHomosexualsThievesGreedyDrunkardsRevilersSwindlersIn 1 Corinthians 15:50 Paul says that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. In Galatians 5:19-21 Paul gives mor...
In the introductory post of this series, I explained that I was going to examine necessary ingredients for a group of people to become a church community as described by the authors of Scriptures. In the second post, I said that the first necessary ingredient is Jesus, not facts about Jesus, but the real, living, empowering person Jesus. In the third post, I said that Jesus must be the only basis for community, if the church desires to live as de...
Welcome back everyone to Deeper Waters where we are diving into the ocean of truth. The time has come for me to address the question that I said earlier that belongs to Paul Baird. Thus far, I have found Baird to be an atheist highly capable of dialogue and when a serious question like the one he has rises up, I wish to deal with it.
Basically, the question concerns the justice of God. Is it the case that Hitler could have prayed a prayer before ...
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