Tag: god
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Good Grief
The monstrous clouds had billowed in and brought with them the rain.The forecast promised sunny skies, but those were done away. I saw it not approaching—the thunderous night ahead.Hatches best be battened down lest comfort turn to dread. I sheltered in and lit a fire to wait this tempest out.But soon the gale began to…
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Don’t Blame Jesus
“If Christianity is true why are not all Christians obviously nicer than all non-Christians? … If conversion to Christianity makes no improvement in a man’s outward actions — if he continues to be just as snobbish or spiteful or envious or ambitious as he was before — then I think we must suspect that his…
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One Free Miracle
“Modern science is based on the principle: ‘Give us one free miracle and we’ll explain the rest.’” – Terence McKenna I often meet people who are hesitant to affirm or accept the Bible as true and authoritative because (they claim) they cannot get themselves to believe in the miraculous. “Do you really believe that Noah…
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Prayer Changes Everything
Believer, Sometimes prayer changes things with time, and sometimes prayer changes things in a moment, but prayer always, always changes things . What’s more, what prayer changes isn’t always, firstly, our circumstances, but us and our perspective. When I was younger, I had a sincere and well-meaning, but weak, view and understanding of prayer —…
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“I can’t wait to go” … are you sure?
As I began wrestling with the arguments for the existence of God and the divine authority of the Bible, I was quickly confronted with a daunting truth: If God exists, then He sustains the universe, and every good thing we enjoy flows from His goodness. But that leads to a sobering question: What happens when that goodness…
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Get Off the Train
Last night, I had a dream that I need to write down before I forget the details. Some of the details are already foggy, but the important ones are clear as day. I was outside, near a railroad crossing, talking to some people about God, and about the Bible. My grandfather on my dad’s side,…
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God’s Office Hours
I recently gained a great insight about the heart of the Lord toward his people in the middle of a conversation I was having with a friend, and I wanted to share. Buckle up! When I first started college in 2016 at UNLV, many of my friends who were already in college advised me that…
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