Interestingly, in spite of the nature of this debate (based on biblical evidence), homosexual theologians have taken the view that Scripture is ultimately not too critical in assuming the validity of homosexuality in the Christian Church. Stanton Jones, in debating the homosexual theological use of Scripture, writes, “There are only two ways one can neutralize [...]
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Couldn’t pass this one up. Combine one blogger with his bike and his camera and you get this.
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Posted in Resources on Jul 17th, 2008 1 Comment »
For those wanting a free smoothie, I am here to serve you.
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Or do you know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate (malakos), nor homosexuals (arsenokoitai)…
And immoral men and homosexuals (arsenokoitai) and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching … [used in context of the [...]
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Posted in Random Thoughts on Jul 16th, 2008 No Comments »
Bob Kauflin reflects on this phenomenon. It is definitely true and definitely worth the read. I’m in agreement. I think lyrical content with style usually makes this happen. There were some songs that I used to love to sing in worship, but now it can sound like scratches on a chalkboard, not because the melody [...]
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“For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their [...]
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Posted in Random Thoughts on Jul 16th, 2008 No Comments »
From the first chapter of Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God:
“The prayer of a Christian is not an attempt to force God’s hand, but a humble acknowledgment of helplessness and dependence.”
“… what we do every time we pray is to confess our own impotence and God’s sovereignty.”
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“You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination…If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltness is upon them.”
This passage [...]
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And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the [...]
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Posted in Random Thoughts on Jul 14th, 2008 No Comments »
“One bit of Bible prayed over, and bedewed with the Spirit, and made alive, though it be only a short sentence of six words, will profit you more than a hundred chapters without the Spirit … ”
- from “Spiritual Religion” on page 290 of the Sermons of the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon
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