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Friday, 06 November 2009
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Most Important Verse in the Bible
A friend of mine texted me the other day asking me a question. I thought it was a very interesting question to say the least. Is there a real answer to this question? Perhaps! Only God Himself can truly answer it. But in the mean time I think there is room for speculation. Biblical speculation that is! So here is the question and why I feel it is so…Q: What is the most important verse in the Bible? Not your favorite! BUT most important?
I have a favorite verse. 2 Corinthians 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. This verse is a complete gospel message. No more no less! I love this verse! But that’s not what the question is asking. The question asks what is the most important verse? More Here...
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The Sanctity of Private Property - The Christian Advantage
You have rights antecedent to all earthly governments: rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; rights derived from the Great Legislator of the universe.John Adams clearly refers to God. Further, these rights endowed by the Creator were stated explicitly in the Declaration of Independence: the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.The right to private property is central to the peace and tranquility of human existence. Pope Leo XIII stated in his encyclical Rerum Novarum written in 1891:With reason, then, the common opinion of mankind, little affected by the few dissentients who have contended for the opposite view, has found in the careful study of nature, and in the laws of nature, the foundations of the division of property, and the practice of all ages has consecrated the principle of private ownership, as being pre-eminently in conformity with human nature, and as conducing in the most unmistakable manner to the peace and tranquillity of human existence (Paragraph 11).Another eloquent quote from American Founder John Adams in this regard: More Here...Farewell, Dr. James Dobson
This past Friday, Focus On the Family sent out a press release announcing that Dr. James Dobson was going to be leaving the airwaves in February. He's been the host of the Focus On the Family radio program ever since he founded the organization in 1977. In all that time, he's never taken a salary. The 73-year-old Dr. Dobson had previously resigned from his positions as President and CEO so that Focus On the Family would be able to live on without him. Now he is stepping away from the popular radio talk show to ensure it too will continue.
When I read the news, I cried. I knew this day would be coming soon, but that didn't make it any easier. I've been listening to Dr. Dobson my whole life. (I got to that sentence and teared up again.) I still listen to him almost every day. I've never had a close grandfather figure in my life. Dr. Dobson has been like my grandpa. His advice and sound teaching -- through his books, talks, and over the airwaves -- have been invaluable to me. And I know he's touched millions over the course of his illustrious career. He has changed lives in a powerful way for the kingdom. I'm one of them. More Here...Death, Philosophy and Souls
I'm currently auditing a philosophy course on the subject of death. Roughly the first half of the course is focused on the nature of a person (what is it that dies when we die and therefore what does it mean to die?). This professor does not believe in any kind of transcendent or pre-existent soul, so most of the class so far has been spent looking at every conceivable argument for the existence of the soul, and explaining how the argument fails to persuade.
I come into the discussion from a unique perspective. I am with Prof. Kagan. I don't believe people have souls. We are bundles of tissues and nerves and synapses that, when working properly, constitute a person. When they are no longer working, they constitute a dead person. There is an abstract and purposive part of human consciousness that could be called the soul, but I don't believe it is self-existent or capable of being abstracted from human physicality. So when you die, you die.
Some might think (and certainly Prof. Kagan thinks) that challenging the belief in the soul would be problematic for evangelical Christians, but I don't see any real obstacles. It is not on the basis of an immortal soul that Christians believe in life after death, but on the basis of the saving activity of God. There's nothing special about humans that makes us innately immortal. As Frederick Buechner put it, "We go to our graves as dead as a doornail and are given our lives back again by God just as we were given them by God in the first place."
What do you think? Do you believe humans have souls? If so, how is a soul best defined? Did your soul exist before you were born? What will happen to your soul after your body dies?One Sacred Home: What Do You Think?
I always thought it would be neat to renovate and live in an old church. A couple decided to do just that.
A Couple decided to purchase an old church in Kyloe, North Cumberland, England . They invested lots of money to keep the outside as it was . They restored instead of renovated ( It wound up being 3 times less money )
The couple did there best to recreate the inside like a regular home. What do you think?
Here is some more pictures:
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