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Divine Prosperity: Heresy or What? #1:
Eden & The Hebrew Patriarchs

By Steve Willis | 9 Apr 2016

One of the most controversial doctrines which has been taught over the last 30 years or so is that of divine prosperity, the concept that it is not God’s will for Christian believers to live in poverty, but to actually have more financial resources than barely-enough-to-survive. I’d estimate that it’s the 3rd most controversial doctrine out there, the… Read More »

Of Blind Men & Elephants

By Steve Willis | 13 Feb 2016

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A recent trend I’ve seen which greatly disturbs me — even angers me, at times — is a tendency for Christian believers to divide themselves from one other according to their pet doctrines. This is much like the old East-Indian parable of the blind men and the elephant: Five blind men heard an elephant had been brought into… Read More »

Filled With The Troll-y Spirit

By Steve Willis | 2 Sep 2015

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One of the major negative phenomena which has occurred since the inception of the World-Wide Web is that of the “Internet troll.” For those of you unfamiliar with this particular item of techno-jargon, a troll is a cyber-bully, a person who gleefully and/or angrily comments on various articles and discussions on all sorts of websites in the most… Read More »

By His Stripes We’re Healed #7:
Divine Euthanasia?

By Steve Willis | 24 Apr 2015

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worshipping man standing next to empty wheelchair

There is a term I learned from a former pastor who used it whenever he was discussing phrases or statements made by well-meaning, but biblically ignorant church folk when challenged to believe something from the Word of God that is beyond their current level of faith. The term is “Religious Escape Clause.” The most prevalent example of such… Read More »

A Requiem for George:
A Tragic Cautionary Tale of Addiction #2

By Steve Willis | 6 Mar 2015

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In my previous post, we discussed what addictions are, how they start, how they are perpetuated, and what all addicts struggle with when dealing with the bondage they are in. In this article, we’ll be discussing solutions and the hope of freedom that comes from allowing Jesus to take over our lives. The Cure What are the spiritual… Read More »

A Requiem for George:
A Tragic Cautionary Tale of Addiction #1

By Steve Willis | 5 Mar 2015

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My step-brother George passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2014. He was born just short of being exactly 3-years-to-the-day older than me, making him 64 at the time. George and I were not particularly close and had little in the way of common interests, though he helped Tess and me immensely by performing our home inspection before we… Read More »