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Never Surrender!

27 Jun 2017

I do not know the name of the author of the following article, but from his words, he is both …

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

9 Apr 2016

One of the most controversial doctrines that has been taught over the last 30 years or so is that of …

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A Requiem for George: A Tragic Cautionary Tale of Addiction — Part 1

5 Mar 2015

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 …

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Calvinism vs. Arminianism

7 Jul 2014

Historically, one of the most destructive and divisive controversies within Protestantism has been between the followers of reformer John Calvin, …

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Ask & You Shall Receive #12 — The Beauty of Worship

9 Mar 2014

In a previous article entitled Know Your Weapons, I mentioned that God has used animals to teach me things on …

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Ask & You Shall Receive #10 — Thanksgiving in Prayer

25 Dec 2013

One of the concepts that is linked to prayer in the NT on more than one occasion is the giving …

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Ask & You Shall Receive #8 — Talking to Mountains?

31 Oct 2013

When I taught on prayer awhile back and stated that there are models taught in the Bible on how to …

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Ask & You Shall Receive #5 — Praying in Faith, Part 1

16 Sep 2013

Faith Defined Just about every Christian theologian can agree that the following verse in the Book of Hebrews defines the …

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Ask & Your Shall Receive #3 — Why Do We Pray?

2 Sep 2013

Now that we’ve defined what prayer is and is not, let’s address the “why.” Why do we pray? The Divine …

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Acts of God — NOT! #10: Temptations, Trials & Tribulations

21 Feb 2011

Over the last 9 posts, I’ve been making the case that God doesn’t go around killing people, inflicting sickness and …

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Acts of God — NOT! #9: What IS Suffering for Jesus?

19 Feb 2011

Hi, all! The last 8 posts (sheesh I can be long-winded!) 🙂 I’ve been making the case that God doesn’t …

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Acts of God — NOT! #8: Jesus as God-in-Sandals

24 Jan 2011

Over the last 7 posts, I’ve been making the case that God doesn’t go around killing people, inflicting them with …

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Acts of God — NOT! #7: A Semi-Scholarly Analysis of the Book of Job

22 Dec 2010

In the last several posts, I’ve been making the case that the God of the Bible does not go around …

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Acts of God — NOT! #6: The Promises of God

16 Dec 2010

In the last 5 posts, I’ve been making the case that the God of the Bible does not go around …

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Acts of God — NOT! #5: The Sovereignty of God’s Word

3 Dec 2010

In the last 4 posts, I’ve been making the case that the God of the Bible does not go around …

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Acts of God — NOT! #4: Spiritual Authority

3 Nov 2010

Lately I’ve been talking about how God doesn’t kill or visit disasters upon people nowadays. We’ve discussed blood covenant in …

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Acts of God — NOT! #3: Covenant Breakers

17 Oct 2010

In my last post, we discussed the concept of blood covenant and the positive aspects of it. In this one …

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Acts of God — NOT! #2: Blood Covenants

13 Oct 2010

In my last post, I began making the case that the God of the Bible does not go around killing …

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Acts of God — NOT! #1: Christianity vs. Man’s Religion

12 Oct 2010

One of my pet peeves is people who go around blaming God for killing and/or maiming people, causing disasters, and …

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