Archive | September, 2009

Get It Together People!

30 September 2009

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And hurry up, will ya! I just received this magazine in the mail yesterday. I have no idea how these people got my address. I have been to no Church of God, and have not signed up for any of their literature. I simply checked the mail, and one of the first things I saw [...]

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Worldview: Christian Theism

28 September 2009

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New here? Consider Subscribing via RSS feed. It’s the best and fastest way to get content! Following is the 4th installment of a series on Worldviews. There are seven questions presented by James W. Sire in his book, “The Universe Next Door,” which he says every worldview must answer. This book is used in many [...]

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Worldview: Introduction

25 September 2009

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A worldview is basically the way in which you perceive and interpret yourself, the world around you, and the existence of all things. Everything you process is filtered, in some way, through your worldview. It’s how you look at all things. Not all people’s worldview is refined, or complete, but regardless everyone has something of [...]

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Translate This

22 September 2009

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Matthew 5:20 in multiple translations: “For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matt. 5:20, NIV “For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not [...]

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Thoughts on Worldviews

21 September 2009

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Worldview: A commitment, a fundamental orientation of the heart that can be expressed in a story or set of presuppositions which we hold about the basic constitution of reality and that provides the foundation on which we live and move and have our being.”[1] I am in currently in a worldview class. I really enjoy [...]

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What’s Your God?

20 September 2009

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Is that what it looks like? But I thought that stuff just happened in the Old Testament . . . As odd as this looks, I’m afraid that many people today do not even realize the gods they are worshiping. —Jonathan

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The Contract

18 September 2009

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I was recently involved in a discussion via email. Ultimately, it was over the topic of the purpose of the Gospel, the New Covenant. The way it lead into a conversation-debate was because the other party asserted that refraining from pork was an absolute necessity for honoring, thus maintaining, the New Covenant. The outcome of [...]

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