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Open Theism & Christian Fellowship

“God doesn’t have to know for certain that a thing would come to pass in order to prepare a plan to respond to it as though it did come to pass.”—Greg Boyd. Open Theism is a theological position that states God does not have intimate knowledge of the future, but instead knows the best possible [...]

Conversion Doesn’t Make Sense, Unless . .

I remember growing up believing very strongly that God was real. I’ve always been taught that, and most of the people I knew believed he was real also. The difference was that our family seemed as though we could live pretty much however we wanted, so long as we had an appearance of morality, or [...]

Good earth FRIDAY

I know what you’re thinking. It’s Friday evening and I’ve waited until now to post something about Good earth Friday. Maybe now some of you are home from work, settled in, and have had dinner, and that would be great for timing. But I say: Hey, it’s never too late to observe, with heart and [...]

When Prayer Becomes Novelty

Prayers can become terrible things. Like sentences are useless unless they are composed of words that have some meaning and logical order, prayers can become useless when they iare not aimed at truly seeking God’s ear, His heart, or His will. There are many ways this can happen, all of which I have participated in.

Christians Suffer Too

As if you never knew, right? Now that’s something worthy of note taking. I mean come on… who knew? (Hopefully you can read my sarcasm into that statement!) There’s been a lot said about this subject of whether or not Christians should suffer. Actually, there’s been a WHOLE lot said about it. But this is [...]

Non-Muslims: Be Informed

God Recycles

Some of you read the title, “God Recycles,” and may feel an inward resentment due to all the people in the world that has made recycling a religion. And if you don’t do it, you’re a bad person. Others of you will read this title and think, “Yeah! That’s what I’m talking about! It’s about [...]