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¶ “Listen, Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. [Or The Lord our God, the Lord is one.] You are to love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. (Deuteronomy 6:4-5 ISV*)
What does it mean when we confess that the LORD (Jehovah) is our God, the LORD...
It may be that soon humanity will create some forms of artificial intelligence. Will "they" be good or bad or indifferent? If such were created and proved to be vastly quicker and more nimble than human beings at problem solving would you trust them?
In the holy scriptures God is often attributed with glory. Sometimes the glory appears to be a synonym brightness and light. Sometimes for something different and rather elusive. Do you have something to say about the glory of God?
Do you believe that your faith community has a distinctive hermeneutic? A specific way of looking at the holy scriptures when interpreting them and teaching the doctrines of your faith?
Are fear and ignorance driving our politics?
Political debate and political speeches appear to be driven by finding somebody or something to be afraid of and then magnifying it until it dominates people's thinking. Mexican "illegal immigrants", "refugees", "terrorism", "economic ruin", "higher...
It's long, and I do not know how long it will remain on youtube (things come and go so quickly on youtube). But for those interested or curious here is the link
When something extraordinary and wonderful happens is it a miracle or is more needed than mere wonder and our of the ordinariness? What makes a thing a miracle and have you seen one or more?
Do you like fizzy drinks like Coca Cola and Pepsi or is soda water your preferred fizz? What do you think of such drinks in general and do you prefer the sugary ones or the diet ones or the just plain water with bubbles thing?
What do you think of voluntary celibacy? Would you ask it of a same sex attracted individual? Would you disapprove of a pastor being celibate? What of yourself, would you consider celibacy as an option?
Is a person who has fled from Syria to Turkey still seeking asylum or have they found it in Turkey and ought they wait in Turkey until they can return to Syria or until they are settled in some country willing to receive them?
Does your denomination, fellowship, meeting, or church have a doctrinal standard and do you accept it and if so do you have reservations about any of it?
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit out into the desert to be put to the test by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, after which he was hungry, and the tester came and said to him, 'If you are Son of God, tell these stones to turn into loaves.' But he replied, 'Scripture says...
"Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing. Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions." (Matthew 24:45-47)
Is...
Our parish has a charismatic prayer group that is called "El Shaddai prayer group" and in my city there are numerous Pentecostal and Charismatic buildings named after Hebrew places and Hebrew words like Bethel, Bethshan, Bethany, and so forth. The most recent buildings have other names like...
James 2:24
Ye see then - From the course of reasoning pursued, and the example referred to.
How that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only - Not by a cold, abstract, inoperative faith. It must be by a faith that shall produce good works, and whose existence will be shown to men by...
In Jesus Christ Superstar there's a song that ends with Jesus lamenting poor Jerusalem and it contains a line that in the context is very profound. The line says "neither you Simone nor the fifty thousand, nor the Romans, nor the Jews, nor Judas nor the twelve, nor doomed Jerusalem itself...
In First Corinthians chapter twelve there's mention of "by one Spirit we were all baptised into one body" but some folk take that to be about a distinct work of the Holy Spirit separate from baptism and separate from personal conversion. The are some passages that refer to John baptising with...
I want you to know, brethren, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles. I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish: so I...