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God doesn't talk to me directly with audible words. Sometimes, my thoughts are only mine, but many times God does pop ideas in agreement with his Word into my creative consciousness as his creative author.
Of course, they are. God is their Creator and Judge, as he is with all humans. They are responsible for turning away from their Creator to trust in his creation instead of him (Romans 1:18 and following).
That's true, but Paul also allowed for differences on more peripheral, disputable matters of practice, as in Romans 14.
On the central, essential beliefs we must be unified: the Trinity, Jesus' divine and human natures, his death and resurrection as the only way to the Father's acceptance, and...
Yes, babies are born self-centered, which is my definition of sin. They demand that their needs be met. One example is when one of our children was a baby, he would cry when he was put to bed, even though his needs were all met. He would quiet down and then cry again to see if we would come and...
I am always reading the whole Bible all the way through or the whole New Testament. God uses such an approach gives me the understanding of the wholeness of God's Word.
The letters by Paul and Peter are to the churches. Thus, one would expect encouragement and instruction in the Christian faith, especially since those churches had only the Old Testament, not the New Testament.
However, sometimes churches split over basic biblical truths that one faction doesn't want to accept cand the other one does. But many times it's due to politics and personalities.
You have an interesting summary. It is my opinion that the Catholic Church's approach went wrong when they established a separate tradition apart from the limits of the Bible's teachings and history and that much of this summary admits to that fact. They would do much better to stick within the...
According to Ephesians 4, we must speak the truth in love. That means we should compliment them when they do well and humbly share our concerns when they fall short.
I started bowing before the idol of sports and TV at the age of nine when we got our first TV, because of the boredom of the farm. I became a Christian at the age of 16 but kept that idolatry as a rival to God until my first church where I was a pastor, when God convicted me of my idolatry when...
Humans are often trying to claim credit for their faith or works to rescue them for heaven instead of relying 100% on Jesus' death and resurrection to get them there.
Yes, hate damages us; it is an infection that can result in death of our souls if it isn't rescued by Jesus. It seems to me that people who spread negative gossip about others have an insecurity that has to try to make them feel better about themselves. They need Jesus' rescue to realize that...
I don't know if these qualify as "themes," but here is my summary of the Bible's overall emphases:
LAUNCHED like a boat with God's creation of humans.
LOST in our self-centered rebellion, beginning with Adam and Eve.
LOVED with Jesus' life, death, and resurrection.
LANDED on the solid Rock...