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I recently heard about a bumper sticker which read:
“The only difference between God and Adolf Hitler
is that God is more proficient at genocide.”
The person who wrote that was actually raising an issue that has perplexed many believers in God.
In his book The God Delusion, atheist Richard Dawkins affirms that the God of the Old Testament is a bloodthirsty, genocidal ethnic cleanser. Many others use this…
“WAYS TO AVOID GOSSIP AND SLANDER”
Gossip and slander are a two-way street! You have to have someone willing to talk and someone willing to listen for them to be successful. Gossip and slander are perpetuated because folks give those with “loose lips” their “listening ears.” One who would please God should have nothing to do with such sins. If we are going to avoid gossip and slander ... Have A Heart Of Humility. … |
In Acts chapter two Luke records the preaching of the first gospel sermon and the establishment of the Lord’s church. He also tells us that on that occasion some persons were enabled to speak in tongues a result of their being baptized with the Holy Spirit.
We want to consider two important questions concerning this event:
• who was speaking in tongues?
• exactly what was the nature of…
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I will tell you up front that this article was inspired by David Foster Wallace’s “This is Water” commencement address at Kenyon College in 2005. I will also disclose that if you listen to this speech, it does include some offensive (foul) language, so please use discretion.
The speech begins with an older fish passing by two younger fish and saying, “Morning boys, how’s the water?” The two younger fish just swim on by and look at each other and one says to the other, “What is water?” This illustration is an example of how people can take…