A great emphasis is being placed on the self. Self-help, self-esteem, self-consciousness, self-awareness, self-reliance, self-confidence, self-respect, self-realization, getting to know ourselves. Self-help: In such an ungiving world no one will help us. In our attempt at self-help we shouldhelp ourselves to whatever we want.Self-esteem: Who is worthier than we to be regarded with respect, to …
When a comment such as they’re trying to do the right thing is made a couple of things instantly come to mind: trying is not necessarily doing and the road to hell is paved with good intentions. I have found myself discussing an upcoming marriage and commenting about how the couple was shacking up and …
A fishing hook is a tiny piece of metal by which a whole fish may be veered off its course and captured. The Hook is a tactic used by false Christian teachers and various cults. It is a way for a deceiver to Hook the attention of a person, veer them off course and finally …
“Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation” 1st Peter 2:12-13 The issue of sexual …
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This essay is not intended to be a technical manual on how to determine context. Rather, it is meant to demonstrate two examples of misinformation that is being used to demean the Bible. One is a case of lack of citation in which a quote is stated or a general comment is made which is …
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Is America as a whole really interested in diversity? We certainly claim to be since we are, after all, the world’s melting pot. But has the melting pot begun to coagulate its contents into an indiscernible mass? Celebrating diversity seems to be taking on an unviable form.
Roman Catholicism claims that all of its traditions, those teachings not found in the Bible, were the original teachings of the Apostles and were passed down through apostolic succession. However, anyone that has read Roman Catholic doctrine regarding these teachings will notice that there is no line of witnesses to be found.
There is a skeptical argument against Christianity that is voiced in words to the likes of: If it is true that some day every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, it would be unjust for God to then condemn anyone to hell. The point of the argument being that …
“But remember, dear friends, that the apostles of our Master, Jesus Christ, told us this would happen: ‘In the last days there will be people who…make a religion of their own whims and lusts‘” (Jude v. 17-18, The Message trans.)
Allow me to offer this as an experimental concept. In our pop-culture society, which has chosen to base all its knowledge of reality on emotional subjectivism, we often find ourselves arguing rational and evidence against pure experiential emotionalism i.e., fact against feeling.