Tag: philosophy
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Approaching Athena the ruling goddess of Athens
The Lord’s apostle to the gentiles — Paul, or Saul of Tarsus, a Roman citizen of CILICIA — has hurriedly fled Thessaloniki and Berea MACEDONIA sailing south along the Aegean coast of ACHIA to Athens. Sailing from Macedonia to Athens Although fleeing the Jews we must think of Paulos as a ROMAN citizen on some…
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Church: Religion? Philosophic Discourse? or Cultural Calling?
The instant you say, ‘church,’ you dip your toe into waters of reactions which you know not how hot or cold, how shallow or deep, how stagnant or storm-tossed the hearer of your faith. Do you dare even ask? Are YOU a CHRISTIAN? Where did you worship last Sunday? Do you belong to OUR church?…
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Inerrant TRUTH: Our reasoned Biblical Faith
WHY would you study the HOLY BIBLE? For inerrant truth! Do we believe by faith? YES, but not a fantastical faith or unrealistic religious calling to that which cannot be known. In most circumstances and communications, truth matters to me and also to you. Certainly God speaks only truth and the Bible is where ‘it…
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Obituary: Soul-searching men & women of Dust
Obituary – a Haunting Melody This may seem like a new series, but I want to add insight to three original posts from July 2014. And what does an obituary of sweet Georgia Brown have to do with it? Simple, her life little remembered resounds in a melody which has always haunted my mind with…
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Philosophy – A horse is a horse, of course of course
Or (logically speaking), is it? I preface our upcoming Christian conversation about doctrine with a caveat caution about philosophy and its pitfalls to our denominations of belief. If we are to stand near to the Lord God, man must choose in this mortal life between fruit from various trees of doctrine. Mr. Ed & Balaam’s…
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In God We Trusted – 2
Disclaimer & claim: WE the PEOPLE of the LORD trust God. Nations rise and nations will fall. The Prophet Jeremiah had warned Judah of their impending fall. Lamentations is the record of their fall from the grace and mercy of God. Lamentations is indictment of rulers who do not hear the cries of their people or acknowledge…
