Reason without sacred writings is like a tool with nothing to use it on, but sacred writings without reason can be a blind leap in the dark in the search for spiritual truth. Both should work together to discern truth from falsity.
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The Most Powerful Words My Dad Ever Spoke
As my father reached the final days of his life, he wept over three regrets and how swiftly his 92 years of life had fled by. Within this context, he uttered the most powerful statement of his life, and it continues to echo in my mind. I do not want to find myself making the same statement before I die.
Avoiding Pseudo-Christianity
There are many people, according to Jesus, who claim to “follow Jesus” and are even in positions of Christian influence and leadership, but who will find out they have been badly mistaken. How do we distinguish between a ‘pseudo-conversion’ and becoming a true follower of Christ?
Sophistry and the Church: Up to Our Necks in it
Sophistry in the Church and contemporary Christianity is a major issue, far greater than most people realize. What is it, and how do I as an individual deal with it?
Culture-led 'Christianity' vs Culturally Relevant, Authentic Christianity
When people who appear to have been sincere Christians did things that were incompatible with the teachings of Jesus Christ, they often did so as a result of being led by the culture of the day, rather than by the teachings of Christ. This is why it is so vital to distinguish between a false, culture-led Christianity and an authentic, culturally-relevant, Christ-led Christianity.
Sex and the War Against the Human Soul
There is a very real war within each human being to subjugate the essence of who you really are. We need to understand this internal war and how to win it. The stakes are enormous, going to the heart of what you are as a human being.
How Much has Culture Skewed Your Version of Christianity?
We unconsciously evaluate everything through our own secular and theological cultural immersion and we are utterly unaware of it. Consequently, it will affect how we interpret the Bible and the sort of God we find acceptable.
Who and What is God?
When you begin to conceive of a magnitude of beauty so powerful that the universe itself is unable to contain it, you have taken the first tiny step toward understanding who and what God is. Then do the same for justice, joy, music, love, purity, and every perfect gift. Then imagine a being who transcends time.
Racism: The solution will cost you everything--but the reward is unspeakable
This may be different from other articles on racism. I have found a solution, but it will cost you everything and take the rest of your life—-but the rewards are unimaginable.
Lessons from the Last Hours of a Person's Life
Sometimes three things come together to form a moment of infinite importance for eternity. The final hours of a person’s life coupled with the hand of God quietly working behind the scenes, and the third ingredient is one of God’s sons or daughters ready to step into that moment.
The Meaning of Life: The Love You Were Made For and Have Always Wanted
Although we have often thought we could find happiness in joy in this life, what we have really always wanted is God —the one who is the origin of happiness and joy.
How some Christians have been duped into thinking Christmas is a pagan holiday
Recently some Christians have joined the ranks of pagans and atheists who have duped them into accepting the urban myth that Christmas is a pagan holiday. Strangely, the pagans oppose Christmas because it celebrates the birth of Christ, but some Christians oppose Christmas because they believe it is a pagan holiday! Here are four points to be aware of.
Life After Death
Something as important as this should not be solely the domain of the most intelligent … It should be simple enough to be grasped by a child, or a person with mental disabilities, or the completely uneducated.
The Religion that Began Before its Founder Appeared in History
We have a case in human history where a religion began thousands of years before its founder appeared. This is a highly unique phenomenon and suggests we take a closer look at that religion.