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I no longer believe the Bible is the word of God.
Read the whole thing before you send me nasty messages. I came to this conclusion not after months of research or philosophical debate but after I listened to a GREAT message on my way home from West Virginia. The message was “Hermeneutical and Exegetical Integrity” by Scott Golike.
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Dear Pastor Saul
This is a letter I found written to Pastor (King) Saul, it equally reflects some views on the modern religious church. Dear Saul, I am writing this to inform you that I am leaving your church system. I know that a letter is not the best way to do things but I figured that without…
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Sorry
I know some of you have been dying to see what has been going on inside this brain of mine but things have been really crazy. I am in class three evenings a week but I think I am going to go to a different school that offers and accelerated adult learning class so I…
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The Silver Chair
In one of my favorite stories from C.S. Lewis a girl named Jill Pole has entered Narnia, Lewis’ fantasy world for the first time and has found herself alone knowing very little about the world around her. In this passage she heard a stream and became very thirsty but when she came nearer the…
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Make your critics your coaches…
Make your critics your coaches… Last night I was listening to Mark Driscoll at church and he came to a part that was very challenging to me. Let be digress and say that recently I have been asking God how I can live out the gospel in my own life. I have enough knowledge on…
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Does your who match your do?
Does your who match your do? It is really disturbing that when I tell some people I didn’t sleep with let alone live with my wife before we got married that I am met with a mixture of shock and unbelief. I guess I am fighting against the reputation that some of my other brothers…
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Church (S)hopping II
Yesterday we went to visit a church in an attempt to find out where we will continue to worship. I don’t know but maybe I have to many things I want from a church, I mean I realize that no church is going to be perfect but I suppose there are some things that I…
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Americans Flunk Religion
This article from USA Today says something I have thought for a long time. Americans don’t know much about religion, Christianity or otherwise. If 60% of Americans can’t name the 10 Commandments, and High school students think Sodom and Gomorrah were married, we are in trouble. I would wager that CHristians are not in much…
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internetmonk.com » Blog Archive » Jesus and My Stuff
This is an article by the Internetmonk that touches on a topic that is very unusual to me. I have thought about it on several different occasions but being saved and educated in a prosperity environment I don’t know that I have ever carefully considered it. How much could I live without and should I?…
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Church (S)hopping…
Church (S)hopping. So allow me to get some thoughts out. Heather and I have left our church now and for the past 5 weeks we have been worshiping at home with the help of Mark Driscoll and Mars Hill Church. But, we believe in the Bible and it says we should not forsake the assembling…